One of the interesting things about the first three games in the Keen series is that he actually kills the Vorticons when he shoots them. In the later games the creators apparently realized that it may be a little too dark to have an 8-year old mercilessly slaughter other intelligent beings without any apparent psychological ramifications…View Full Comic
#59 – Weakness
Personally, I like snickerdoodle; which is pretty much impossible to say while also sounding manly. …View Full Comic
#58 – Toy
This one is an interesting study on the creative process because originally in the third panel Raff simply said, “Oh! Riiiiiiiiiight…” But sometime after I’d started laying it out I suddenly realized that I’d taken that line off of Kronk in “Emperor’s New Groove”. …View Full Comic
#57 – Rex and Raff
Even though Keen is still selling cookies at this point, this strip is the first in a series involving these two Vorticon characters: Rex and Raff. So we’ll see how that goes. …View Full Comic
#56 – Messie
So for those not familiar with the game, or if you just forgot, Messie is from the third Keen game — aka “Keen Must Die!” According to the Commander Keen Wiki “Messie is a creature living in the vast seas of Vorticon VI. …View Full Comic
#55 – Vorticon Mother
Vorticon mothers. Gotta love ’em.
As for the next strip, I’m not sure whether I’ll make the two-week deadline. I may have to extend it to three weeks this time. But I’ll put the date below as 2-weeks anyway, and update it later if things are not looking good.…View Full Comic
#54 – VortiNinja
So if this isn’t totally hilarious to you, ponder the implications: …View Full Comic
#53 – “Yes, Dear”
You think I went too far with this one? Or maybe not far enough? …View Full Comic
