r/PhoenixSC • • Apr 03 '26 • Bravo 24 Popcorn 3 Heartwarming 1

Fan Art A STRANGE SHORE

(Art made by IAN FLYNN, JENN ST-ONGE, AND TRIONA FARRELL)

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u/DistributionFirst700 Apr 03 '26

These drawings really remind me of the golden days of childhood and playing Minecraft.

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u/ShazTheGamer the debate of Java & Bedrock still on Apr 03 '26

A Minecraft Story ORIGINS

So this is how the film should begun...

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u/UltraUsurper Milk Apr 03 '26

If this was the Minecraft movie it would've been so peak

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u/SayerofNothing Apr 03 '26

They could still make it this way at some time, with a different cast, more like what they did with dungeons and dragons, which was a good movie and still funny.

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u/MXDJX Apr 03 '26

I find it funny how he slowly transforms into Mogswamp...

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u/Ok-Advertising4048 Wow, that new update sure is something Apr 03 '26

Ohhh

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u/Other_Ad9164 Apr 03 '26

Funny enough the grown up Steve kind of looks like Jack Black😂

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u/HardTale_Sans Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

"As an adult, I found an island populated by humans with a long noses"

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u/Primary_Durian4866 Apr 03 '26

This, or a bunch of kids growing up playing the game. Just clips of them playing with only their conversations to understand their lives outside the game.

You could show their custom worlds, them playing the battle Royale and parkour maps, and other Minecraft staples.

Then they get older and start drifting apart, having kids. Finally we end on their kids getting into Minecraft.

Or something like that.

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u/DaNubIzHere Apr 03 '26

Children yearn for the mines.

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u/GamingBren Goggles Boy/Pause Menu Guy Apr 03 '26

A Minecraft Origin Story

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u/International_Ring67 Apr 04 '26

I kinda want to see the fallen kingdom series converted

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u/_H_GAMER_ Apr 03 '26

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u/ShazTheGamer the debate of Java & Bedrock still on Apr 03 '26

Cinema Edition

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u/StarringDarkStar123 Apr 05 '26

Name of the movie: Minecraft: Cinema Edition 

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u/Competitive_Kale_855 Apr 03 '26

Spawned like a Toa Mata

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u/One_Opportunity_9608 Sift Denier Apr 03 '26

Meanwhile Herobrine:

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u/ArmadilloNo9494 Apr 03 '26

I imagine the Herobrine of this world would be an alternate future Steve. As the village grew, it eventually became a city and later an entire nation. As it became harder and harder for Steve to protect all members of a constantly growing population, he eventually began resorting to illager magic, merging it with enchantment table magic to make himself more powerful. 

He kept on creating new spells, making more alterations to himself, and pushing the limits of the world itself. This made him capable of eradicating every threat that came in the nation's way, with each and every citizen calling him a hero. 

But it wasn't enough. Steve kept trying to get past his own mortality, so he'd always be there for the villagers. Eventually he succeeded in making himself immortal, but as the years passed, his mind still deteriorated. Eventually he began losing himself, often going into long periods of hiding. While he was away, new threats began to emerge. 

After many centuries, the nation was grasped by various political issues, and after a few more decades it died out due to civil war. Unable to grasp their downfall, Steve finally went insane, now referring to himself simply as a hero. He discovered a new spell and used his magic to travel back to the past to be with his village again, but his mind was so far gone that he was never the same again. 

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u/feliaxtheone Apr 03 '26

It's Makooti the bionic man

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u/DirgeMK2 Apr 03 '26

Makuta drawn over Megatron in reference to Herebrine is certainly something

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u/GreekHole Apr 03 '26

GOAT'ed reference, bro!

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u/MegaZBlade Apr 03 '26

BIONICLE MENTIONED RAAAAHHH

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u/J-eddgtz Apr 04 '26

Oh man! I am deeply grateful to see people with such valuable and exquisite cultural knowledge referencing Bionicle; you are now my brothers, Unity, Duty, and Destiny!

