Review Fix Exclusive: Jordan Kroeger Talks ‘Tiger Boy Vs. The World’

June 1, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Books & Comics 0

Review Fix chats with “Tiger Boy Vs. The World” author Jordan Kroeger, who discusses the comics and his goals for them.

Review Fix: How did you know a career in comics was for you?

Jordan Kroeger: It’s definitely not a career for me. Who knows, maybe someday! It’s a hobby for me that I take pretty seriously.

Review Fix: Who inspires you creatively?

Kroeger: My kids inspire me with their huge imaginations. Artistically, Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, Paul Pope, Frank Quitely… too many to count.

Review Fix: What inspired this comic strip?

Kroeger: My son River came up with the Tiger-Boy character, and we are always play-acting and creating crazy stories together. Now my daughter is old enough where she’s getting in on the fun. I take ideas and characters that come from play-time with my kids and plug them into existing story ideas I have. It’s kind of a mash-up of my kids and I’s brains.

Review Fix: How is it different or special?

Kroeger: I think it’s different because it’s a fantasy-based action book where the real focus is on fights and action scenes. It’s manga-influenced in that I’ll let an action-scene play out from start to finish without skipping anything. It’s also special because it’s an all-ages action book, which is hard to pull off. It’s a tricky thing to do. It should be appreciated by kids and adults equally.

Review Fix: What makes this Kickstarter cool?

Kroeger: It’s for 2 comic issues, not just one. And the first issue has been fully animated into a voice-acted motion comic which is free to watch. We also have 2 zine-style mini-comics that my kids wrote. They came up with the story and dialogue and I illustrated them.

Review Fix: Who do you think will dig it the most?

Kroeger: Anyone who enjoys Dragonball (or other fight manga) and fighting games will love this book. Anyone who has kids, or who’s a kid at heart will love this book.

Review Fix: How do you want it to be remembered?

Kroeger: I want Tiger-Boy Versus to be remembered as that crazy cool book people can’t wait to see the next issues of!

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Kroeger: Make sure you watch the motion comic to get a taste of the book. If you want to see more, back the Kickstarter!

Review Fix: What’s next?

Kroeger: More Tiger-Boy Versus! Also, some animation and gaming projects I can’t talk about yet.

Review Fix: Where can people find out more?

Kroeger: Check out the Kickstarter to see all of the cool rewards we have. You can follow me on Patreon where I post a page every week and update you on other cool stuff. I also regularly post on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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