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The Destructor-Toid is STILL terrorizing the city! By the time anyone does anything to stop it, will there even be a city left to save? Most of Destructoid's heroes are underground, trapped with insane troll zombies! The streets are filled with sentient consoles! The Burch siblings 360 seems to have red ringed! Yashoki is somehow a witch!

Is there no hope for Destructoid City? Is this truly the end? Who is the cause of all this? And why?

There isn't really a winning comment for this one, it's pretty much an amalgamation of a few. A couple people wanted Papa Burch so I threw him in along with a second page detailing Niero's whereabouts and his kidnapper (who, by the way, has nothing to do with a certain anti videogame activist/former attorney. It's all just pure coincidence ... ).


The look of Niero was based on a short comic by Ceark, whose art is fantastic. Thought it'd be fun as a nod back to that continuity. 

THE RULES:
1. You have 24 hours from the time this blog was posted to suggest what happens next.

2. Try to keep it relatively SFW.

3. You can only make a suggestion once per week.

4. Your suggestion has to fit on one page (although I will occasionally stretch it to two pages).

Will Ashly continue playing the robot game, destroying the city in the process? Will Reverand Anthony attempt a rescue of Jim, CTZ, RetroForceGO! and the Failcast crew? Or will he go it alone against the Destructor-toid? Who will come to Niero's aid?

Cover
Page #1: When it rains, it pours
Page #2: Enter ... THE SHARK!
Page #3: The plot thickens!
Page #4: Annnnnnd welcome!
Page #5: Revenge of the Red Rings
Page #6: Time to formulate a plan
Page #7 + #8: The Long Way Round
Page #9 + #10: Compulsory underground level
Page #11 + #12: Run or shoot?
Page #13: HAWP to it.

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Half left's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:23
Half left
3rd frame = best thing ever.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:27
Monodi
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Danzflor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:28
Danzflor
OMG! That was just fucking epic, and i came an dno, im not being exagerated, it's just to awesome and axplains a lot fo things and im happy super duper happy and fun =)
kce05d's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:30
kce05d
I. Just. Shat. Bricks. In. My. Bed. this wins, that is all.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:36
Chris Carter
Haha this is amazing, and can only get better. Anthony could follow a terrorist story arc with his new beard!
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:39
Monodi
ok ummm, calm calm... suggestions lets seee....

seriously holy shit that was amazing umm


How about the (pickled) heroes of RetroforceGo, Hamza, Sterling and the rest plot on where to get the darn Dreamcast and for some absurd reason they finally manage to get one but they still have to deal with the subway zombies.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:44
Aziel13
METAL GEAR FOREVER!
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:50
falinter
Too epic for words.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 19:53
Chronic Logic
Niero?! I can't think of where this leads to.
bahss's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 20:05
bahss
Wow, this is great stuff Mickey! I can't wait to see the next one!
JohnnyViral's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 20:17
JohnnyViral
I wish my dad said Metal gear....
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 20:36
The Incredible Edible Egg
All I can think of is I want to steal a page from Tazars book and the Ash should start doing something menial just to watch how the 'game' reacts, like playing hackie-sack with a car.

In the meantime, the gang should start climbing up the mecha looking for an opening. Someone manages to find a blue glowing spot on the Destructinator and right before they stab it, someone points out a sign that says 10 bajillion volts, do not touch and beckons them into the robot.

I forgot what I was thinking at this point, something about Raiders of the lost Ark.
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 20:42
VGFreak1225
Greatest comic evar.
I'm not sure where this should go next, but eventually the gang should find out about the game, then call up Anthony and convice him to provoke Ashly into dumping in his bed as a distraction so he can try to turn off the 360.
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 21:27
Wexx
:O
Anthony Burch's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 21:56
Anthony Burch
Holy shit, man. That looks EXACTLY like my dad. I showed it to him a few minutes ago and he got a pretty good laugh out of it. It's awesome (and I also like that the forces of good and evil are basically fighting over Ash's soul).

I dunno what should happen next week, but now that you've set up the whole "Not now, dad" thing, I feel he MUST show up near the end of the story and save everyone from the cockpit of a Metal Gear REX, presumably right before or right after Ash or myself scream something the lines of, "okay, NOW, Dad!"

That is exactly what I would film if I had a few million dollars to produce HAWP with.
nolan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 21:59
nolan
omfgawesome
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:02
flabzilla
Poop on the bed
Volkarin's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:02
Volkarin
My god epic does not begin to describe how awesome this comic is.

As for suggestions I'd really like to see a gecko crash in through the Burch house and then Papa Burch runs off and dresses up as old snake then goes on to fight the gecko.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:18
Tubatic
Oh jeez. Don't let gamepolitics catch wind of this ... so much drama...

AWESOME WORK MIKEY!

ummmm... ok, gotta get back to the crew. The failcast crew offers their best hospitality and explain taking refuge in the city sewers. more recognizeable dtoid community shows up as bit players (or at least hints at their avatars?)

