Editing Comix Zone (section)

{{short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Comix Zone
| image = Comix Zone Coverart.png
| developer = [[Sega Technical Institute]]{{Efn|Game Boy Advance port developed by Virtucraft|group=lower-alpha}}
| publisher = [[Sega]]
| designer = Peter Morawiec
| writer = Peter Morawiec
| programmer = Adrian Stephens
| composer = [[Howard Drossin]]
| engine = 
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|July 1995}}|'''Sega Genesis'''{{vgrelease|NA|July 1995|JP|September 1, 1995|EU|September 1995}}'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 13, 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sega ships CD-ROM titles. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sega+ships+CD-ROM+titles.-a017632290 |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>|EU|March 1996}}'''Game Boy Advance'''{{vgrelease|EU|September 11, 2002}}}}
| genre = [[Beat 'em up]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Windows]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
| caption = North American Genesis box art
}}

'''''Comix Zone'''''{{Efn|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]: コミックスゾーン, [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: ''Komikkuzōn''|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1995 [[beat 'em up game]] developed by [[Sega Technical Institute]] and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]]. Set within the panels of a [[comic book]], it follows the [[Comics writer/artist|comic writer/artist]] Sketch Turner as he attempts to escape the pages of his own work. The game sees players traversing three [[Level (video games)|levels]], each broken up into two parts with multiple branching pathways, where they must defeat enemies and solve puzzles in order to progress.

Conceived by Sega Techinical Institute programmer Peter Morawiec, the concept for the game was originally shown off in a 1992 demo video, entitled ''Joe Pencil Trapped In The Comix Zone'', to Sega. The concept was greenlit and development began on the game. After a few delays in its release in order to implement more features, the game was released in July of 1995 in North America and in September that same year everywhere else. ''Comix Zone'' received a mainly positive critical reception, although critique was given to certain elements such as perceived high difficulty.