"'We were remarking on the rise of nostalgia [for classic games] in modern videogaming culture, from people wearing Mario and Zelda shirts to full blown cosplayers dressing up as their favorite characters. We then began to create sample art for our artist's alley tables, while finding out that many young, struggling artists have sketchbooks full of videogame character art done from the memory of a childhood spent playing videogames. ... There had been no place [where] all game characters were collected before Lifemeter.'"

The founders of Lifemeter Comics speak to The Escapist's Seth Robison.

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