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Thundercats was an awesome show. At least by 80s cartoon standards. Viewed today, the writing, particularly the dialogue, is clearly not up to the storytelling standards of modern cartoons. Not to say that all modern cartoons are written particularly well, but back in the 80s, cartoons were vehicles for selling action figures. They didn’t need to be well written.

The best way to keep your childhood memories of your favorite shows is to not watch them as an adult. My wife and I tried watching Voltron a few months ago, and we were so disgusted with how awful it was that it permanently tainted our memories of the show.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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Seriously, guys, I don’t even know. These characters are all pretty damn phallic, which I swear was unintentional. They all started as stick figures once upon a time. Some people might think that when I start making penis jokes, I’m running out of ideas. In actuality, it means I’m just getting started. ;)

Also? Winslow’s apparently a Brigadier General in some capacity. Probably Brigadier General of the Grand Army of Ben and Winslow’s House, which makes me wonder why he didn’t elevate himself to a higher rank. That star is all alone up there.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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Psychic Rob might be psychic, and clairvoyant, and yes, even telekinetic, but until he learns to use those powers for something people find generally useful, they’re going to be little better than parlor tricks. Beautiful, hamburger-delivering parlor tricks.

Side note: Everything I know about drawing visual representations of pyschic powers, I learned from X-Men comics.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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It’s been a rainy summer this year. Maybe not cold and rainy, like it is in this comic, but rainy nonetheless. And that, my friends, is kind of a bummer.

Artist’s note: I don’t really draw too many strips with Attention Whore or other “real-looking” people in them, because I don’t think I’m very good at normal human anatomy. While I’ve been drawing since I’ve been able to hold a pencil, I’ve had very little formal training. Case in point: I never took a figure study class. Perhaps I should one day. Until then, my “normal” people will end up a little more overexaggerated than I’d like. I have an easier time drawing women, because I tend to draw in curves and circles rather than hard angles. I’m embarrassingly bad at drawing men.

There. I’ve bared my soul to you all.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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I can’t think of a better tattoo than a face on the back of someone’s head. I’m sure someone has done this in real life, although I haven’t seen any examples. It’s probably terrifying.

The tattoo artist in this comic is my friend Olgy, who is a real-life tattoo artist. It was her birthday recently, and I can’t think of a better way of celebrating another year of survival than appearing in a Ben & Winslow comic. The face on the back of Winslow’s head is that of Chauncy, a vampire from my comic Vampiric Minority.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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The truth is, Winslow and Kurt are only into steampunk because they like to have an excuse to wear goggles. It was either steampunk, or become professional swimmers. And steampunk didn’t require shaving off their body hair.

Also? The hats are better.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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So. I made an oil spill comic. F— you, BP.

As you probably know, BP has been trying to save their image with apologetic commercials. They’re also buying up such popular search engine phrases as “oil spill,” which puts their corporate website at the top of the resulting lists. BP is crazypants. It’s almost as if they really did hire Winslow as their marketing manager. Expect this ad campaign out early next week.

I drew crabs coated in oil, because birds covered in oil aren’t really funny.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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This comic will make absolutely no sense to you if you’ve never played Super Mario Bros. Or any of its 13 thousand sequels. And if you haven’t played Super Mario Bros. (or any of its 13 thousand sequels), then shame on you. Shame on you for missing out on the most important pop-culture phenomenon of the 1980s. Yes, more important than Cyndi Lauper, or hair metal, or even the Safety Dance.

These outfits are obviously inspired by those worn by the Mario brothers. Those outfits, and the landscape, and the little Goomba that Winslow’s just taken a bite out of, are all property of Nintendo.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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The real problem with robots isn’t that they have a limited vocabulary, but that their vocabulary is too damned good. They know every word that has ever been published in a dictionary, and absolutely no context to use them properly.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Winslow shocked by something Ben has done. My, how the tables have turned.

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?

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A lot of my comics are based on actual conversations I’ve had with my family. Winslow’s exclamation here is something that is (sadly) said quite frequently in my house. I’m not sure what that’s more indicative of: that we have no shame in resorting to scatological humor when appropriate, or that we have serious intestinal issues.

Too much information? Yes. Definitely yes. ;)

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?