As you may or may not know (or may have guessed) psilocybin is the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms. And honestly, I always thought that Mad Mushrooms in the Keen games were supposed to be blatant reference to the trip-inducing fungus. Although as I created this comic, I started to wonder if maybe an insane mushroom is just an insane mushroom and I was reading too much into it. So let me know if you had the same reaction when you saw the character or if maybe I’m the one who’s tripping.
On a totally different note, this comic is a good example of the difficulty with making a pun in written form. Like, was I supposed to write “fun guy” or “fungi,” because I’m really trusting the audience to either have heard the joke before or somehow just figure it out. Although, even when you say those jokes out loud, people don’t always get it. My son told me a couple of days ago that he never got the “Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9” joke until he teacher had to literally say “Because 7 ate 9 for dinner.” So I guess you can only do so much.



#87 – Foobs 2
Ok, so I cheated with this one. It’s a remake of an old “practice strip” that I’ve always wanted to add as a regular strip. …View Full Comic

#86 – Foobs
Foobs: “These little yellow creatures like to go out for strolls, whistling, and enjoy the day. Unfortunately, they are completely afraid of almost everything. …View Full Comic

#85 – The Helmet
This one was originally going to be published as #83, but I decided that there needed some kind of fallout from Keen shooting down an alien ship.…View Full Comic

#84 – Timing
This was originally going to be called “The Pogo” and be mainly an excuse to show Keen doing a bunch of “extreme pogo” tricks — which is an actual thing…View Full Comic

#83 – The OSA
First rule of being from a shadowy government organization: Don’t tell people you’re from a shadowy government organization.…View Full Comic

#82 – Brownie Time
I’ve always wanted to show Keen’s mom as being the closet brains in the family, and this seemed to be as good an opportunity as any.…View Full Comic

#81 – Milwaukee Talk
“Arthur Kenneth Blazkowicz, became a television talk show personality in Milwaukee. For show biz purposes, Arthur changed his last name to Blaze.” …View Full Comic