remember comics? those were neat

[Eric P]

TOP GEAR

So what was the best selling American comic book single issue of the year? “Final Crisis?” “Secret Invasion?” Something manga? No. Nowhere near.

"Gears Of War" #1 from DC/WildStorm. Over 450,000 I'm told. Only 10% of which went through the direct market.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18852

[Himu]

wtf

[demi]

Nerds owned... go play some D&D you fat hairy sexy oh my god i want you so bad tard

[bork]

uhhhhhh, i don't get it

A comic book based on a video game sold more copies than any of the spandex/tights books and the mango.

[duckman2000]

This reminds me of that time when I posted panels from WE3 to describe what I'd want KZ2 to be like.

"What's that?" - Stard

 :'(

[Eric P]

maybe the release of speilberg's Tintin will usher in a renaissance of appreciation of Eurocomics

[demi]

It won't, cause only nerds read that shit. Movie goers love Spielberg, not nerdlinger comics. Go play some D&D you Level 4 Gnome lookin fuck

[bork]

I'd read a Gears of War comic.

If you're going to say the comic would suck because the game has no story, it can't be any worse than any of the other mainstream comics out there.

I wonder if it comes close to the literary masterwork known as "Doom?"

[Debaser]

maybe the release of speilberg's Tintin will usher in a renaissance of appreciation of Eurocomics

Kind of like how insanely successful blockbusters Spider-Man and the Dark Knight caused those books to start selling hundreds of thousands, right?

 :'(

[Eric P]

well there are many issues with singles.  the pricetag being first and foremost

they should release them online in cbr format for like $1 a pop.

[Powerslave]

I'd read a Gears of War comic.

If you're going to say the comic would suck because the game has no story, it can't be any worse than any of the other mainstream comics out there.

I wonder if it comes close to the literary masterwork known as "Doom?"

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lmao what was that

[patrickula]

That doom comic is hilarious   Who wrote it?  It's quite a faithful interpretation of the gameplay.

[bork]

I dunno but that is what I think the Gears comic would be like.

Pre-Post EDIT-

The Doom comic is a sixteen-page comic strip, written in 1996 by Steven Dehling and Michael Stewart, with art and color design by Tom Grindberg, all credited with purposely gory nicknames for the occasion. It was produced by the same Tom Grindberg, of Marvel Comics, as a giveaway for a video game convention.

The story is loosely based on that of Doom, and revolves around a marine searching for powerful weaponry in order to defeat a cyberdemon. The strip includes many well-known Doom monsters, including zombies, imps, cacodemons and spectres. Several of the weapons from Doom are featured, including the shotgun, chainsaw, chaingun, plasma gun and BFG9000.

The comic first achieved fame in 2001 when Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka reviewed the comic on PlanetQuake [1], and later received exposure again in the 10 Years of Doom special at Doomworld in December of 2003, where it was published online. Original art from the project was put up for auction on eBay in April of 2004. The over-the-top character of the Doom comic has made it rather notorious within the fan community.

You can read the whole thing here!

http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/

[bork]

[patrickula]

You can read the whole thing here!

http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/

This is awesome

It's like the comic Warren Ellis wishes he could write.