Easter Eggs!

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Congratulations!  You've found the secret 'Easter Eggs' page.
Below is a listing of silly little easter eggs from each of my comics.

Updated October 4th, 2005
Updates are in BLUE TEXT

"Ditch Day"
  • Will wears a Transformers t-shirt--one of my many childhood shows
  • Will has no skin texture yet
  • The internal maw shot on page 4, took many, many re-renders to get right

"Skater Die!"
  • There's a chalk outline of Will's body drawn on...the grass!?
  • Will now has a skin texture
  • The bully is wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt

"Dance Macabre"
  • Dance Macabre = Dance of Death
  • This comic was never finished

"Trick or Eat"
  • Sam is actually using Kyeat's model
  • A 'fruity boy' gets an apple in his mouth
  • In error, I didn't make page 6 -- I get asked for this page a lot, but it doesn't exsist

"Dinodopia Park"
  • Title taken from Dinotopia and Jurassic Park
  • The flag on Corentin's shirt is turned the wrong way

"WS1:  Enter the WunderSquad"
  • Title taken from 'Enter the Dragon'
  • Grypon and Pegasus are bothed named after mythological beasts
  • This is the first comic I started having an active focus on lighting
  • The Boogie Lord's throne is made of devoured-children's bones

"Lad of the Rings"
  • The Shelob model is static (ack!)
  • Most references were from the books, some from the movies

"Goblin Raiders of the Lost Lad"
  • Title taken from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
  • Zarter Junge = Tender Boy
  • Zarmn is named after one of the translaters
  • Voonder has Kyeat's skull on his desk in the last page

"WS2:  Attack of the Droned"
  • Title taken from "SW2: Attack of the Clones" (ugh...)
  • Ashton's shirt says 'too cool for school', but it is blurred as I wasn't as good at rendering back then
  • The kids go to Napoleon Jr High
  • On page 12 Gryphon says "it's bad luck to ditch school", a reference to the comic "Ditch Day"

"The Savage Forest"
  • This was the first time I created all of the clothing textures for the characters (except Max's jacket)
  • Berdy is singing a Rush song titled "Subdivisions"
  • The word 'Wunder' is written on Lesley's shorts
  • By error, Lesley's eyes are brown in the lower frame of page 43

"Operation: Undoing Freedom"
  • Title taken from 'Operation: Enduring Freedom'
  • The comic is fun to read while listening to "The Goonies Theme"
  • The quicksand and UFO were created by request
  • I used a pteradon simply because I didn't have an eagle model at the time
  • The line "I must...break you" was taken from 'Rocky IV'
  • The line "Hey you guys!" was taken from 'The Goonies'
  • The line "Comrade, you've been bad!" was taken from "The Goonies"

"Trick or Eat 1.5"
  • This comic was thought up after I had created 50 pages for "Trick or Eat 2", hence the 1 1/2
  • The two skeletons are the eaten boys from "Trick or Eat"
  • The original "Trick or Eat" was thought up after seeing a scan sent to me by the real-life Neji
  • On page 19, Baba Yaga's hands stick through the cauldron (oops!)

"Lad the Impaler (Trick or Eat 2)"
  • Title taken from Vlad the Impaler
  • Anthony's t-shirt say "Smartkidz Computer Camp"
  • Elliot is wearing a Motley Crue t-shirt (ugh)
  • Taylor wears a TMNT t-shirt, and gets mutated with a reptile
  • Kyle and Brett were created just to be quick little snacks at the end of chapter 1, however I liked their models so much I decided to give them their own comic
  • Jake's death scene took me about 6 hours to make
  • The bounty hunter is a reference to a politician I was upset with at the time
  • The mayor is named after another fat loudmouth politician
  • Datton is loosley based on a real-life boy model/actor
  • Neji's shoes were off at the end of "Trick or Eat 1.5", and then mysteriously back on in chapter 3!
  • I'm on pages 62-65, or at least a CGI version of me
  • The monsters eat 9 lads in chapter 4 alone (almost 10)
  • Neji's shoes are properly off in chapter 5

"Kyle in de Nile"
  • Kyle and Brett were first made as extras in "Lad the Impaler"
  • Kyle's shirt says 'Dragon Con 86'

"Space Cadets (in Space!)"
  • The teens in the comic were created from MilTeenBoy, not MilBoy as most comics
  • I created the main aliens by mixing parts of 3 different models
  • The cadets ship is called the SS Napoleon
"Brett of the West"
  • There are two "Back to the Future" Refernces in the comic
"Mouth of the Beholder"
  • The title is a reference to the phrase "Eye of the Beholder".
  • Parry is a reference to Potter, Harry.
  • Kyeat can be seen in the background of page 30.
  • Mel Ziller can be seen in the background of page 30.
  • Liam's (Moon's) path is crossed by a black cat.
  • The City of Polywerp was first invented in a NeverWinter Nights Module I created years ago titled "Orc Standards". The module dealt with the conflict between 'The CTP' and 'Orc Standards'.
  • Slywind Reserve is a character I played in D&D (lawful evil, of course).
  • Will's skateboard can be seen in the shop where Datton buys his new outfit.
  • This comic is full of "Wizard of Oz" stuff, especially in the last chapter.
  • Tuatha = Lion = shows courage, despite his fear (those are not opposites!)
  • JayKey = Scarecrow = uses his mind to accomplish his goal when battling (you know who).
  • Taylor = Tinman = shows his love by making that big sacrafice to save (you know who).
  • I guess that makes Datton kinda like Dorothy in a way.
  • Polywerp is like the Emerald City.
  • Justice is like The Wizard (except a lot meaner!)
"Death of a Paperboy"
  • Title is a reference to Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
  • Mr. Lowmin is a reference to that play's star character
"Blight of the Boyeating Bugs"
  • The "WK" soccer team is a reference to Wunderkind (duh)
  • Simon was named after the nerdy chipmunk
  • The boy who gets chomped by the roach at the pool party also gets chomped in "MotB" chapter 4
  • Gryphon was put in this comic since his own "WunderSquad ep 3" was put on hold
"Soccer Party Massacre"
  • Jonas was first seen in "Lad the Impaler" ch4.  He's the one who said "No, not me!" and pulled outside his house.
  • The title is a parody of "Slumber Party Massacre"
"Lad of the Dead"
  • Title is a parody of "Land of the Dead"
  • Chapter 1's title is a parody of "Living Dead Girl"