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5 graphic novels we'd love to see Telltale turn into adventure games

Or comics, if you'd like

5 graphic novels we'd love to see Telltale turn into adventure games
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Telltale Games has done some sterling work in adapting graphic novels to the small, interactive screen.

The Walking Dead series was a heart-wrenching and harrowing examination of choice, consequence, and zombies.

And it looks like The Wolf Among Us, based on the Fables comics, is another top-drawer effort.

Because it's Friday, we thought we'd have a think and come up with some other graphic novels we'd like to see the California-based dev tackle.

Feel free to whack your own suggestions in the comments section below. Or get all annoyed at us for using the term 'graphic novel' incorrectly.


Sandman

Neil Gaiman's epic genre-spanning tale of the endless is ripe for adaptation. There's such a rich blend of characters, settings, and ideas here that you could probably make an infinite number of games out of it. If you have the time.

Something starring Merv Pumpkinhead would get my vote. Or maybe a violent buddy comedy starring Cain and Abel. Or something with Eve and Matthew.

I could go on, but I've been told to stop.


Constantine / Hellblazer

A surly Gordon "Sting" Sumner look-alike who smokes 20 a day, has a darkly comic outlook on life, and deals with unimaginable supernatural horrors on a regular basis?

Sounds like the perfect blueprint for an adventure game to me.


Watchmen

Grim, violent, satirical, and not directed by Zack Snyder, the original Watchmen comic remains one of the finest ever created.

Imagine leading Rorschach through the twists and turns of his investigation, making different choices and seeing if you could stop a giant squid monster killing everyone in New York.


Preacher

The highly blasphemous tale of a preacher from Texas who, accompanied by his ex-girlfirend-turned-assassin and an Irish vampire, sets out on an epic quest to find God after he's imbued with the power of the offspring of a devil and an angel.

There's also an unkillable cowboy with guns who never misses, and the mentally handicapped last relative of Jesus.

To be honest, I doubt Apple would let it on the App Store.


Y: The Last Man

A story in which you follow the only males left alive on earth - Yorick the escape artist and Ampersand the monkey - after a plague wipes out every creature with a Y chromosome.

Funny, full of adventure, post-apocalyptic, and a little bit brilliant, it's the perfect fodder for Telltale's blend of decision making and storytelling.

Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.