Heh, and for some reason I thought this would be a short one. Actually, when I originally thought of this comic, it WAS concieved to be shorter - about half of what it is now. When I ran it by some of the RW peeps, they didn't think it was all that funny - then Nth said he was expecting some sort of shaving commercial.

So with Nth's comment I redid the ending of the comic, and it seems to have won their approval.

Yeah, I "beta test" comic ideas with some of the RW cast members to see how they like it. Not all of my ideas are that funny, after all - or at least, too much of an injoke to be appreciated by everyone.

This comic idea originally sprouted from some hilairty I and Gut Funk were in during a game of Gunbound. We had been playing a few hours of duels with eachother, spouting random nonsensical remarks to one another - at one point, I said "are you ready for a shave" and he replied "yes" ... "close plz." It was hilarious. At least, to us.

That about explains why Gut Funk would ask for a shave from the Abyss Knight here. I mean, hey - if you're about to die or get horribly mauled with no chance of escape, you might as well go out in style, right?

SO SHAVE ME CLOSE, BABY!

GUT FUNK HAS RED STUBBLE OMG OMG

... ahem.

This is another comic I managed to finish without having to resort to copy and pasting older drawings of characters! Even though I did reuse Gut Funk's pose for the first panel, I figured it works. Squatting, staring up in fear at ... well... Doom.

There's quite a few visual refrences here - anyone familiar with the Clock Crew from Newgrounds? That alarm clock is vaguely shaped after Kuckoo Clock, though that ... er... clock no longer uses that name/appearance anymore. And of course, there's the pecopeco slippers Gut Funk is wearing. Figured it'd be a great tie-in.

But that isn't all, though. The "FOK!" on the newspaper is a MZX community refrence. One of their favorite cusswords. Not sure who coined it, though.

Aaaaand...

Recognize THIS guy from anywhere? :D If you check out my other stuff, you may know him - he's from
"Aloe Vera - The Miracle Cureall."
He's had to find work as a TV personality elsewhere since the We Love Aloe Vera company laid him off - I guess Aloe Vera just didn't sell well.

Though I gotta say, I like how I drew him here. At least, in this first panel. It just... fits.

I kind of anticipate to get some angry e-mails from dead branch enthusiasts over this. Just keep in mind I'm not bashing everyone who uses a dead branch, but the ones who use them in towns and crowded areas.

I've already ranted on the dead branch griefing thing before - you can see it here if you never read it.

All I can say is, that new update to kRO which prevents dead branch use in cities and Kafra maps can't get here any sooner...

Freakin' griefers.