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Who knew? The comic books are not canon, as clarified by GRRM.
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" Only the novels (and the Dunk & Egg novellas) are canon."
Ha! I suspected as much. Saw too many discrepancies between the art and the descriptions of castles/layouts of tunnels and things. Interestingly, his statement goes well beyond the art and the RPGs. This implies The World of Ice and Fire, the Rouge Prince and the Princess and the Queen are not canon - that most of what GRRM has written already about the Targaryen dynasty is not true (ie. did not happen in-universe the way he states/implies it did in those books).
Oh well, at least I can be sure D&E are part of the canon now (I was anticipating Dunk dying before becoming commander of the Kings Guard, just in case I forgot that anyone can die. Now at least I can be sure that D&E won't die before Summerhall - or at least, won't die permanently before Summerhall.)
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Hi @Walda This was news to me (about the comic books) because I thought they worked straight from the books, but I guess not? Your point about the descriptions on castles, etc got me to search a little further, and I found this...
I guess only some of the artwork, or some artists, are considered canon works. I know the artist Amok worked closely with George when he was creating the profile pics for the characters that are shown in the wiki.
I think the other stories PatQ and Rogue Prince are canon along with the D&E stories (which I love), as they already are mentioned in the main book series and the accounts of what happened. I do believe George agreed that the world book is semi-canon because it is purposely written with a few errors and purposeful Lannister leanings. And, this blog question was answered two years before the world book came out. I have seen lots of questions about the games and how game fans want the Foresters family in the books That would be kinda cool for me because Dywen is a "forester" of a different type, and he is subtly important to Jon, and I really like Dywen.