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Mega Man: Bot In The Family — Comic Strip Collection Launches Kickstarter

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Cartoonist Matthew Taranto rose to fame through lampooning video games. His long-running series Brawl In The Family was a Smash-inspired smash, and it was recently collected into a gigantic hardcover. Taranto is also responsible for Gamemaster Classified, the collaboration with Howard Phillips about the early days of Nintendo in the US. Now he’s preparing another book, and this time he’s venturing outside the world of Nintendo to focus on the classic IP from a different property: Mega Man.

What he’s calling Mega Man: Bot in the Family is a collection of hundreds of comic strip gags in the vein of Brawl In The Family, only starring Mega Man, Dr. Wily, Dr. Light, Roll and other characters from the long history of Capcom’s platformer series. Taranto is working with NF Publishing, the company behind the fan magazine Nintendo Force, to make this project a reality. But he’ll also need your help too.

The Kickstarter campaign for Mega Man: Bot in the Family just launched yesterday and has already made three times its goal. Here’s what you can get: a digital copy of the book at the $19 tier, a hardcover physical copy at the $29 tier, and both physical and digital at the $39 tier. Higher tiers get you powered up with a set of art cards, a double-sided wall poster and a bookmark. The highest tiers get you special credit in the book and/or the author’s autograph.

The most interesting thing about Mega Man: Bot in the Family is that it’s not unofficial. It’s been licensed by Capcom through NF Publishing, so this is no mere fanfiction! The campaign will run until September 3, so get your pledges in.

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San Goku

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#1 Aug 05, 2026

I really enjoyed Brawl In The Family, so it's awesome to hear that Taranto is expanding his work with Mega Man: Bot In The Family. His humor always pokes fun at classic gaming tropes in such a relatable way, and I love how he captures the quirks of the characters. The crossover potential with Mega Man could lead to some hilarious moments, imagine the Blue Bomber interacting with the cast of Brawl! Did you have a favorite comic or character from Brawl In The Family that you'd love to see make a cameo?

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#2 Aug 06, 2026

Man I didn't expect this to blow past the goal so fast, three times over in a day is nuts. Taranto's art style just fits Mega Man so well, like it was made for this. Brawl in the Family lived in my browser tabs for years back in the day. Hope they add more tiers later for people who missed the early bird stuff.

official licensing is the real win here ngl. capcom actually letting someone make jokes about their own characters instead of just merch is rare. gonna pledge for the hardcover, digital only feels wrong for comic strips

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#3 Aug 07, 2026

I remember reading Brawl in the Family during lunch breaks in college, so seeing this guy get a real license from Capcom feels like a full circle moment. Mega Man has so much material to work with too, Wily's schemes alone could fill a whole book. The $39 tier seems like the smart pick if you want both formats without paying too much extra. Kind of surprised NF Publishing is behind this, I only knew them for the magazine before. Genuinely hoping the poster tier ships well packaged, art prints always get damaged in the mail for me.

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#4 Aug 08, 2026

29 for hardcover is a steal honestly

not gonna lie I never read Brawl in the Family so this is my first time hearing about Taranto. the strips look funny from the preview images though, might check out the digital tier first before committing to physical

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#5 Aug 09, 2026

Dr Light and Wily comic gags sounds like a goldmine of jokes waiting to happen, these two have decades of material between them. Definitely backing this, hope stretch goals bring in Bass and Duo at some point

three times the goal in one day says a lot about how much people trust this creator. good on capcom for actually licensing something fun instead of sitting on the ip doing nothing

autograph tier is tempting but my wallet says no this month, maybe next kickstarter

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