Well, this comic is the exact opposite of anything I’ve done before in terms of both art and writing. I’ve nver really deviated from my usual art style in the comic before. I have considered doing so before just to experiment but I couldn’t find a good reason until now.  It’s the first time I’ve tried doing pixel art but I think it turned out pretty well. Actually, this is the first time I’ve even drawn a comic digitally.

I usually try to stay away from pop culture references in Lemon Inc, particularly videogame references since they’re so niche. I didn’t come up with the Funstatation storyline so that I could make videogame jokes. Originally Tommy’s character was going to want a bike or something but then I realized that for this generation a videogame console would be more appropriate. There’s also a lot more potential for jokes and storylines about the videogame console in general.

So originally when wrote this comic the joke was just going to be that Tommy wanted the Funstation so much that he was having dreams about it. Then I thought it would be a funny idea to have him in a alternate version of the Mario games where Mario was based on a different offensive racial sterotype. I was going to use an Asian Mario at first but I decided that a German Mario would be funnier. You might not have noticed but Klaus and Hans are actually wearing leaderhosen. What I ended up with is a comic that you probably wont understand unless you have played a Mario game which was not my intention. Oh well, I like it. Apologies to Nintendo.

Hey guys! Guess what? I’m turning Lemon Inc. into a gaming webcomic starting with this comic. From now on every comic will feature the characters discussing video games, complaining about video games, making fun of video games, making obscure references to video games or just playing videogames for the hell of it even though it is in no way related to the subject matter of the comic. Maybe I’ll just use parodies of videogame characters for weeks. Who needs original characters right? Also: I’m taking the comic off the front page and replacing it with my cintilating opinions on videogames. Batman: Arkham Asylum. That is a good game. You needed me to tell you that. Now you know.

-Tim

(Early April Fools… In all seriousness I actually like several gaming webcomics.)