The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
Demon dogs, this is fun!
Thundarr the Barbarian is a Saturday morning cartoon series, created by Joe Ruby and Steve Gerber (of Howard the Duck fame), and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions (a studio made up of former members of Hanna-Barbera Productions). This is a show about a stubborn Barbarian (Thundarr), a know-it-all Sorceress (Princess Ariel), and a Wookiee-like Beast (Ookla the Mok) who roam the post-apocalyptic wasteland fighting savage mutants, and evil-wizards wherever they travel. The main characters are designed by famed comic book artist Alex Toth, and when he became unavailable, Jack Kirby (another famous comic book artist ) took over to design most of the villains and secondary characters.
For years, Thundarr the Barbarian was an iconic figure with many Gamma World fans, and continues with a number of Mutant Future fans (the recent discovery of the Kamandi comics is also becoming a major influence with fans). The mix of Conan-styled sword & sorcery, with campy retro sci-fi really appealed to such fans. Currently, in the role-playing community, this style of genre is called "Kitchen Sink" gaming.
(Fans are encouraged to place their own Thundarr-themed game content on this page)
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External Links[]
- Thundarr the Barbarian Wikipedia article.
- Thundarr Wikia.
- Thundarr the Barbarian fan-site.
- Under the Broken Moon RPG setting in the world of Thundarr, using the Over the Edge RPG system.
- Thundarr Thursdays at the Savage AfterWorld blog.
- The World of Thundarr the Barbarian, a netbook with the articles from Thundarr Thursdays (from the above link).
- A gallery of production sheets from the show (Attention: two of the pictures show a topless, and a fully naked Ariel)