Review Fix Exclusive: Matt Entin Talks ‘Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia’

May 22, 2019 Patrick Hickey Jr. Books & Comics, Professional Wrestling 0

Review Fix chats with Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia writer and co-creator Matt Entin to find out what influenced the hilarious and fun intergalactic wrestling experience.

Review Fix: What inspired this comic? 

Matt Entin: Ed had a vision of a steel cage around Earth. It would definitely make a better origin story if there was ayahuasca involved, but it was probably just Diet Coke.

Review Fix: There aren’t many comic books on wrestling out there. How did you even get started? 

Entin: I started by buying the complete runs of Marvel’s WCW: World Championship Wrestling and Valiant’s WWF Battlemania on eBay. (Seriously.) Both definitively prove that wrestling comics are a thing that can exist.

Review Fix: How is it different from your previous work? 

Entin: We’ve written for video games and film, but this is the first original IP that we’ve both created and fostered.

Review Fix: How does it feel to go from self-published to Indie? 

Entin: It’s a validating experience to have people with actual comics industry experience believe that our crazy idea maybe isn’t too crazy.

Review Fix: How did you research to make this comic a reality? Are you guys big time fans of wrasslin’? 

Entin: We read stacks and stacks of books about wrestling—mostly autobiographies and historical accounts of the various eras and territories. Collectively, we’ve watched untold hours of wrestling over the course of our lives, but neither of us tune in that much anymore. That said, AEW has definitely piqued my interest. I’m hoping it provides the competition WWE needs to start to turning out stronger creative.

Review Fix: What makes this comic special? 

Entin: We like to think of it as “a wrestling comic non-wrestling fans can like,” but it’s imbued with a genuine love for the biz that we hope the smarks will recognize and appreciate.

Review Fix: What creators do you think have influenced you the most? 

Entin: Milton Caniff, Michael Kupperman, Jason, Bill Watterson, Daniel Clowes, and Alan Moore.

Review Fix: Favorite wrestler of all time? Why? 

Entin: “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Great in-ring, great on the mic—a master of both the flying elbow drop and Joycean wordplay.

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

Entin: As the greatest wrestling alien comic of all time! Or least a worthy successor to Kinnikuman.

Review Fix: WCW or WWE? 

Entin: WWE. Growing up in the Midwest and lacking cable, WCW was not on my radar. I distinctly remember renting WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling for Super Nintendo and being totally mystified as to who Johnny B. Badd or Flyin’ Brian Pillman were.

Review Fix: What’s next? 

Entin: Well, we’ve got to get our initial 6-issue run on Wrestleopia out the door. Then either an erotic thriller, a biblical epic, or an erotic biblical epic thriller—it’s a toss-up.

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

Entin: Don’t forget to vote and floss.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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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