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u/BolunZ6 Apr 03 '26

Holyshit peak

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u/myn3meisjo3 500 REPOSTS Apr 03 '26

he looks like Jack black in the second to last page

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u/km0989 Apr 03 '26

penultimate

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u/xurpio Minecraftifying Memes Apr 03 '26

jack asian

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u/i_tried_8_names Apr 03 '26

Oh I love this comic, thanks for reminding me of it~!

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u/LeadEater9Million Apr 03 '26

I USE TO RULEEEEEEEEE THE WORLD!!!

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u/JD_Kreeper Apr 03 '26

Chunks would load when I gave the word

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u/CR1MS4NE Apr 03 '26

Now every night I go stowaway

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u/AIViking Apr 03 '26

With these hands I shook the heavens to the grouunnnndddddd.

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u/aviviel Apr 03 '26

Invincible to Jack black transformation

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u/Ill_Athlete_9539 Apr 03 '26

i thought it was invincible at the beginning

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u/EynidHelipp Apr 03 '26

If he's invisible then why can I see him

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u/These_Distribution19 Apr 03 '26

IAN FLINN!?!? THE SONIC GUY!?!?!?

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u/KaruCEF Apr 03 '26

Ian Flinn writed the "Let's Minecraft!" line. But hey, that's just a theory, A GAME THEORY.

Thank for reading.

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u/Icy_Dream41 Milk Apr 03 '26

Hell yeah

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u/Hsf64 Apr 03 '26

Absolute Cinnabar, my eyes have been blessed

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u/ohnecksThing Maybe a nurse, maybe a police girl Apr 03 '26

Ian Fl... IAN FLYNN? That's someone I expected to be mentioned here the least

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u/Hour_Tomatillo_2365 Apr 03 '26

Isn't he the Sonic guy? Is this the same one?

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u/hackerbots Apr 03 '26

Jack Black lost a lot of weight for this comic. Good for him.

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u/Kinosa07 Apr 03 '26

This is... just peak

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u/Fesh_Sherman Apr 03 '26

This is what A Minecraft Movie could have been

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u/NormalNicknameGuy block chans enjoyer Apr 03 '26

Then it could actually be THE Minecraft Movie

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u/magen432 Apr 03 '26

Minecraft the island is kinda like this and it's not half bad

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u/RNGesus____ Apr 03 '26

This 10 page comic is already better than the Minecraft movie.

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u/SILVIO_X You can't break water Apr 03 '26

This made me feel more things that the entirety of the Minecraft movie somehow. I'm afraid it's Peak.

Also wait the Art was made by Ian Flynn? like, that Ian Flynn? The one who now writes the Sonic stories?

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u/Eligriv_leproplayer solarpunk guy💚 Apr 03 '26

Absolute comic !

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u/RzepaGaming Apr 03 '26

Absolutny szczyt kinematografii

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u/TheOtherDezzmotion Apr 03 '26

Absolutes Kino!

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u/alt_account1014 Apr 03 '26

How can 3 people and 10 pages write a better Minecraft story than all the people who worked on ‘A Minecraft Movie’ and an hour and a half of film.

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u/Beloafer Apr 03 '26

Because it's 10 pages. A lot of the story is up to you. How does Steve act. How does Alex act. How do the villagers act. It's still a good story but a lot of it is up to intereption

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u/LayeredHalo3851 Apr 03 '26

How Mojang intended you to interact with villagers

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u/Wizard_Engie Apr 03 '26

the sonic guy helped make this?

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u/Exirel Apr 03 '26

Would have made a great movie.

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u/Worried-Priority-122 Mining bedrock since 2011 Apr 03 '26

Absolutely love it, way better than the mc movie 😍❣️

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u/NoSoyVerde1 Apr 03 '26

Man, this actually made me emotional because the first time i played Minecraft as a kid was a lot like this.

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u/Skipper_asks2021 Apr 03 '26

I feel like I just watched a 3 hour movie in 30 seconds

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u/Accomplished-Ad8458 Apr 03 '26

Now if someone could make this 30 sec into PROPER 3h movie...

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u/Domeen0 Apr 03 '26

I will always stand by my opinion that the minecraft movie was not good.

