Comics Vs. Games
Inspired by the artxgame projects in Los Angeles and San Francisco, TIFF Nexus’ Comics vs Games creative jam, led by Miguel Sternberg from the Hand Eye Society, has developed five inspiring game collaborations between nationally and internationally renowned independent comic and game creators. Each team is made up of one comic creator and one indie game developer, and the results are highly polished, multiplayer, jam-scale games along with limited edition prints for each game.
These innovative and unique games will be exhibited/showcased at three separate venues:
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Magic Pony– April 29 to May 3, 2012
680 Queen Street West, Toronto
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival – May 5 to May 6, 2012
Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge Street, Toronto
- Toronto International Film Festival 2012 @ the TIFF Nexus mini-Arcade
The Games
(Click pics for info)
Black Church Brigandage
Cumulo-Nimblers
The Yawhg
The Mysterious Aphroditus
We’re No Angels
Miguel Sternberg
(Jam Leader)
Miguel Sternberg is a veteran of Toronto’s indie game scene. He is one half of Spooky Squid Games, a former co-founder of Capybara Games and helps run The Hand Eye Society a videogame arts and culture group. His pixel art has enriched the movie Crank, the back cover of Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together, the web game Legends of Zork, as well as countless unplayable cellphone games based on major movie franchises. He is currently working on They Bleed Pixels, a fast-paced, gothic lo-fi, platforming beat’em up.
Panel
(@ Toronto Comic Arts Festival)
Press
- Destructoid “Indie devs and artists unite for Comics Vs. Games”
- Gamasutra“Comics vs. Games: Thinking Outside the Panel”
- IndieGameMagazine “When Worlds Collide: ‘Comics vs. Games’ Exhibitions Lined Up”
- The Electric Playground “Comics Vs. Games Creative Jam” VIDEO
- Mythic Bios “How to Turn a Medium into a Genre: 8 to 16-Bit Video Games”
- Kotaku “Awesome Art Happens When Creators Cross Over for Comics Vs. Games”
- InnerSPACE “As Seen on InnerSPACE: Comics vs Games”
- Sparkle and Shine “Gaming in May – All Work and No Play”
- Twinfinite “Interview with Comics vs Games curator Miguel Sternberg”
- Venus Patrol “Toronto’s TIFF Nexus Pits Comics vs. Games”
- The Verge “‘His Face All Red’ artist collaborating on indie game ‘The Yawhg’”
