Commander Keen: the comic strip

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:17

Levellass wrote:Does that mean the Vorticon age of consent is 5Ã‚Â½ months?

I'm not touching that one.

Post by **Levellass** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:47

Good, I hear the courts don't look too kindly on that.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 13:18

Here's the latest, starring a couple of Vorticons that will be appearing in the next few strips...

http://www.keencomic.com/?p=719

chrissifniotis · Post by **chrissifniotis** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:45

Cool and hm, that's actually an interesting point you've risen.

Post by **Levellass** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:32

I dunno, how do we know they were peaceful before Mortimer? Their women spit fire. Their kids play with giant (and lethal) jumping jacks. They also don't seem to care much that Keen slaughtered his way across their world. For all we know Mortimer simply showed them their violence could be directed towards *other* races. I imagine them like the Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax; they've utterly destroyed anything on their own world so that there are no forests anymore and most of the ground is a purple desert full of weird living cacti-things.

Indeed, I have a HHGtG entry for it:

The Vicious Vorticons of Vorticon VI were and incredibly violent and warlike race who were formerly totally unnotable due to their habit of being violent only to each other. Every Vorticon family lived in a stone house in the middle of a blasted radioactive wasteland on the crumbling remains of an island.

Recently the Vorticons were enslaved by an omnicidal maniac bent on the universal destruction of all intelligent life. This has somewhat softened their demeanor.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:28

Levellass wrote:I dunno, how do we know they were peaceful before Mortimer? Their women spit fire. Their kids play with giant (and lethal) jumping jacks. They also don't seem to care much that Keen slaughtered his way across their world. For all we know Mortimer simply showed them their violence could be directed towards *other* races.

Well, my interpretation on the Keeniverse is hardly canon. And it's true that the game just says they are "not evil" and not explicitly peaceful. I just like the contrast of a group of peaceful beings forced to become violent. Plus, if you look back at strip 49.1, that was part of my explanation of how Mortimer was able to trick them to wear the belts in the first place.

It's all just in how you like to interpret things. That's what makes fan fiction fun.

And on that note, here's the next one...

http://www.keencomic.com/?p=729

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Mort · Post by **Mort** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 13:23

Aaaaaaaaaand another...

http://www.keencomic.com/?p=739

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chrissifniotis · Post by **chrissifniotis** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:31

I'm Keen on Cookies!!!

Let's make that a Twitter trend!

Post by **Levellass** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:14

I'm surprised Keen hasn't 'borrowed' that 'toy', what with it being for kids n' all. (On the other hand maybe it is, they take intergalactic trips for stuffed toys,maybe 'kids stuff' is serious there.)

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 13:20

Levellass wrote:I'm surprised Keen hasn't 'borrowed' that 'toy', what with it being for kids n' all. (On the other hand maybe it is, they take intergalactic trips for stuffed toys,maybe 'kids stuff' is serious there.)

I think it's the Martians who make those trips if I'm not mistaken.

At any rate, this next comic might give you what you're looking for...

http://www.keencomic.com/?p=754

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chrissifniotis · Post by **chrissifniotis** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:08

Wow, first of all I know Keen's a kid but I thought he'd be a bit less...well...rude.
Secondly..........are you suggesting Vorticons are Jedi? Or secretly hiding in Super Smash Bros.?

#imkeenoncookies

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:31

chrissifniotis wrote:Wow, first of all I know Keen's a kid but I thought he'd be a bit less...well...rude.

Well, let's just say Keen's curiosity can sometimes get the better of him.

chrissifniotis wrote:Secondly..........are you suggesting Vorticons are Jedi? Or secretly hiding in Super Smash Bros.?

I mean, I'm not NOT saying that.

Or I'm just trying to slyly take advantage of the current excitement for the upcoming movie. I'm not above that.

chrissifniotis wrote:#imkeenoncookies

ScarletFlame · Post by **ScarletFlame** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 22:25

So keen KILLED the vorticons!?
Where did you get the source?

mortimer · Post by **mortimer** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 23:45

Lava89 · Post by **Lava89** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:30

ScarletFlame wrote:So keen KILLED the vorticons!?
Where did you get the source?

I recall the Vorticon leader referring to Keen "slaughtering" them.