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Don't get me wrong, anything Tim Schafer would be wonderful comics fodder, but I'm an old softy for his Maniac Mansion. Large cast of eccentric characters could lead to an interesting comic.

Ideal team: Kirkman and Cooke.

Oh, man, Maniac Mansion was awesome. I'd buy a comic based on that in a second.

Actually, according to Wikipedia, there is a Phoenix Wright (well, Gyakuten Saiban, anyway) manga currently running in Japan, and Del Rey's bringing it out in English. So we will be getting some Phoenix Wright comics soon.

Speaking of which, I don't know why they haven't brought out some of the Legend of Zelda manga.

But you know what would make a good Bizarro World-style multi-artist anthology comic? Katamari Damacy.

Legacy of Kain, hands down. It's a dark fantasy epic with vampires, Lovecraftian monstrosities, extradimensional demons, time travel, and endless plot twists, manipulations and betrayals. You've got the arrogant antihero with Kain, the vampire overlord attempting to restore balance to the decaying world, and a tragic hero in Raziel, Kain's former lieutenant who is turned into a wraith and tricked into the machinations of pretty much every opposing faction in the storyline. The mythology of the series encompasses several millennia, and there's plenty of characters and events to be expanded upon, not to mention the open-ended nature of the unresolved storyline.

The games themselves have some comic connections already, with Paul Jenkins working on the writing staff for several of the games, and though there have been a couple promotional comics done, the series deserves much better than that.

I think my ideal creative team for this series would probably be Mike Carey writing with plot input from Amy Hennig (the director of the majority of the games) and art by Jacen Burrows. Carey's one of the most versatile writers in the business today, and his experience with Lucifer makes him an ideal candidate to write a character like Kain. Meanwhile, Burrows is an incredibly talented horror artist and would be an amazing choice for a series loaded with gore, undead characters and Lovecraftian monstrosities like The Elder God. At the same time, I'd also love to see Bill Sienkiewicz portray the Spectral plane as Raziel travels through it; I think his sensibility would work really well with the distortions and such related to portraying the Spectral plane.

I'm surprised there is only one graphic adventure game in the list (well, if Phoenix Wright counts as one), after all most of LucasArts' old graphic adventure games would make pretty good all-age comics and already have decent sized fan bases, the best example being Monkey Island. It has a great story, its very funny and there's enough game to make plenty of issues
Another good thing going for them is that for the most part the characters aren't being used anywhere so even if the comic wouldn't adapt the old games then there wouldn't be any problems with making new stories

I'd like to see Brian Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's Earthbound.

Far more interesting list? Top 5 comics that deserve to be made into a video game. Not the movie-tie-in style games, but the high concepts that might very interesting in game form.

Terror Inc? Do a fun mash-up of RPG and gotta-catch-em-all game elements. Possibly attached to a 3rd person, mission based game engine.

Actually, I think I would REALLY like to play that game.

Y'know, everyone complains about PoP: Warrior Within (the middle game), but I think it's essential to the story of the third game. I still think it's the weakest game of the three, but it deepens the Prince's character arc; he spends years of his life trying to change the past and prevent his first mistake, instead of making the best of the future he's been dealt. Played again after you've seen the end of the story in Two Thrones, it works MUCH better.

And as for other games I'd love to see adapted, the first that comes to mind for me is Ninja Gaiden (the original trilogy, not the newer games); it was one of the first really story-driven games of the console era, and I'd love to see it retold without the "wait...what?" elements and a clearer sense of the world it's set in.

I was thinking a month or two ago that the Metroid series would make a good comic book.

There's actually a PoP graphic novel coming next spring; guess you missed the announcement, though it didn't seem to receive much attention to begin with.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/07/27/4741/

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10878.html

Dude.

Adrian Tomine.

Dig Dug.

You keep digging and digging and it's HARD WORK and it's ultimately futile and then you die.

Fallout. High concept pitch: Fallout is great. Creative team: I have no idea.

Tom Foss: I was thinking a month or two ago that the Metroid series would make a good comic book.

Yeah me too, that would rock. You would need a sci-fi kind of writer on it, maybe someone like Orson Scott Card or possibly Kieth Giffen (at a stretch?) and someone like David Finch on art chores.

Another personal favourite of mine would be Duke Nukem just for the ridiculous one-liners.

The Elder Scrolls games have amazing production design that would let someone do a really visually pretty comic book, and pretty much carte blanche on the characters they'd use.

Why Sonic the Hedgehog has lasted over a decade with a monthly comic and Super Mario Bros don't have one is beyond me.

Larry Marder's PIKMIN. (Only after he's done reviving BEANWORLD, of course.)