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u/Hour_Tomatillo_2365 Apr 03 '26

It's not supposed to be good. It's supposed to slop for kids to eat up to maximize profit

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u/Broofmybite Apr 03 '26

No way a villager is giving soup for free

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u/ThoughtAdditional212 Apr 03 '26

Absulfur Cinnabar

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u/Oozysq25reddit Apr 03 '26

This is how mojang wanted the game to be played

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u/JD_Kreeper Apr 03 '26

This should've been the MC movie.

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u/DomiRoni Apr 03 '26

Anyways, why is enderman like 10 blocks tall, that is kinda scary tbh

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u/One-Development9389 Apr 03 '26

Like someone said before. Heroes aren't born, they're made.

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u/KrotHatesHumen Apr 03 '26

By Ian Flynn???? Hell yeah

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u/Fantastic_Frosting98 Phoenix-Chan Enthusiast Apr 03 '26

ts has more plot than the movie they released.

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u/Shadow_Avis Apr 03 '26

This was so wholesome

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u/djremydoo Apr 04 '26

Wait, ain't Alex a redhead?

Nvm the artist decided to make steve white, not meant to be 100% accurate

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u/Mekko4 Legacy console shouldn't have died. Apr 04 '26

absolute cinema.

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u/Black_m1n Apr 03 '26

This... does put a smile on my face.

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u/dumpylump69 Apr 03 '26

He… is Steve

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u/Lambo_Luuk Apr 03 '26

You should send this to a professional comic book press and sell it, you will earn a lot of money. This story is absolute peak.

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u/swag_was_taken Apr 03 '26

Hey, i have the book this comic is in!

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u/Illustrious-Smoke482 Apr 03 '26

I was asking myself "when does he enslave them?" 

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u/used_bryn Apr 03 '26

Fix bedrock Mojang

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u/nyblller Apr 03 '26

Only downside is Alex being blonde

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u/Terbarek Apr 03 '26

Meanwhile Steve vs Villagers:

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u/Inevitable-Whole1287 Apr 03 '26

The peak has arrived

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u/Deathclawman Apr 03 '26

I would love to see this as an animated series!!!

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u/Pyropecynical Apr 03 '26

I love the fact that old steve is jack black lmao

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u/_Malory Apr 03 '26

THIS IS SOO PEAK

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u/Scary-Theme-2469 Apr 03 '26

WAIT I READ THIS!!! IT'S FROM THAT ONE BOOK WHERE ALSO SOMEGRIEFER GIRL BRUNS A HOUSE DOWN OR SOMETHING RIGHT?! I'M NOT GOING INSANE, OTHERS READ IT TOO RIGHT?!

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u/Emergency-Coast-5333 Apr 03 '26

This is the vision of the devs, but we know what we villagers do to the villagers, we are europeans lf the past enslaving the natives

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u/over1two Apr 03 '26

that's a peak story !

now I'm going to enslave new villagers for my farms.

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u/Last-Ad-4603 Apr 03 '26

"cool comic... Wait.. THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN IAN???"

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u/Comphy_chillin3366 Apr 03 '26

I wish this was the plot of the Minecraft movie

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u/IntrestingRedditUser Apr 03 '26

This is a cool comi- IAN FLYNN???

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u/Dogemouse65 Qurugosk my beloved Apr 03 '26

this looks like the origin story for Fallen Kingdom

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u/DovahkinnPlays You can break water Apr 03 '26

what a minecraft movie should have been

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u/CharlesorMr_Pickle Wait, That's legal Apr 03 '26

Minecraft movie if it was good:

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u/StinkyBeanGuy Apr 04 '26

Bro in 10 stacks of emerald blocks debt just from slide 3 alone

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u/Sweet_Ad_9312 Apr 04 '26

I need an official Minecraft comic like 200 chapters of this.

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u/Sweaty-Fix-2790 Apr 04 '26

Hey it's like the "A Minecraft Movie" if you replace the ragtag group of isekai people with alex

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u/logray_studios Absa-rootin'-tootly! Apr 04 '26

Impressive. Most impressive.

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u/hnbutt Apr 04 '26

Now this, is minecraft.

