The Four Color Media Monitor

Yahoo/Parade presents another example of a video game being adapted to comics, this being "Cult of the Lamb":

2022’s Cult of the Lamb, developed by Australian indie studio Massive Monster, was one of the best games released that year. It was an absolute riot, and fans absolutely loved it. Now, it’s getting a comic book adaptation.

Massive Monster launched a Kickstarter campaign for Cult of the Lamb: The First Verse, a graphic novel adaptation of its hit game. The graphic novel is to be published by Oni Press, and will be written by Red Goblin writer Alex Paknadel with art from Troy Little.

The Kickstarter was aiming to bring in $10,000 USD, but it absolutely smashed that goal, and at the time of writing has brought in over $300,000. That’s an incredible overshoot, and shows that fans are definitely interested in the project. [...]

PC Gamer says it was funded only so much in 6 minutes flat. But this is still something that's decidedly nothing to write home about:

Just when I thought I couldn't get more invested in the adorably bloody roguelike world of Cult of the Lamb, developer Devolver Digital teamed up with comic book publisher Oni Press to launch a new comic series, Cult of the Lamb: The First Verse, written by Alex Paknadel and drawn by Troy Little.

What's so "adorable" about bloodshed? Nothing at all, and it's regrettable more news commentators have gushed over a game - and now surely a comic book - that puts an emphasis on atrocious displays of bloodletting. One must wonder, of course, what kind of fans this computer game happens to have who'd go out of their way to crowdfund something where violence is played for cheap sensationalism? This is decidedly another sad example of how violent entertainment is still very prevalent in showbiz, and nobody's willing to put enough emphasis on anything the opposite. I'm not buying this comic, which is notably being published by a company that shunned another just for supporting traditional marriage. Which surely makes this whole affair quite telling.

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