February 22nd, 2010
Watchclix
As some of the best pop influences of our lives continue to get turned into toys and gaming accessories, you gotta think about what’s next, or better, what’s not next.
What other medium would turn one of it’s greatest works into a small plastic toy?
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing Watchmen are going to be Heroclix. I do not GAF. I’m just saying comics are a pretty weird place, where our most thought-provoking and mature works are still fodder for such things as tiny plastic toys that serve as nothing more than vehicles for a collectible competitive numbers game.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:13 pm
I genuinely love how Doc Manhattan looks kinda like a little blue baby making his first steps on the beach in the last panel.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 5:07 am
I have never collected ‘clix–being a pen & paper gamer I need MUCH more complicated rules for my minis. I have played with them though, & my roleplaying background made for a lot of fun– my “Joker Gang” was mostly me screaming in a Joker-voice about the various c-list heroes & villains I had to fight. It was…a lot of fun.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 7:19 am
do we even know anyone who does heroclix???….and btw that is like the worst name for a game ever
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February 23rd, 2010 at 9:22 am
I don’t game, but if a HeroClixcould do that, yeah, I’d buy it.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
You could also point to the Ozymandius action figures within the comic itself as some sort of meta-prophecy. What I’m trying to say is that Alan Moore is a wizard, and that his tiny plastic fetishes will soon consume our universe.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
What’s next, Gone With The Wind Heroclix?
Ok, I’d buy that.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
MaxtotheMax: I’d buy those too! You know what I’d REALLY like would be Wes Anderson heroclix. There are so many possibilities! Except there’d be like, ten different Bill Murray characters.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
So I’m guesing this would be a bad time to push my line of Ctitizen Kane plushies?
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February 23rd, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Bill Murray is the TIPPY-TOP of the A-list.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 6:26 pm
There actually should be a Wes Anderson character that’s obsessed with building, painting*, and furnishing little tableaus to set his HeroClix.
*all in colors that haven’t been used since the late 60s, of course.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Ok, seriously, someone needs to get to work on MurrayClix. Ghostbusters vs. Rushmore!
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February 23rd, 2010 at 8:14 pm
ESTEBAN! (you have a good idea)
I invented Wes Anderson Heroclix. What did you ever do?
I always wanted to be in one of your fuckin’ comics.
(I can keep going…)
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February 24th, 2010 at 12:29 am
I just want to let you guys know how truly amazing your comic is. I’ve been reading since summer, and I’ve found it to be the most consistently funny webcomic I’ve seen. Kudos, guys.
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February 24th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Thanks a lot, “Morgan is Brown”.
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February 26th, 2010 at 2:35 am
The detail of Dr. Manhattan’s drawers disappearing throughout the three panels is just an example of the kind of mastery that keeps me coming back. Nice job, guys.
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February 26th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Mathew Digges – That was a little visual gag that was all Curt’s idea. I hope you’re not the only one who noticed it. Also, dude, I have thought your stuff was great since Sims showed me your pencils (maybe some inks) for Awesome Hospital way back when.
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February 26th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks for the compliment, Chris. The material that Sims and Chad have been giving me has been pretty great, so it’s nice to know that I’m keeping up with it.
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April 5th, 2010 at 3:18 am
Now all we need is a Magic: The Gathering expansion based on the works of Osamu Tezuka, and you’d pretty much have its Eastern equivalent.
Dororo would be a hell of a Rare card.
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April 5th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Jacob – That actually might convince me to try playing Magic.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 3:10 pm
But then you’d have to tap a swamp for Giant Rats..That will leave one feeling a bit, “Eh..”
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