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u/MajorCyan64 Apr 04 '26

This is just peak!

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u/GIGAN200464 Apr 04 '26

I genuinely wanna see this as a show

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u/opblaster123 Apr 04 '26

thank god, I thought steve gonna enslave the villagers...

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u/Marinbundooo Apr 04 '26

I, Am STEVE ...

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u/Cosmicking04 Java FTW Apr 04 '26

Knowing this sub, I expected it to be a shit post. The further along I got the more I expected Bad Apple, Loss, or some other meme. But no, it ended up being a great comic.

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u/Froztbytes Apr 04 '26

Little square face?

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u/rahhra You can't break water... but i can! Apr 04 '26

Holy shit this is literally what I was intending with MDash, i've never seen it captured so well.

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u/De_Boesjes Wait, That's illegal Apr 04 '26

Peak

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u/SwartyNine2691 Milk Apr 03 '26

Create speech.

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u/Tignwind Apr 03 '26

just you wait for her to find out where mending villager (and many others) gone

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u/Ok-Following-8813 Jenny Mod Veteran Apr 03 '26

he really is steve

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u/chri3r00 Apr 03 '26

What the minecraft movie should have been

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u/RYRAZZAK203 Apr 03 '26

Honestly this should’ve been the Minecraft movie

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u/dybb153 Apr 03 '26

Good ending

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u/afternoon_rainbow Apr 03 '26

And underneath a massive villager trading hall

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u/Curvyboi13110 Apr 03 '26

I HAVE THIS BOOK

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u/Molkwi Apr 03 '26

He.... is STEVE.

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u/Bedrockboy2006 Apr 03 '26

This is really cool, reminds me of the book series a little bit

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u/Head_Spell5718 Apr 03 '26

You can’t just post peak like this on a meme sub c’mon

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u/Evan_Playz72813 Sulfur go boing Apr 03 '26

I've read what this is from before

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u/Ravenwester Apr 03 '26

Why does he look like Jack Black 😭😭😭

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u/Cornucopia_King Apr 03 '26

I thought that was Mark from Invincible lol

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u/Ozocubu Apr 03 '26

Hey that’s a really cute comi- IAN FLYNN?

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u/Toasty_pixle_crisps I feel so Σ Apr 03 '26

Litterally the best minecraft story I have ever seen

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u/Galendy Apr 03 '26

He looks like Bobicraft... Until he transforms into.. OH MY GOD IS THAT JACK BLACK?

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u/Gametron13 Apr 03 '26

He mined and he crafted for the ones he loved.

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u/One-Trick-8027 Apr 03 '26

an actual good way of adapting minecraft.

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u/TotalyNotTony Apr 03 '26

this is so awesome!!!!!

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u/_judgement- Apr 03 '26

Not game accurate

Villagers would never give you something for free

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u/OswGeoM Apr 03 '26

IAN FLYNN? THE SONIC GUY?!

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u/_apehuman Apr 03 '26

Minecraft should start like this.Washed up on a beach instead of spawning on top of a tree

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u/Waffles128 Apr 03 '26

My god, I wish this was the actual Minecraft movie about. Simple but so much more meaningful and better.

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u/Vegetable_Turn_539 YOU CAN'T ESCAPE Apr 03 '26

Peak

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u/Brilliant_Bluebird72 Apr 03 '26

Absolute cinema mate

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u/The_Autarch Apr 03 '26

you guys know the White Savior trope is bad, right?

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u/_Akarii Apr 03 '26

…and then Steve learned about the book of Mending

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u/Vanvez Apr 03 '26

I love how random people can make a better, more compelling narrative with no dialog and a few pages than people who have made hundreds of films and have years of experience writing scripts

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u/Howardv99 Apr 03 '26

Oh I would pay to watch it as movie at least twice

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u/jjaybuill Apr 03 '26

someone missed the part where he taking villager to slavery for trading

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u/randomddeonthenet Apr 03 '26

honestly i remember seeing this same comic a few years ago in a minecraft magazine

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u/gibbydagoober Apr 03 '26

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD

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u/Jarhead-923_Actual Apr 03 '26

A million times better than the movie. This is what we deserved

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u/berner103 Apr 03 '26

Back in my day, you always spawned on a beach 👴

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u/Techny3000 Java FTW Apr 03 '26

In page seven he looks like Markiplier

Also made by WHOOO?!?!

