Career
He is also the author of the self-published novel Nuklear Age. Webcomics
Clevinger"s webcomic, 8-Bit Theater, which is hosted on his site Nuklear Power, is very loosely based on the video game Final Fantasy I and tells the story of four would-be fantasy heroes, known as the Light Warriors, who set out to save the world from the embodiment of Chaos, but are conflicted over their own stupidity and malice. The comic was created using 8-bit graphic sprites taken primarily from the Final Fantasy NES games, or created by either Clevinger himself or Kevin Sigmund.
Spanning 1225 episodes, it ran from March 2, 2001 to June 1, 2010.
In addition to 8-Bit Theater, Clevinger is the creator of two mini-comics: Dynasty Memory, created in 2002 as a parody of the Dynasty Warriors series, and Field of Battle, created in August 2005 as a general parody of FPS games, drawing most of its influence from Battlefield 2. In 2009, Clevinger started two other webcomics on Nuklear Power.
Warbot in Accounting, co-written with artist Zack Finfrock, is about a war machine"s struggles with human daily life in a white collar job. How I Killed Your Master, "a kung fu movie, but a comic", is co-written with John Wood and drawn by Matt Speroni.
Print
Atomic Robo, drawn by Scott Wegener, began as a six-issue limited series published by Red 5 Comics starting in October 2007.
lieutenant was announced at the 2010 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo that Clevinger would be revamping the saga of The Infinity Gauntlet for Marvel Comics" all-ages series Marvel Adventures. Clevinger also revealed that he had contributed writing for two issues of World War Hulks: Wolverine versus Captain America, which were to be released that summer.
The self-published novel Nuklear Age is largely an extended parody of comic books
The book recounts the adventures of Nuklear Manitoba and his sidekick, Atomik Lad, as they fight against rogue military weapons, highly evolved civilizations, the trials of everyday life, an angst-filled over-villain of undeniable power, the ever exotic Doctor Menace, and their own impulses. Style
Clevinger has stated that " favorite comics are the ones where the jokes are on the reader.".