Kid Radd
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:49 am
Time for a sprite comic! Although, it actually uses completely original sprites made for the comic, not ones from real games, so maybe I should call it pixel art...
Anyway, this week's comic is Kid Radd. You can use that link to go to the first strip or, if you prefer, you can download the entire comic on the main page.
Before you read it you should keep a couple of things in mind.
1: The comic has ended so, if you want, you can actually read through the entire thing.
2: This comic is animated using some really cool html tricks. Unfortunately, said tricks are so cool that some browsers seem to have trouble with them. It used to work fine in IE6 but some people have been having problems lately. It sorta works in IE7 but some animations don't trigger properly... Anyway... It DOES WORK in Firefox so I'd recommend using that to view it.
Plot Summary: Kid Radd was an old NES game (not really but for the purposes of this comic it was. The comic starts out following Radd's adventures through the game but soon expands as he and other characters from the game find themselves pulled into a much larger world populated by sprites from lots of different games. Eventually they have to try and save the world and all that. The story in interesting and has some great characters.
Art: The stuff is mostly 8-bit pixel work but it's really good and the animations are top notch (at least as long as you're using the right browser).
Things to Know: Once again, the comic no longer works properly in all browsers, use Firefox. Aside from the completed comic there's some fun bonus stuff on the site.
Favorite Strips Not in the First 50: It's a pain to link to individual strips in Kid Radd but I will say that most of the 4th Wall Weeks are really good.
Anyway, this week's comic is Kid Radd. You can use that link to go to the first strip or, if you prefer, you can download the entire comic on the main page.
Before you read it you should keep a couple of things in mind.
1: The comic has ended so, if you want, you can actually read through the entire thing.
2: This comic is animated using some really cool html tricks. Unfortunately, said tricks are so cool that some browsers seem to have trouble with them. It used to work fine in IE6 but some people have been having problems lately. It sorta works in IE7 but some animations don't trigger properly... Anyway... It DOES WORK in Firefox so I'd recommend using that to view it.
Plot Summary: Kid Radd was an old NES game (not really but for the purposes of this comic it was. The comic starts out following Radd's adventures through the game but soon expands as he and other characters from the game find themselves pulled into a much larger world populated by sprites from lots of different games. Eventually they have to try and save the world and all that. The story in interesting and has some great characters.
Art: The stuff is mostly 8-bit pixel work but it's really good and the animations are top notch (at least as long as you're using the right browser).
Things to Know: Once again, the comic no longer works properly in all browsers, use Firefox. Aside from the completed comic there's some fun bonus stuff on the site.
Favorite Strips Not in the First 50: It's a pain to link to individual strips in Kid Radd but I will say that most of the 4th Wall Weeks are really good.