{"id":52314,"date":"2026-05-14T16:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52314"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:32:35","slug":"dungeon-crawler-carl-author-matt-dinniman-hints-at-his-next-book-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52314","title":{"rendered":"Dungeon Crawler Carl Author Matt Dinniman Hints at His Next Book Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There&#8217;s a new Dungeon Crawler Carl book out this week, which means there&#8217;s also a new audiobook for the series as well. To promote the new book, A Parade of Horribles, author Matt Dinniman and narrator Jeff Hays narrator got together to officially rank the character voices for the series. You can watch the full video on Audible&#8217;s YouTube page, where Hays performs the voices as they discuss rankings.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">During this video, Dinniman took a moment to talk a bit about Quasar and how he&#8217;s his overall &#8220;favorite character in the series.&#8221; For those not familiar with all of the many characters, Quasar is the fast-talking alien lawyer that gets appointed to Carl in the fifth book in the series, The Butcher&#8217;s Masquerade.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;So my goal in life after I&#8217;m done with the Carl series is to one day write some sort of legal drama; something that involves aliens,&#8221; explains Dinniman. &#8220;When I added him to the story I told Jeff, &#8216;Do, like, the quintessential Better Call Saul, but with like maybe a New York-sort of accent&#8217; and he nailed it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That seems like a pretty clear sign about what he&#8217;s thinking for his next book after he wraps up Dungeon Crawler Carl, but he clearly hasn&#8217;t fully fleshed out that idea. We also don&#8217;t know just how big DCC is going to be just yet, as there&#8217;s still the upcoming TV adaptation coming to Peacock on the horizon. Dinniman has stated that he plans on wrapping up the series at 10 books total, but if the TV show ends up being really popular it could extend his involvement even further.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As for what his alien &#8220;legal drama&#8221; could look like, there are two clear paths Dinniman could take. He could start fresh with a new character, or he could do a Better Call Saul-style spinoff about Quasar. There&#8217;s already an upcoming Crocodile graphic novel spin-off expected for March 2027, so continuing to build on this universe he&#8217;s already created certainly makes sense. However, IGN asked him during an interview earlier this month if he was planning any other DCC spinoffs and he said: &#8220;As of right now, no. We\u2019ll see how Crocodile does&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">What happens <em>after<\/em> Dungeon Crawler Carl is clearly still a long way away but, in the meantime there are plenty of ways to enjoy the series. A Parade of Horribles released on May 12 on Kindle, Audible, and a hardcover edition. There&#8217;s also an upcoming DCC tabletop RPG that has already raised an enormous amount of money.<\/p>\n<div id=\"234299\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3980863763 catalog-wrapper\"><span data-cy=\"productcard-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"234299\" data-cy=\"solo-product-card\" class=\"solo-product SoloProduct_solo-product__r2_WP\">\n<div class=\"card jsx-722342313 jsx-3341285356 product-card SoloProduct_product-card__JSk8u\">\n<div class=\"product-thumbnail jsx-2285132617 SoloProduct_image__vqG4e\"><img alt=\"A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl)\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/03\/02\/81lscmmtvql-sl1500-1-1772468893407.jpg?width=220&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/03\/02\/81lscmmtvql-sl1500-1-1772468893407.jpg?width=220&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-2827240024 name balanced\">A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl)<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button jsx-3381835873 jsx-3347269829 icon-button catalog-upvote SoloProduct_catalog-upvote__FWsVx centered disabled\" disabled=\"\" type=\"button\" title=\"Vote\" aria-label=\"Vote\" data-cy=\"catalog-upvote\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-rating-like jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"icon-rating-like\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RatingLike.ea885513.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Jacob Kienlen is a Senior Audience Development Strategist and Writer for IGN. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he has considered the Northwest his home for his entire life. With a bachelor&#8217;s degree in communication and 10 years of professional writing experience, his expertise is spread across a variety of different pop culture topics &#8212; from TV series to <\/em><em>books<\/em><em> and the latest <\/em><em>Pok\u00e9mon games<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dungeon-crawler-carl-author-matt-dinniman-explains-how-one-character-could-influence-his-next-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new Dungeon Crawler Carl book out this week, which means there&#8217;s also a new audiobook for the series as well. 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