Game Informer Comic Game Guy Gets Standalone Release
Season 1 of Nicholas Abdilla’s video games satire Game Guy has just arrived on iTunes and Amazon, and a Season 2 is coming soon.
Soon after Game Informer launched in Australia, a comic began running in each issue within the magazine’s letters section. It was Game Guy, written and illustrated by Nicholas Abdilla, who was working at a local retailer called EB Games. After running for a full season, a second season was teased but never published, and the bumbling titular hero and his trusty sidekick Handheld were seemingly gone.
However, Season 1 has just been collected and released on iTunes and on Amazon through Old Mate Media. Fans will recall its pun-filled satire of all things video gaming, which is brought to life in digital form only at this point. And in even more exciting news, in this interview, Abdilla reveals alongside details about his inspirations and themes that a Season 2 is in the works and should be released soon, too.
Game Guy himself is described by Abdilla “as intentionally clichéd and his look reflects that. The overly muscular physique. The perfectly coiffed hair. The ridiculously big smile. I would always imagine the cheesy superheroes of the 1940’s when drawing and writing Game Guy.” But for many it is the unassuming Handheld who is the star of the show, keeping the ship upright as Game Guy threatens to overturn it at every conflict.
While some of the story arcs are particularly Australian – especially one that involves the country’s famous classification system – most of the themes transcend cultures and regions. However, don’t expect famous faces like Yoshi to necessarily play the good guy role. Abdilla has great fun twisting expectation on its head, pulling no punches in taking a swing at a lot of the silly fanboy politics that tend to fill up forums in the video games community.
You can pick up Game Guy Season 1 on iTunes or on Amazon now.
