Skip to content

Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

Bassist Wanted
  • Home
  • Comics
  • Characters
    • John the egomaniac singer
    • Dan the naive guitarist
    • Kevin the jerk popstar
    • All characters
  • Storylines
    • Discovering Talent
    • Working a Day Job
    • Doing Something for Charity
    • All storylines
  • Topics
    • music executives
    • songwriting
    • video games
    • All topics
  • Patreon
  • About
  • Your bookmark

Topic

Comics about video games

Often featuring…

  • Kevin
  • Bobby Kotick
  • Tony King

Covered in these storylines…

  • Going on Tour
  • Making a Guitar Hero

26 comics about this topicNewest firstMost popularOldest first

Popularity rank 1 #265. The Kevin Edo business

September 4, 2009

TONY: Kevin, this is Bobby, he's from Activision. They do GUITAR HERO....
KEVIN: Hi, I'm-
BOBBY KOTICK: Oh, I KNOW who YOU are. Kevin, Activision wants to be... in the KEVIN EDO BUSINESS.
KEVIN: So you'll put us in the game?
BOBBY KOTICK: No... we want you to have your OWN game. We want to make a CUSTOM Guitar Hero JUST for Jumpstart Malady.
SOUND: CA-CHING!
KEVIN: Whoa, Anth, your eyes became little DOLLAR SIGNS for a second...
TONY: Yeah, that's a... a little facial tic I have...

2 views ♥Like

Popularity rank 2 #281. Guitar Hero epilogue

September 20, 2009

TRASH DUMP GUY: Hello, anything toxic?
RITA: No, just a lot of unsold copies of Guitar Hero: Metallica...
TRASH DUMP GUY: This pile is ALL unsold Guitar Hero paraphernalia. Dump it there...
RITA: Thanks. What're these other piles?
TRASH DUMP GUY: Well, on your LEFT are discontinued iPods and cell phones.
TRASH DUMP GUY: And on your RIGHT are copies of Julie Taymor's ACROSS THE UNIVERSE movie.
RITA: Lemme throw mine in there while I'm here...

1 view ♥Like

Popularity rank 3 #272. The Ryan Scott interview

September 11, 2009

KEVIN: UGH... these nerd conventions...
RYAN SCOTT: UM... Kevin Edo? I'm Ryan Scott, I work for, UH... Gamespy.
RYAN SCOTT: Is it, UH, true you'll be announcing a Jumpstart Malady-based Guitar Hero game, UH, today?
KEVIN: Boz, will you... ?
BOZ: Yes, sir.
SOUND: STAB
RYAN SCOTT: AUGH!
SOUND: scritch scritch
KEVIN: I mean... these guys have ZERO social skills...
KEVIN: And I don't care for the SMELL, sir...
KEVIN: W-what the hell....

1 view ♥Like

Popularity rank 4 #269. On-disc vs. downloadable content

September 8, 2009

BOBBY KOTICK: All right, now we need to decide which of your songs goon the disc.
KEVIN: OK.
BOBBY KOTICK: And whatever songs aren't on the disc, you can sell later through the Guitar Hero store.
KEVIN: Can we... just include ONE song on the disc and sell the others for $5 a POP?
BOBBY KOTICK: You sure can.
SOUND: Cha-Ching!
KEVIN: Your eyes did the thing again, man.
TONY KING: Yeah, I really... I need to get that checked out....

1 view ♥Like

Popularity rank 5 #267. Coding your Guitar Hero

September 6, 2009

BOBBY KOTICK: Kevin, this is Yevgeny. He'll be coding your Guitar Hero.
KEVIN: You enjoy music, dude?
YEVGENY: I enjoy traditional Bashkir music ONLY.
BOBBY KOTICK: Yevgeny, the band's name is "Jumpstart Malady".
YEVGENY: OK... I run search for "Yellowcard"... replace with "Jumpstart Malady"...
YEVGENY: Coding of game is done.
BOBBY KOTICK: Great! I'm glad we fit that in before lunch...
KEVIN: Who's your favorite KURAI player, man?
YEVGENY: My allegiance belongs to Diyarov.
BOBBY KOTICK: Don't talk to the developers, Kevin. It CHEAPENS you.

1 view ♥Like

Posts pagination

Page1of 6 Page2of 6 Page3of 6 Page4of 6 … Page6of 6 Next page

Keep reading

Most popular comics…

  • 1 SUBWAY WORKER: Sir, I asked if you want the meal or just the sandwich.
BRETT: I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW.

    No James Blunt at the Subway

    4 5 Aug 5, ’06

  • 2 PETER: Well, for what it's worth, I think adopting that hot 19-year-old orphan was, though CREEPY, sort of NOBLE.

    Creepy but noble

    4 4 Apr 30, ’10

  • 3 SCRAPPER: Get your manager. I need someone who UNDERSTANDS arts and crafts.
JOHN: I GET art, lady. I AM an artist.

    I am an artist

    4 4 Mar 13, ’10

  • 4 DAN: C'mon, John. We gotta get to rehearsal.
JOHN: Man, EFF rehearsal... I'm working on a cover for our E.P.

    Scrapbooked EP cover

    4 3 Mar 16, ’10

  • 5 DAN: $25 gets us a ten-word classified ad. So let's see... "Bassist Wanted... for... rock band..."

    Writing a classified ad

    4 3 Aug 23, ’05

All Local Bands Suck (Except Ours), the first Bassist Wanted book, open on an iPad

The first book, as a PDF

All Local Bands Suck (Except Ours)

The first 150 comics: MySpace pages, going on tour, and that James Blunt song. Up for Best Book at the 2009 ECNY Awards. $10.

Get the PDF→

The Roonie the Rabbit cast in a row

Also by Porter Mason

Roonie the Rabbit on Patreon

Join free to get all my latest comics by email, or for $5 a month get exclusive comics and every new comic a week early.

Join the Patreon→

Bassist Wanted

  • Home
  • Comics
  • Characters
  • Storylines
  • Topics
  • Patreon
  • About
© 2004–2010, Porter Mason, All Rights Reserved.