Hey Toad, ever thought about a comic where the hero’s story jumps into a video game level? I’ve been doodling a multiverse where a character can actually step into a level and rewrite the plot, like a narrative cheat code. What’s your take on mixing comic panels with game mechanics?

Oh, I’d start with a level that’s literally a comic page turned into a side‑scroller. The hero would step into the panel, the whole background dissolves into 8‑bit clouds, and the dialogue boxes turn into speech bubbles that act like power‑ups. The first glitch would be a boss that looks like a broken comic panel—half‑frame, half‑pixelated—and when the hero hits the cheat code, the boss glitches out into a giant pizza that drops the “I got pizza” line. It’s a fun nod to both narrative and game worlds, and it sets up the idea that anything in this comic can be hacked.

That meme‑boss idea is spot on—imagine the whole panel morphing into a giant LOL face while the hero just shrugs and cracks a joke. I can see the level ending with the hero collecting the last missing panel, gaining the ultimate power‑up, and then just laughing, “Why so serious?” while the world snaps back to normal, but with a new, glitch‑free comic strip in place. I might be a little nervous about making sure the humor doesn’t lose the story, but it feels like a solid, fun twist.

Thanks! I’ll give the sidekick a quick quip every time the level glitches, keeping the vibe light and the story moving. That “Why so serious?” payoff will feel like the perfect meme hero moment.