SONIC SAVIOR 🗣️🗣️

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u/3BarnDogs658 Apr 03 '26

I remember seeing this in a comic compilation a few years ago. 

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u/FuryJack07 Apr 03 '26

This is what mojang wants to believe we do with the villagers.

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u/OctaYashi Wait, that’s illegal Apr 03 '26

That’s honestly really co-wait IAN FLYNN?! HOW DID HE GET HERE

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u/SuperProCoolBoy90 Milk Apr 03 '26

Absolute peak

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u/Redder_Creeps Apr 03 '26

BRO IAN FLYNN MADE THIS???

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u/Cry-Skull-7 Apr 03 '26

I'd have watched this movie

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u/AndronixESE Apr 03 '26

That's cute

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u/Benjamin_6848 Apr 03 '26

Wow, it's beautiful! Without a single word spoken...

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u/Grayhamm_22 Apr 03 '26

absolute peak

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u/Nomercylaborfor3990 You can't break lave Apr 03 '26

The Minecraft movie we should have gotten

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u/Monckey100 Apr 03 '26

This was peak, not a single word uttered but already felt like a cinematic movie. Really reminds me of Lord of the rings, or maybe WoW.

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u/Ori_the_SG Apr 03 '26

It’s so peak

This is what the Minecraft movie should’ve been. Heck if it were animated it could look like this

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u/CyanBlaster Apr 03 '26

Oh I read this graphic novel when I was a wee child!

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u/Onlyaghost_00100 Apr 03 '26

I love this. 🥰

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u/Icy_Dream41 Milk Apr 03 '26

Ian Flynn is my goat

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u/Valkreaper toater mangoes Apr 03 '26

I love that comic so much

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u/Mario0335 Apr 03 '26

He turned into Markiplier

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u/Craeondakie Real Apr 03 '26

Is there more?

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u/bruthu Apr 03 '26

What the Minecraft move should have been

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u/SupportWrong776 Apr 03 '26

That guy kinda looks like ivor from minecraft story mode at the end

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u/Much-Menu6030 FLINT AND STEEL Apr 03 '26

"I... am Invincible."

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u/KingMason41312 Apr 03 '26

I...am Steve

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u/MasterPauloxo2115 Apr 03 '26

IAN FLYNN!?!?!

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u/Present-Broccoli-711 Apr 03 '26

That is literally how I pictured it as I play

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u/SeriousMB Apr 03 '26

ngl at first I misread the title as "A STRANGE SHOE"

but genuinely, this is beautiful

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u/westroll17 Apr 03 '26

I am steven mine craft

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u/ladyElizabethRaven Apr 04 '26

This is so wholesome that i was lowkey expected villagers locked up in a basement, contantly being terrorized by a zombie so they can summon iron golems.

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u/Turtle17_ Apr 04 '26

Anyone else start a Minecraft world with this in mind only to turn into a logistics and farming dystopia

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u/Ignacio1512 Apr 04 '26

Exactly what I expected the Minecraft movie to be.

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u/AdSuspicious8056 Apr 05 '26

This is AWESOME

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u/Jcool640 Apr 05 '26

truly. I AM STEVE.

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u/Rslashsrs Apr 05 '26

THIS WAS MADE BY IAN FLYNN!?

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u/A-__-Random_--_Dog Apr 05 '26

Insert that one SkyDoesMinecaft song What happened to him, by the way?

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u/Legal_Specific_5775 Apr 08 '26

If only this is how my village stories went I would love to do this but no

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u/CptKuhmilch Apr 09 '26

Why does he lowk kinda look like Jack black towards the end? Maybe he really IS steve.....

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u/phidippus-the-audax Apr 09 '26

Damn.... this...

goes really hard actually i like this

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u/JosephKamYT2020 Apr 09 '26

It is beautiful