Friday, July 15, 2011
This idea started life as a one-off joke involving Mario's 1UPs starting his ENTIRE life over, but then I started wondering about how that could be used in a heavier sort of way. As a sort of reverse to "The Captive Princess," it shows how devoted Mario is to Peach...and also like that comic, I eschew the "Princess in another castle" ending for something more sentimental.
Matthew – Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:00 PM
We're working on getting the video to appear in the comic space, but here it is for now!
EDIT: For those that asked, here is the song by itself, as well as a montage of panels from the comic.
The concept of "lives" in a video game is an interesting one, and this video comic actually started as an idea of a very old Mario on his deathbed eating a 1-UP mushroom, then reverting to his baby self again. The more I thought about it, though, the more that idea seemed more melancholically cosmic than funny.
So assuming reincarnation is the case here, how dedicated has Mario gotta be to rescue Peach in order to keep doing this? I've portrayed the guy as insensitive plenty of times, and downplayed his heroics several other times, but let's face it--he's a nice guy, and by all definitions, a hero.
I'm not quite sure how a somber, video-type comic like this will be received, but I'm rather happy with how it turned out. That's me ticklin' the ivories as well--see if you can pick out all the different Mario themes (there are ten)!
Like I do with most milestone (~50) comics that end up wearing on my sanity (and because I'm going out of town for a bit), I'm taking a two week summer break! So I'll see you guys on the first Tuesday of August.
Also, we recently added some special bundles to our store, so go buy one!