TVGB Review / Comic Jumper (XBLA)
TVGB: "Developer Twisted Pixel has already cranked out a couple great games for Xbox Live Arcade, the critically acclaimed ‘Splosion Man and The Maw, but in the self-referential and self-deprecating Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley they have finally stumbled upon a truly franchise-worthy hero. Never mind the fact that he got fired from his own comic book. With his titular adventures now relegated to toilet paper fodder, Captain Smiley and his sidekick, a sentient costume decoration named Star, are forced to moonlight in other comic books to earn back the love, respect and, most importantly, cash needed to re-launch their own super-powered series. Jumping from the Robert Howard-inspired Nanoc The Obliviator to the Jack Kirby-influenced Improbable Paper Pals to the manga-styled Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids, Comic Jumper plays like an homage to the classic side-scroller Gunstar Heroes filtered through the developer’s obvious love of comics."
