![]() They toss out funny words like “gouache” and “Wacom”, “anatomy” and “perspective” and I’ll nod my head and pretend (quite convincingly I might add) to know what they are talking about. I enjoy hearing comic artists talk about how they design and draw the pages. ![]() I often wonder what the process is for works of art. Granted this “internet” won’t be widespread for another six years so take good notes. You can then read the comic and write your thoughts about it on a thing that some dude name Al Gore invented called The Internet (as if) which is something like a compuserve message board but not for dorks. Next you insert the Double Dragon game cartridge, enter the code Up, up, down, down left, right, left, right, B, A into your game shark, throw a bar of soap across the room, pet the family dog firm but lovingly behind its left ear, have a VHS recording of ALF playing backwards and say Shamalama Ding Dong three times and the brilliant comic adaption of this ageless game will automatically appear on your TV. Next you take your Nintendo or Sega Genesis and hold it on top of your head for thirty seconds. It’s simple to find the Easter egg you just sit on the toilet to poop or if you’re a wuss or one of those fictional gamer girls to pee. Well now you can enjoy the adventures of Jimmy and Billy Lee in a timeless eternal medium that will always hold the hearts and wallets of our nation’s children… Comic Books! I also heard from some close personal friends over at Marvel Comics (home of Punisher, X-Men and my personal favorite Sleepwalker) about a special Easter egg you can get a comic adaptation of the hit video game from five years ago DOUBLE DRAGON! You may recall your older brother talking about playing this crazy 16bit video game in a thing called an Arcade (or your local pizza parlor) where you walk to your right and beat up enemies that take their fashion cues from both Warriors… “The.” and “The Road…”. Console gaming has hit a high with the first Spider-Man game since the Atari 2600, Something called “Sonic the Hedgehog” (I think it’s a lame rip off of Super Mario Brothers don’t bet on this one kids) and the hotly anticipated video game adaptation of the surefire Bruce Willis blockbuster “Hudson Hawk”! It’s great writing for Gamer’s guide in 1991! It has been a great year for video games we got the Terminator 2 arcade game where you spend roughly about seventy five dollars in quarters to beat the dreaded skynet supercomputer and a near lifelike representation of that creepy T-1000.
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