Super Meat Boy Comic

I love how comics are used to promote other items. It might be a movie, action figure, or even a video game. Meat Boy is a popular flash game that one can play on many online game sites. The developers of the game are apparently going to launch a new game entitled "Super Meat Boy" in the beginning of 2010 and every Friday until the release, if you are a follower of their Twitter account, you could win a comic of Super Meat Boy. They change the parameters of the contest week by week, so go check it out to find out how to win. The cover is obviously an homage to Action Comics #1, and done quite well I might add. The two demo pages on their blog are pretty funny, with an obvious geek chic humor behind them and I plan on trying to acquire a copy of the comic to see what it is all about.

On the one hand, I have not been a real fan of most comic as advertisement plans. Most of the movie comics are only geared to the gotta have em all collectors and aren't a great draw to bring in new comic fans. I have liked the comics that have continued series like Buffy or Angel, or at the very least add something new to the story overall. Its just that they feel more like a gimmick rather than a treat. Maybe Super Meat Boy will prove me wrong.

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