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Nintendo Comics Retrospective
Press the Buttons has up a look at the Nintendo game comics that were published in the early 90s. He includes some scans of the truly excellent writing and storytelling that could be found in those four color masterpieces. From the article: "Five series of comics were published: Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Captain N: The Game Master, Game Boy, and the compilation series Nintendo Comics System that consisted of reprints of stories from the other comics. Sold in limited quantities in comic book shops and an occasional K-Mart, the Nintendo comics never took the world by storm and today are mostly forgotten. When I was in the second grade my father would drive me to the local comic book shop each month so I could buy the latest issues."
Holy cow! Five scans of comic books based on a videogame. W00t!
You know, I saw these things around at stores when I was a kid, but I had no idea people were actually lame enough to buy them. I mean, who the hell actually read Nintendo Power?! No wonder everyone grew up to be flabby adults - all they did as kids was sit around playing videogames, watching MTV and reading comics about videogames.
Didn't anyone have, like, chores? Or sports? Or obligations? And what jerk-off parent was out there wasting several bucks a month on a retarded gaming magazine for their little brat?!