Keeper -- A Short Comic About An Angel Meeting A Robotic Lighthouse Keeper That Doesn't Know The World

Keeper -- a short comic about an angel meeting a robotic lighthouse keeper that doesn't know the world has already ended. Made in about 18 hours for a 24-hour 24-page* black and white comic challenge (that I arrived late to, ha.)

*the actual submission does not include the cover, which was created after the fact for this post.

This was a really great learning experience as someone who's... never really made a completed comic. I ended up really attached to the story by the end of the project (possibly due to all-nighter deliriousness lol) and ultimately am very proud of what I made.There are some things I'd still like to change, particularly text placement, but in keeping with the spirit of the challenge I've elected to leave it as is.

"Sarge wanted to die in a blaze of glory so him going out that way would be appropriate" sorry?? I get nobody wants to take his character seriously but like. Sarge is a mentally ill old man who's dehumanized himself to the point of only thinking he's an item for war and battle and you wanna prove him right??? You think that's a satisfying end for him?? Explode.

a humble request for kai and tex cuddlepile if it please thee 🙏

i have a feeling this is gonna be a really long image ..

the og badass herself amen !!

thinking about red vs blue is crazy because it's like:

this is a story about how you can't keep chasing ghosts forever. there's alien/human mpreg.

holding onto the past is holding you back - you have to learn to let go and say goodbye. ed robertson from the barenaked ladies plays a guy who (jokingly?) tells his soldiers that if he weren't their CO he'd make them call him daddy.

family isn't always defined by appearances and you may find it in those you least expect. the aliens speak entirely in blargs and honks.

everything we do is driven by love - love for your current companions and loves that have been lost along the way. it has one of the most intense and longest running queer-baits i've ever personally witnessed.

veterans aren't given the proper support to be able to return to a civilian life, and this systemic issue causes problems for everyone in all levels of society. there's a homophobic bomb.

you can't change what's happened to you and the ones you love; you just have to find a way to keep moving forward. one of the main characters only speaks in poorly translated spanish.

everyone has the capacity to change and be better. it has one of the most convoluted and complicated time travel plots i have ever seen.

it's an incredible piece of media and proof that you can create something incredible with the limited tools available to you. there are chunks of it that are borderline unwatchable.

it's changed the way I approach storytelling forever. i can't easily recommend it to pretty much anyone.

Crisis averted everyone! I have remade RvB restoration from the ground up and it is 100% better! Enjoy!

(also if the audio is loud as fuck I'm sorry)

we DO grow old and happy. btw.