Artcow Ken Penders - Former Archie Sonic Comic Writer/Artist

[Polychromos]

Nah, Ken isn't just an IP thief, he is a regular thief as well. I remember him showing sketches done in paper stock with Archie's watermark even years after he had stopped working for them. This paper has the watermark of the company because they were custom orders bought in bulk from the manufacturer.

He must have taken entire stacks of board paper that was supposed to be used in-office with the excuse of working at home. Ken probably did the same when he worked with DC in the past. The fact that even years later he still shows recent sketches done in that paper stock shows the amount of office supplies he "requisitioned" throughout the years.

Idk maybe they just gave him a big stack when he worked there. I think it's cringe that he still uses it, but I think there needs to be more evidence for accusing him of stealing. He honestly doesn't post enough artwork to imply, that he "stole" insane amounts of paper. He shows off like 2-5 pieces a year.
I could imagine big comic companies giving their employees big stacks. Paper is not that expensive nowadays, and it's probably more annoying constantly giving them new counted stacks of paper. I know, I sound like a white knight again, but there is enough stuff to criticize about him to not make stuff up. Or one can just make fun of his artwork

 

[AnOminous]

I know, I sound like a white knight again, but there is enough stuff to criticize about him to not make stuff up. Or one can just make fun of his artwork

I bet he's got a bunch of ballpoint pens too and probably changes lanes without signaling. He's practically Machinegun Kelly.

 

[AlmightyMagichan]

I like that we find the paper he used more interesting than whatever crap he drew on it.

 

[Polychromos]

So Ken has to pay 20% tariffs instead of 7,5, so he's doing a special sale for 30 people to buy a Knuckles Omnibus where you get a free autograph and a very wonky drawing of knuckles for free!!! If it was about Lara-Su I'd make a joke about having to act fast, but as far as I can tell this thing actually sold decently for his standards, so it's not unreasonable to think that 30 people might buy this.


Link: https://kenpenders.com/i-was-misinformed-thus-the-knuckles-omnibus-promo/

 

[Trombonista]

Knuckles looks like he's mad at Ken for drawing him so wonky.

 

[The tired cat]

Well, good reason to drop this beauty I found.

 

[Monster from the Id]

Nah, Ken isn't just an IP thief, he is a regular thief as well. I remember him showing sketches done in paper stock with Archie's watermark even years after he had stopped working for them. This paper has the watermark of the company because they were custom orders bought in bulk from the manufacturer.

He must have taken entire stacks of board paper that was supposed to be used in-office with the excuse of working at home. Ken probably did the same when he worked with DC in the past. The fact that even years later he still shows recent sketches done in that paper stock shows the amount of office supplies he "requisitioned" throughout the years.

The man is just following the advice of the Great Philosopher of our time, Scott Adams.

 

[Rukario]

I bet he's got a bunch of ballpoint pens too and probably changes lanes without signaling. He's practically Machinegun Kelly.

He's the sort to go to a buffet restaurant and empty all of the chicken tendies onto his plate, and when the staff tell him off, he threatens them with legal action, claiming he invented chicken tendies in one of his long-forgotten comic books.

 

[Zaryiu2]

Ye, there was something with those vibes or how she likes "ze bad boys", again hello Harley Quinn vibes.


Its because Penders wanted to ship Sally with his Limey skunk OC (who I think was in his 30s or 40s) and even openly said how he wanted for Geoff to bang Sally first.

Also, I would suggest looking up the panels of how the war between Mobians and Humans started, that shit was SO bad they later had to retcon it.

Spoiler: What the fuck did i just read?

Spoiler: Over a bird?!

Yeah i can see why that was retconned, it's utterly insanely stupid

 

[The Lawgiver]

This specific page is complete fucking nonsense. They're across a creek from each other and toget to the other side the one guy climbs a fucking tree with no leverage or branches and then third panel is just on a completely different tree coming down with no explanation. I guess the implication is he jumped to a different tree but like there's jack shit showing that in a VISUAL MEDIUM and he's just spidermanning down a random distinctly different tree in the final panel. Dude there's literal LARGE ROCKS in that small ass body of water between the two of them he could literally have just jumped on those instead of doing this weird spider-slenderman shit.

 

[The tired cat]

Dude there's literal LARGE ROCKS in that small ass body of water between the two of them he could literally have just jumped on those instead of doing this weird spider-slenderman shit.

Ken being on his Ferngully kick, I think he wanted to show off this "oh, look how nimble and intune with nature the Mobians are" schtick.

Spoiler: What the fuck did i just read?

Spoiler: Over a bird?!

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Yeah i can see why that was retconned, it's utterly insanely stupid

An then it only got dumber when the war broke out, cause ya know humans had shit like guns and cannons. Since the mobians forsake tech, anyone with a brain would realize the score should be 10:0 with the humans winning, 'cause of this Ken decided to have both leaders of the conflict have a sword duel, which upon losing the humans just fuck off from Earth.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Ken being on his Ferngully kick, I think he wanted to show off this "oh, look how nimble and intune with nature the Mobians are" schtick.

Ok but him literally hopping across the rocks would be more of a coherent showcase of that and would take just as many panels.

 

[Newcomer 42]

An then it only got dumber when the war broke out, cause ya know humans had shit like guns and cannons. Since the mobians forsake tech, anyone with a brain would realize the score should be 10:0 with the humans winning, 'cause of this Ken decided to have both leaders of the conflict have a sword duel, which upon losing the humans just fuck off from Earth.

