AddOn Spotlight: Comix - The Return
by Zach Yonzon 
Dec 9th 2007 at 2:00PM
Blizzard's loremeister Chris Metzen admitted to a love of comics in an hour long podcast back in August, going so far as to admit that certain aspects of World of Warcraft were inspired by the comics he read as a kid. Hyping up the new series from Wildstorm Studios, Metzen effused about how they were forging new lore for the game. The first issue of the comic came out last November, with a preview of the second that you can check out before it hits the newsstands. Of course, millions of players are forging lore of their own everyday, even if they don't all make it to the comic pages. But if you're a fan of comics like I am, you might want to check out Comix - The Return, to make your adventures in Azeroth and Outlands more epic -- or should I say, comic. It's a bit of a memory hog as far as AddOns go, and doesn't really improve gameplay to any degree, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun. Boing! sounds every time you jump, classic video game music when you die or enter zones, and of course -- Bam! Thwack! and Ka-pow! visual effects in the tradition of Adam West's Batman every time you hit or crit someone in melee. Updated for Patch 2.3, Comix - The Return is the perfect AddOn for comic book geeks who want to feel like they're playing a comic book hero -- without having to play another game, that is.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hammerfel Dec 9th 2007 2:58PM
This is killer. I've got to try this out! :)
alliml Dec 9th 2007 3:26PM
I have been using this addon since it debuted simply as 'comix'. I love it so much, it's one of my absolute must-have addons.
The Godzilla roar for Battle Shout = win.
Zakk Dec 9th 2007 4:17PM
Hahaha, this looks awesome. I'll have to give it a try. And then, of course, delete it because my machine can barely handle WoW without any addons in the first place (64MB graphics card FTL -_-).
Mystical Parrot Dec 9th 2007 6:37PM
64? luxury! i run it on a ibook g4 with 32mb of ram set aside for the graphics!
does look a pretty funny addon, maybe i'll try it out :D
Ryan Dec 9th 2007 10:15PM
32 meg? Remind me never to group w/ you.
Mixx Dec 9th 2007 10:20PM
This is entertaining enough, worth checking out - gets old quick tho.
Ugkul Dec 10th 2007 1:05AM
Yea I agree. It's one of those addons you try and discard after about an hour.
White Rabbit Dec 10th 2007 1:51AM
i disabled all the sounds from crits and jumping and it's fun
Swiss Dec 10th 2007 11:07AM
I've been using this addon for quite awhile now and love it. I did disable all the sounds, though, since it did get kind of over-the-top while in raid groups.
Theserene Dec 10th 2007 12:38PM
I will check it out!
Switch4475 Dec 10th 2007 3:35PM
Thank you so much for posting this. It makes grinding SO much more fun. I imagine it'll start getting old eventually, but for now - AWESOME.
draeth Dec 15th 2007 11:24PM
too reminiscent of the novelty addon pirate speech, man that got old quick, I wiped my group twice cause all that came out of party chat was Scurvey! and Davey Jones Locker skaliwag! instead of AGGRO! TAUNT THEM! GAAAAA!