Some years ago we decided on the conceit that the Shop on the Borderlands packing was done by orcs. (really, it’s done by me & PP, but orcs seemed more on brand. So each year since, I have drawn the orcs doing something vaguely festive, and here they are again.
These are not Tolkieny orcs – or at least, they don’t reflect the popular ‘once elves’ origin story of Tolkien orcs. They are old-school pigfaced orcs, creatures of very little refinement but apparently a great appreciation of Christmas Jumpers.