I have to strongly disagree with MarkAndrew with regard to Dig Dug.

"You keep digging and digging and it’s HARD WORK and it’s ultimately futile and then you die."

That's a perfect comic for Chris Ware, not Tomine. I can even imagine the last page of the storyline, which would be an eight-page foldout showing the entire layout of the long and convoluted tunnel that the main character has dug throughout the series, with popup insets showing details of particular sections where important plot points happened.

Psychonauts, the comic, with writing and art by Scott Campbell. The one at http://scott-c.blogspot.com/ He was the art director for the game, and he's getting known for his comic work.

That’s a perfect comic for Chris Ware, not Tomine. I can even imagine the last page of the storyline, which would be an eight-page foldout showing the entire layout of the long and convoluted tunnel that the main character has dug throughout the series, with popup insets showing details of particular sections where important plot points happened.

Ah, crap. You're totally right. I thought of both of them and decided that Tomine would be funnier, just 'cause his stuff is slightly more depressing.

But you're right. Chris Ware would've been the better choice.

Sorry, only Jim Woodring is allowed to make Earthbound.

Fallout. High concept pitch: Fallout is great. Creative team: I have no idea.

Well Anthony Johnston is working with a similar world/concept in Wasteland, although I'd pick up a Fallout by Ennis or Ellis.

Fallout from Ennis and Fabry would be pretty fucking amazing, come to think of it.

Vagrant Story, because any comic where the hero is called Ashley Riot is going to sell billions.

I'm with Dave, Legacy of Kain would be awesome.

5. Katamari Demacy
4. Viewtiful joe
3. Ico
2. Tenchu Stealth Assassins
1. Monkey Island

Not a bad list if i say so myself

The prostitute joke crosses the line from funny to tasteless and insensitive. Violence against women is too much a part of our reality to be good fodder for jokes.

There's so many great games but (for me) the best of the best was always Legacy of Kain saga. I could listen to that monologues and conversations forever. It would be an awesome movie/movies.... that will never be made (it almost is already).
Also I would like to see Prince of Persia. And I have to say that Warrior Within is my favourite part (I loooove tragic characters and that feeling that you cannot win and change your destiny).

"we might get the Wii version of From Hell, complete with motion sensitive prostitute mutliation!"
I thought that was already one of the levels for Manhunt 2.

I actually think that Brian K. Vaughn would be better for Phoenix Wright.

For me,

Shadowrun written by Greg Rucka and drawn by Jesus Saiz.

Jade Empire written by Gail Simone and drawn by Ed Benes.

Ratchet and Clank written by John Rogers and drawn by Duncun Roleau.

Crimson Skies written by Garth Ennis and art by Bruce Timm.

Oh and I can't believe I forgot the obvious one: Castlevania all done by Mignola.

Castlevania already has had multiple comic series from IDW, as have Konami's other cash cows, Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid.

None of them have actually been any good, but they have happened.

Oh, on a Konami-related note: Contra by Frank Miller and Simon Bisley.

I'll like to see L.A. Confidential made into a comic book . It's both a great book and movie already.

And I want Alex Maleev to draw it.

3. The Sims would make a great comic...Grant Morrison/Frank Quietly can hem it. It would be about Bob trying to save the universe by killing the creator while pondering his own existence. Then he goes online.

2. Playboy Mansion game. Done in a Citizen Kane kinda way, exept with a girl. The rise and fall of Shirley, Playboy centrefold for August and someone who aspires to marry Hefner. When she's fired she takes revenge...
Gail Simone & Garth Ennis/Frank Cho

1. A more adult-y version of Beyond Good and Evil. A social commentary on the Iraq war, the US, and modern media involving a talking bipedal, perverted pig.
Warren Ellis/no artist, just take drugs beforehand and imagine the rest...

I would like to see The Sims made into a comic as well. It has a perfect storyline to be adaptable to a comic.

If Frank Miller had done a Mario Bros series way back when he was good, we'd be mocking everything that came before that right now. I'd download the old ones off Virtual Console and be like "What's this? Where's my satisfying crunching noise when I stomp on a Goomba's face? And what's the interrogate button? Stupid Classic Controller."

Crimson Skies by Garth Ennis - there was a comic released as a sort of prelude to the first game, but Ennis could do it... Though I'd really also like to see Bill willingham's take on it!

Fallout would also be great! The humour intrinsic to the game should come across really well!

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"Kratos’s story of revenge against the Gods makes Jesse Custer look positively like a pussy"

That, sir, is crossing the line.
I like the list though. But i would've included Legacy of Kain..