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Described simply as a “treasure hunt in space with old school video game graphics,” Nova Phase<\/em> is a creator-owned six issue digital comic series created by writer Matthew Ritter and artist Adam Elbatiny. A better description is a pixel art space western, and, having personally reviewed the first four issues, each of which is available from www.comixology.com<\/a>, I can say that it’s not only worth checking out the first free issue, but also the three subsequent issues that are available. Publisher Slave Labor Graphics<\/strong> has also made a print version of the first two issues available for sale through their Website<\/a>\u00a0and Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n[layerslider id=”9″]\n

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As you can see from the sample pages above, the art and overall design\u00a0is well done (though more 16-bit than 8-bit in my opinion), and I found the writing to be sharp, with intelligent and clever\u00a0dialog and interactions between the various characters. In fact, I found the overall package to be a less serious take off on the very first computer-produced comic, Shatter<\/a><\/em>, which originally dates to 1985 and was produced on the original Apple Macintosh with MacPaint<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The cover for Shatter<\/em> special number 1, 1985. Note the passing similarity to…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"...the<\/a>

…the cover for Nova Phase<\/em>, issue 2.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Shatter<\/a>

Some pages from Shatter\u00a0<\/em>when it appeared in issue 12, March 1985, of the videogame magazine,\u00a0Big K<\/em>. I really like that Nova Phase<\/em> mimics much of this style.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, there’s some\u00a08-bit music inspired by Nova Phase <\/em>to enhance the reading experience. This music, crafted by Andrew Huang<\/a>, can be listened to at www.14hoursproductions.com\/bittunes\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The promotional back cover for Nova Phase<\/em>, issue 1<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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