Failcast happens to have the dreamcast they're looking for, along with Samit-Bot, a modified pitching/batting robot that corrects the team's grammar ...
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:31
Xhumation
you know if this eventually came out as an delicious hardcover edition...I'd buy two of them.

It's that good.
Tronjoy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:35
Tronjoy
Fantastic stuff!

I think we should go back to the gang. They get flushed out of their safe room and keep running from the forum trolls. They're ambushed and half of the team are forced into an abandoned subway car and are surrounded with no hope of escape (the other half continue on presumably to find the Dreamcast).

Just when it looks like it's it for the trapped survivors, BOOM! Deus Ex Machina in the form of the Destructor-toid controlled by Ashly punching through the street and grabbing the subway car! It ends with Ashly getting ready to perform some menial task with the subway car (as per the suggestion by The Incredible Edible Egg), not knowing that the heroes are trapped inside.
LukienAkeela's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:37
LukienAkeela
I second the idea of hardcover edition. MUST HAVE.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:39
Brian Szabelski
Was not expecting him to be the bad guy, but I am not surprised.

Speaking of ol' JT, anyone remember when Niero covered his court appearance and his phone went off in the middle of it? Good times, good times.
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:46
Black Nexus
O.o mind = blown .
seifd's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:53
seifd
I don't know when or how it will happen, but Brad Nicholson needs to appear as a dude that's bad enough to rescue the president. Give him huge muscles, a shirt with the sleeves ripped off, and a headband.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 22:56
Tubatic
Shoot, Niero covering the Bully court event was the first time I came to Destructoid! Back when I had no idea that Niero ran and owned the site! :)
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2009 23:29
SWE3tMadness
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNN!! :O

Very nice twist! The comics were pretty awesome beforehand, but this strip just cranked it up past eleven. Cannot wait for the next one, but I'm wondering if its going to keep topping itself every issue like this. I certainly hope so.
flaming burrito's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 00:37
flaming burrito
Epic. Is there any way I could get that third frame in a high res version for a wallpaper?
Fission Mailed's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 00:57
Fission Mailed
Brad Nicholson must be Duke Nukem. Make it so Mikey.

Also, this comic is fucking awesome!
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 01:04
madninja
This is starting to get real serious now. Amazing.
Ok so for the next page there should be ninjas that appear behind Tom saying "Should we deal with this problem" and Tom reply to that is "No, we may use him down the road. His knowledge of video games can prove to be useful" Alarm noise set off and you see the whole Dtoid team on a monitor (Necros saying the goodwill isn't that too far away). The page ends with Tom saying "Release it"
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 01:37
madninja
Also Tom needs to have a Lord Zed type of chair.
odber's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 03:17
odber
The plot thickens. Excellent work as always
Sterling Aiayla Lyons's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 04:00
Sterling Aiayla Lyons
Well, there goes my plan to lead into a plot where Niero is being held in the digital world by evil digital spirits of copies of the E.T game and Daikatana, in which the heroes must become digitized and rush in to save him from those terrible, terrible, games.

Actually, I'll still take a shot at it based off of what has been written.

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Row 1 Frame 1: Niero spits in Tom's face again. This time something can be seen in the background, 2 glowing yellow lights, a familiar shape...yet...different.

Row 1 Frame 2: Tom wipes his face again, the Mr. Destructoid helmet now fully visible, yellow lights glowing, weird things attached to it, modified for Tom's needs. Tom: "Ah, you haven't seen what I had in store for your helmet yet, have you?"

Row 1 Frame 3: Close up of Niero looking at the warped Destructoid helmet, the eyes starting to change color from yellow to white. The text from Frame 2 spill over on to this frame.

Row 2 Frame 1: Tom is seen in portrait, behind him, the Destructoid helmet's eyes lit white now, Niero still hanging there.
Tom: "The president has already gotten acquainted with it. If he liked games before...well...lets say after it's through with him, he'll be begging me to lead the 'war on videogames'. I figured, hey, they had him brought to me, so maybe I can do something to convince him of my cause.".
Niero: "Heh, your bluffing. Nothing could be that bad."

Row 2 Frame 2: A close up of Niero's bust, now drowned out in the blinding white light being shone from the helmet. Little ghostly sprites/assets from the game E.T., and other various bad games like Aquaman and Daikatana are seen floating around Niero. The visible edges of Niero show him slowly start to disappear, becoming digital information being absorbed into the helmet.
Niero: "Wha?"
Tom: "Haha, well, you'll find out soon enough."

Row 3 Frame 1: Tom stands back in front of his computer, having pressed a button. The monitor now shows our heroes in the safe room of the subway. From the right edge of the frame, the edge of the light from the helmet can be seen, as can the last yell of Niero, getting smaller as he is fully digitized into the helmet.
Niero: Yell of pain and agony. Goes silent as he disappears.
Tom: "Well then...lets see how our would be 'heroes' are doing. Ah, I've got a surprise for them."

