This Week In Video Game Comics
Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including two from Blizzard’s biggest series.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #43… Written by John Jackson Miller; Art by Bong Dazo
Summary via publisher Dark Horse Comics: “Reaping”: An unprecedented new adventure begins — leaving former Padawan Zayne Carrick clinging to the side of a comet! When Zayne and crew infiltrate a comet mine, his partner Gryph believes it’s another clever con to capture some quick cash. Little does Gryph know, Zayne and Jarael have other intentions — like rescuing the miners enslaved by this ruthless mining operation. Of course, the noble intentions of the team will all be for naught if their plot is discovered. Swimming through stardust is no place to be when enemy ships open fire! (More info.)
World of Warcraft #21… Written by Walter Simonson and Louise Simonson; Art by Mike Bowden and Tony Washington
Summary via publisher Wildstorm/DC Comics: King Varian is so focused on The Lich King and the recent Scourge attacks that he fails to notice Cho’Gall’s power and threat continue to grow. Plus, Maraad has kidnapped Garona – but to what nefarious end? (More info.)
Starcraft: Frontline Volume 3 (208-page manga)… Written by Various; Art by Various
Summary via publisher Tokyopop: Revel in the brutal, menacing and sublime world of StarCraft in this collection of world-expanding adventures….
In “War-Torn, “Senator Corbin Phash used his power and influence to hide his young son Colin’s psionic abilities from the Dominion, but their secret has finally been exposed!
In “Do No Harm,” the sadistic “Butcher of Korhal,” Dr. Burgess, gets his bloody hands on Muadun, a recently captured protoss high templar and goes dissecting for clues on how to mass-produce horrifying protoss-terran soldiers…
In “Last Call,” a lounge singer on the backwater mining post of Meteor Station finds herself at the centre of diplomatic intrigue…
And in “Twilight Archon,” the griving head instructor of a protoss templar school discovers what she’ll have to sacrifice just to be whole again.
! (More info.)
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@slimky: UGH NO! just buy the actual book! the point of a comic is that you can take it anywhere, read it anytime, etc. not have to be longed into your XBL account and read it, its lame!
and motion comics are poor flash animations with crappier voice acting. very very very very very few are worth looking at.
pandafresh
@Xiandel: Harry Potter is pretty lame bro.
pandafresh
@slimky: I have the motion comic on blu-ray, and really enjoy it. Hope you like it. Makes good background noise too.
I'm still stunned from the Sonic comic book love from last week. I think it made my brain break.
I swear this whole bias towards making us read the retarded shit the star commentators write, is just to distract from some of the shitty articles. A week in video game comics seems more to be ‘Every 8 days or so I need a quick article so that I need a quick article to pay my milk money’.
And two blizzard comics and a STAR WARS comic? Is that really it???? This could so be done monthly and would provide a meatier read, not STAR WARS (as in the movie trilogy-there were only 3!) and two wow comics.
What’s left a review of a Harry Potter comic? (It had a video game)
PS. Harry Potter Comic would rock the shit out!
Xiandel
@pinshot: Sir, you gave me a reason to buy the Watchmen motion comic on my XBox. Tx :)
slimky
Is that an ogre standing on top of a structure in Ahn'Qiraj? I s'pose the comic makes sense, but the picture alone seems all kinds of weird. Like an Orc dance party in Darnassus-type weird.
EDIT: Just WoWWiki'd Cho'gall. All seems to make sense now! I feel ashamed. I played on Cho'gall Server for 2 years and never knew who/what the server was named after.
Kanji08
While KoToR is a good read sometimes. I'm not entirely sure about the other two.
I honestly think more videogame comics should be made and released via xbox or psn. It would be an excellent distribution method and would allow for Motion Comics like the AMAZING Watchmen one.
Im sure that this will happen but the industry sometimes seems slow to pick up new things!
I hate this comment box thinger...I'm so tired of having everything deleted when I accidentally click outside the comment box. -_-
Anyways, a comic book based on KotOR sounds awesome. The "Neil Armstrong with a lightsaber" look they have going is goofy, though. And it reminds me of the time on Peragus where Obsidian had you walk outside the mining facility.
...I wouldn't have mind if they cut that part instead of like they did the awesome stuff (HK droid factory).
@hobob: I do avidly read the KOTOR series, it's the only comic book I read, although I did use to read the Republic/Clone wars series. It is really fun, I like following Zayne's character arc.
KOTOR the comic is actually pretty good, a good read for star wars fans.
hobob