{"product_id":"plok-the-exploding-man-volume-1-awake-paperback","title":"Plok The Exploding Man: Volume 1: Awake! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Pickford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSte Pickford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom video game star to comic strip hero \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of his 1993 Super Nintendo game, Plok fell asleep in his comfy chair. All of his enemies were defeated, and all of his precious flags were back in place. Twenty years later he wakes up in a comic strip, not quite sure where he is, what year it is, or why he never got a sequel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pickford Bros, creators of the original Plok video game, have revived their creation in the form of a weekly web-based comic strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach comic is a 4-panel newspaper style strip following Plok as he wakes up and rediscovers the world he inhabits, meeting old adversaries from the SNES game and making new friends from elsewhere in the world of video games. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects the first 26 weekly episodes, as well as biographies of both the comic's characters and creators. and a 'sketchbook' containing drawings and notes from the making of each comic strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pickford Bros are John Pickford and Ste Pickford, BAFTA nominated video game designers from the north of England. They've been making video games together since in mid 1980s, and in 2013 decided to start a comic strip resurrecting their favourite character, Plok, star of their 1994 cult-classic SNES game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 54\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117072846983,"sku":"9781500693398","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a547de98e2c89625cb5a85927e28a07a.webp?v=1732521111","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/plok-the-exploding-man-volume-1-awake-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}