Optional Last Frame: Tom is shown from the front, his frontside lit by his computer monitors, Ninja's behind him. Tom is posed just like Liquid Ocelot in that one scene at the end of act 1 of MGS4(it's a left handed fist pump).
Tom: (yelling)"ACTIVATE IT!!!"

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Whoo...long post is long. Anyhow, feel free to take liberties with the dialog and maybe some of the angles and such to make it flow more to how you think is best for the page. Big jist of the page is(as I envisioned), Niero gets digitized as a form of torture, Tom turns his attention to Jim and company, and very slight allusions in Toms words that there are others working toward very similar goals.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 04:22
RAB
ugh, fuck man. this is fucking incredible. i don't even want to contribute for fear of fucking it up
FalconReaper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 06:42
FalconReaper
The next comic goes as such: After Niero pretty much spits in TJ's face, he backhands him and then turns to a mysterious figure in the shadows,He asks if the mystery badass remembers the objective given to him and then goes on to say " Do we have an understanding,Mr.??", and Mr. mysterioso replies with "Its Reaper, FalconReaper" with a slightly menacing grin and a Falcon perched on his shoulder.

I know I keep trying to plug myself into the comic in the last 3 weeks, but I want to see my face in digital ink. Above all else I'm sorry for being a douche and keep up the awesome work dude.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 07:22
Fusiontr
If this isn't made into a hardcover graphic novel I will actually cry tears of sadness

Also, I like Anthony's idea for near the end

You also need to get a comfrontation between TJ and Jim in which TJ yacks on and Jim just punches him in the face or something
jackal27's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 12:06
jackal27
OMG! Amazing! I freaking love this site and this comic!
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 12:21
Topher Cantler
Anthony should return to his bed for a well-deserved rest at the end and find poop in it. That is all.
funran's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 13:47
funran
best one yet, awesome job. Please tell me there will be a way to get these bound into one book when its all finished, i'd pay big bucks for it. Niero, make it happen.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 15:43
RAB
PLEASE dont let this end anytime soon! ugh i want it to keep going for like several more months/years :D
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2009 23:59
The Amazing Shenazin
I fucking love this so much
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2009 11:51
RAB
OK plzz gimme a few minutes Im totally workong on one
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2009 12:16
RAB
Cut back to the safe house with the Dtoid team and the Failcast crew. Everybody who needs them grabs a medpack, and Jim invariably does or says something perverted when trying to heal Collete. Collete tells jim to fuck off and Jim says something like "Nicole Wiebe would've let me.." (or just "Nicole" if you think enough people will get the reference)
Everybody pours out of the room and the Failcast crew leads the way as they try to find a Goodwill with a Dreamcast to fuel the Ikaruga.
King: It's this way
Hito: No way dude it's over here
Madninja: You're both wrong, it's over there!
Yashoki as a witch just continues crying in a corner in the fetal position, hysterically crying things like "we're all fucked, we're so fucked.. everbody is going to die.."
The failcast crew (ironically dressed as the L4D cast)split off into different directions trying to lead, while the dtoid crew stays behind, looking at eachother, confused. Then they hear each one of failcast get picked off one by one by their own respective special infected.
Topher then shoots yashoki in the face and says "You're all retarded, it's this way" while standing infront of a comedically placed "Goodwill" sign with an arrow.
They turn a corner and climb the ladder that leads directly into the warehouse of the goodwill. It's dark, but all of a sudden you see glowing red eyes shining in the darkness...
An evil, demon posessed Nobi Nobi boy sticks its face out of a bin of stuffed animals, and starts swallowing everything it can get to.. and it's eyeing that dreamcast...
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2009 12:47
RAB
...because I'm a vain sonofabitch, would you consider putting a picture of me in a rockingchair in like an old picture frame at goodwill or somethin? :3
<3
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2009 13:02
Darren Nakamura
I totally thought of Ark's thing when you showed helmetless Mr. Destructoid.
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/24/2009 15:49
perri
So good. Tom Jackson is brilliant, that was an unexpected and amazing turn of events. I have to agree with the above, we need Brad Nicholson. Better yet, just his pecks fighting the automaton while Jackson gets enraged at the sizable obstacle and starts torturing Niero.

needs some sort of conclusion but that's all I got...Maybe the heroes find out about Jackson somehow...?
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/26/2009 01:06
Puppy Licks
I suggest that Brad Nicholson arrives, flexes his muscles to the point that he is the same size as the Destructortoid and battles with it in a Godzilla-style building shattering fist fight of epic proportions.

Meanwhile back in the safe house, our heroes battle their way to the surface and finally come across the goodwill store holding the dreamcast. All the while their exploits are being reported from a distance by JOURNALISM expert Geraldo Beedog.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 19:12
GuitarAtomik
Finally got caught up on these and I must say, Fucking awesome. Great work Mikey!
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 20:52
ArrestedDeveloper
Holy monkey bladders, that was awesome.
xxninjabunnyxx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2009 14:36
xxninjabunnyxx
Samit + Casey Jones outfit = win?
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