'Centipede Vol. 1: Game Over' by Max Bemis with art by Eoin Marron is a graphic novel based on the classic Atari video game. Sort of.

A lone survivor on a planet ravaged by space bugs spends a lot of time reflecting on his life and choices, while trying to figure out how to kill the rather large and seemingly indestructible centipede hovering over his city. There is a lot of introspection and reckless behavior until it culminates in an even weirder way than the rest of the book.

I'm not sure what I expected in a graphic novel based on a video game, and this certainly was different than what I imagined. Unfortunately, when it was all done, I wasn't really a fan. The art works pretty well and I like some of the color choices that reference the old game.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

I do not have much to say about this book. It took me so long to post feedback because honestly I wanted to like this, and it was just a disappointment. I grew up on the classic Centipede game of the 80s, and this comic just does not do any justice to that. It starts out well, then it turns into a convoluted incoherent mess that one just does not know what or where to focus on. Overall, I usually like Dynamite Comics (often a lot), but this was not good. Oh well, I will wait for something better down the road.

I do not recommend libraries adding this to their graphic novel collections (I am not adding it to ours).

I really enjoyed this! It's anarchic, trippy and weirdly touching with some great artwork and good character development. It tells the story of Dale, who is the last man on his planet and must fight the alien centipede that has eaten everyone else. Based on the Atari game, the narrative focuses on battles between Dale and the centipede with its spider minions, coupled with flashback panels that give us Dale's backstory. I thought these panels were particularly well done, with the colours having a washed-out quality letting us know that the action took place in the past. The plot goes in some pretty strange places and there are times when I felt like the narrative got away a little bit, but the author does a good job of drawing all of the threads together into what was, for me, a really satisfying and unexpected read.
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

You wouldn't think Centipede would make good source material for a comic book, but this was a lot of fun.

A trippy, confusing take on the Atari game Centipede. The last man living on a planet fights a giant flying centipede while getting high on the mushrooms it leaves. An absolute mess of a story.

Yes, as in the old arcade game (which I've never played), because that's the cultural moment we're in. And yes, that's precisely as bad an idea as the Battleships film - but also as bad an idea as <i>The Lego Movie</i>, and I've liked other comics by Max Bemis, so since it was there for the reading on Netgalley, I thought I might as well give it a go. And you know what? It's alright. The lone survivor of a devastated planet fights a ceaseless battle against a dumb but apparently unkillable giant centipede and its spidery minions, and I say 'ceaseless', but obviously there are times he collapses from exhaustion, or PTSD, and in between his increasingly desperate and ridiculous attempts to finally off the bastard thing, we get to hear a surprising amount about his life before it came, his everyday frustrations, the love he didn't quite seize when he should have...it's all surprisingly affecting, given the source property. And that's just the first three issues - the fourth goes completely Freudian/trippy. I don't entirely get why it's set on a planet obsessed with Earth culture, instead of just in our near future, but maybe the name of the planet was also in the original game so that was baked in?

After enlarged centipedes’ attacks mankind is on the brink of extinction and one man decides to stand his ground and fight against the leading 1000 m long flying steel-eating indestructible centipede alone.
Centipede is a love-hate book. It is downright weird as hell. Our hero’s motivation was never clear to me and to be honest, I did no care much. The story takes you for granted and throws oddballs one after another. From bed-size spiders to glowing mushroom drug-trips with insect mother – this book has all. But different kind of large centipedes attacking one human being and the human having a shroom trip about being born from and brought up by insect mother is not a pleasant picture at all.
The artwork was good but with no proper motivation or character development, this falls flat.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a comic for those who think Battleships the paper-based game could become a decent movie. Yup, it's based on the computer game, yes the sole character talks to us in his underwear for no reason, and yes, it truly is as bad as you dared think.

An interesting sci-fi graphic novel. Great artwork throughout.

This might be very entertaining for fans of the game. It is a story about one man battling against a giant centipede that has eaten eveyone on his planet apart from him. It was interesting to read but not a favourite of mine. I dont think I really understood what was happening.

Copy provided by Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.