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PSM Endpage comic re: RE4 losing out on 2005 Game of the Year!
🕑 Added 2023-05-10 13:00:05 +0000 UTCI thought this comic I wrote and drew for the videogame magazine PSM's Endpage feature from December 2005 was at least semi-relevant currently due to the recent release of the Resident Evil 4 remake.
Anyhoo, this feature depicted the cast from RE4 bitterly complaining about losing out on PSM's 2005 Game of the Year award to God of War, or so I'm assuming based on Leon's reference to Kratos.
Gotta admit, they have a point, as IMHO Resident Evil 4 is of course vastly superior to God of War—though I might be a tad biased, as I had to bail outta playing the latter back in the day due to the game's endless, rapid-fire button-mashing being incompatible with my oft-ailing drawing hand.
BTW, the Las Plagas beastie is referring to PSM's editor-in-chief Chris Slate, whose later departure for a different magazine spelled the unfortunate end of my time on PSM. (Yeahp, as a freelancer, you're always one editor or art director job change away from losing out on a running gig.)
Alas, no roughs or work stages available for this piece, which is tough to explain; an initial sketch must exist, but I may well have faxed(!) that rough to PSM back in 2005. Lordy loo!
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Ehh, Patrons of the $5+ tiers should be seeing something in the Distressed Damsels vein on Friday, but at present I don't yet know what that content will be.
Comments
DimZebra
I hadn't seen this comic before, it's fantastic! A pretty fair (and funny) range of reactions to the RE4 crew getting robbed, and they all look really great in your style, I always love seeing these memorable characters.
Lokimaru
Re4 had it's own button mashing segments so I don't see why that's such a negative now, Although now Leon just shanks a Bitch lol.
Jack Hallows
surprise no joke on the Mods LOL
Frank Innes
Honestly relying on button-mashing for important mechanics should be an automatic 5/10. Garbage design that needs to die. At least most newer games have accessibility options to just hold the button instead. I ain't THAT old but mashing too much is physically painful these days.
Strypgia
Leon crying about being too pretty is making me want to see you draw his reaction to the popularity of his recent nude mod.
