COMIC: 'Our Blazing Destiny' - Super Mario Bros!
[Our Blazing Destiny is a weekly comic by Jonathan "Persona" Kim about our society, cultural postdialectic theory, and video games. And about the dramas that happen behind the two-dimensional playfield.]
Here's Persona's info on this week's slightly delayed comic, which is [*WARNING*], vaguely disturbing and ever so slightly NSFW, but hey, Nintendo, don't hurt us: "Sorry this comic took so long! I've been hit by my yearly cold and it's messing me up pretty badly. I hope the colors at least look okay on this comic.
"Anyway, I've been playing the New Super Mario Bros. for the DS lately (thanks to Aderack, Aerisdead, and Thatbox!) and the new mushrooms that either make Mario gigantic or miniscule started me on a track of thinking about all of Mario's past power-ups. Whenever he ingests something, he always has some sort of change in constitution, whether it be a P-balloon, a mushroom, or a metal cap. Not only that, his power ups usually come with a wardrobe change - from raccoon ears and tail, capes, and Hammer Bros. shells to frog suits, statues, and even Kuribo shoes!
"So is Mario some sort of cosplay fetishist?"
[Jonathan "Persona" Kim is sometimes a character animation student at the California Institute of the Arts, other times a ninja illustrator, but in his heart, a true comic artist looking for his destiny in the sea of stars. His path on the torrid road of comics include a quarterly manga on The Gamer's Quarter and his website on the internet drawing hub Mechafetus.com. He's also working on a report about his Anime Expo experiences soon to be posted here, probably within the week!]
Comments
Brilliant and quite enlightening. Thank you, oh GameSetWatch.
Posted by: gnome | July 11, 2006 8:18 AM
Absolutely fantastic. Love it.
Posted by: Ian | July 11, 2006 8:56 AM
Princess Peach never looked as hot as this... now if only they'd offer this as an alternative costume in mario kart or something... "Badass" version of peach.
How did you even get ideas like that? It's so out there it's HILARIOUS. This is so great, thank you ever so much!
Posted by: Etheo | July 11, 2006 10:28 AM
Bonus points for retaining the jewel on her dress for the new costume, too.
Posted by: MattG | July 11, 2006 11:35 AM
Didn't find this funny in the least, but at least Princess Peach was hot.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 11, 2006 4:44 PM
Fantastic. Doesn't need the preface. Be bold, persona!
Posted by: dark steve | July 11, 2006 7:12 PM
Ooh, excellent.
Bowser's always been a favorite Mario character, what can you say about a villain who'll kidnap yer girlfriend one moment, throw down with you on the Kart track the next, and join your party when you're on a save-the-world RPG quest? He and the others must have an interesting dynamic going on behind the scenes.
Posted by: John H. | July 11, 2006 9:24 PM
Mario with a fetish for costumes, peach a whore, and bowser possibly gay. Intersting indeed.
And yeah, peach is the hotness. Needs to be an alternate costume in SSBW
Posted by: d | July 12, 2006 3:20 AM
Wait, what?
Is that an exclamation mark on the hat?
Posted by: Eva03 | July 12, 2006 4:38 PM
Fantastic and funney!
realy gives a twist to the mario story
Posted by: Rhiannon fitzpatrick | March 7, 2007 9:57 AM
Gives a twist to Mario's life!
Posted by: King Wii : Wii Cheats | April 28, 2007 10:14 AM