It's worse than that: Mobians realized that if they got behind the tech race they would be splattered, then suddenly they stumbled upon a certain exiled humie who told them how to turn the magic rings dotting the landscape into clean, renewable energy sources... Which the humies ignore because MUH POLLUTION! argument. Then they use that accidental murder (animal-slaughter?) as an excuse for landgrabs. Mobians DO have tech and are stronger than the average humie, in many cases to compensate for their lower numbers. The duel still happens and it's dumb, because the human side of course wanted to cheat, was stopped by the secret service of the Kingdom of Acorn and left in shame.

Ok but him literally hopping across the rocks would be more of a coherent showcase of that and would take just as many panels.

The art and/or story gets MUCH worse than that, this is nothing (like the "LCD drug kills someone offscreen" bit). Also, one thing that Archie Sonic had at first is clothing for Mobians to show their status better... Then they got standardized, which felt dumb to me, but Sonic fanatics REE at that because male Mobians never wear trousers for... Reasons.

 

[The Lawgiver]

It's worse than that: Mobians realized that if they got behind the tech race they would be splattered, then suddenly they stumbled upon a certain exiled humie who told them how to turn the magic rings dotting the landscape into clean, renewable energy sources... Which the humies ignore because MUH POLLUTION! argument. Then they use that accidental murder (animal-slaughter?) as an excuse for landgrabs. Mobians DO have tech and are stronger than the average humie, in many cases to compensate for their lower numbers. The duel still happens and it's dumb, because the human side of course wanted to cheat, was stopped by the secret service of the Kingdom of Acorn and left in shame.



The art and/or story gets MUCH worse than that, this is nothing (like the "LCD drug kills someone offscreen" bit). Also, one thing that Archie Sonic had at first is clothing for Mobians to show their status better... Then they got standardized, which felt dumb to me, but Sonic fanatics REE at that because male Mobians never wear trousers for... Reasons.

Shit reminds me of how the humans for a bit were called "overlanders" (because they came down from space which is over land) but at one point they made the autistic distinction of them from humans by going "well see they have four fingers not five like normal people" referencing how they drew humans with four fingers int he comics before that sometimes... and then they kept drawing them with inconsistent amount of fingers after that. I think they even have five fingers most of the time in the comic they make that distinction too which if I remember that right makes it even more retarded and hilarious of a retroactive deeplore attempt.

 

[Zaryiu2]

Ken being on his Ferngully kick, I think he wanted to show off this "oh, look how nimble and intune with nature the Mobians are" schtick.


An then it only got dumber when the war broke out, cause ya know humans had shit like guns and cannons. Since the mobians forsake tech, anyone with a brain would realize the score should be 10:0 with the humans winning, 'cause of this Ken decided to have both leaders of the conflict have a sword duel, which upon losing the humans just fuck off from Earth.

I read a bit about the war on a Sonic wiki, the remaining humans final fate is: They return to Mobius but ol' Robotnik is dead and has been replaced by Eggman aka. Robo Robotnik who secretly allow them to be exposed to radioactive and similar stuff and the humans learn of it and self-exioe to live with their descendants who are living in under the mountain Station Square

 

[The tired cat]

I read a bit about the war on a Sonic wiki, the remaining humans final fate is: They return to Mobius but ol' Robotnik is dead and has been replaced by Eggman aka. Robo Robotnik who secretly allow them to be exposed to radioactive and similar stuff and the humans learn of it and self-exioe to live with their descendants who are living in under the mountain Station Square

You also forgot how some got turned into robots, because being machines means they wont be hurt by radiation.

 

[Captain Syrup]

You also forgot how some got turned into robots, because being machines means they wont be hurt by radiation.

Wait, hold on, now I’m lost. Is Ken Penders all-in on turning people into robots, or is he out here protesting it? I can’t tell at this point.

 

[Zaryiu2]

You also forgot how some got turned into robots, because being machines means they wont be hurt by radiation.

Oh... That wasn't in the stuff i read online so... wtf Penders? I don't hate him but man does he blur the line between amusing and embarrassing

Wait, hold on, now I’m lost. Is Ken Penders all-in on turning people into robots, or is he out here protesting it? I can’t tell at this point.

Robotnik and Robo Robotnik are all in on turning Mobians into robot version of them, based on the SATAM cartoon where Robotnik does it, among others Sonic's uncle and parents are made into them alongside other Mobians, hell in the comics at one point that's how Sonic is made temporarily made into Metal Sonic... Oh and the original robotizer in the comic was originally not that but a device to clean pollution that was corrupted/modified by Julian Kintobor before he became Doctor Robotnik

 

[The tired cat]

Oh... That wasn't in the stuff i read online so... wtf Penders? I don't hate him but man does he blur the line between amusing and embarrassing

Robotnik and Robo Robotnik are all in on turning Mobians into robot version of them, based on the SATAM cartoon where Robotnik does it, among others Sonic's uncle and parents are made into them alongside other Mobians, hell in the comics at one point that's how Sonic is made temporarily made into Metal Sonic... Oh and the original robotizer in the comic was originally not that but a device to clean pollution that was corrupted/modified by Julian Kintobor before he became Doctor Robotnik

It actually goes a lil' further; the original robotizer was made as means to "heal" those who were terribly injured in the war. So, if I'm not mistaken, Sonic's dad was the first subject because he got fucked up hard during the war. With Robotnik later selling the BS how making him the T800 was a good turnabout, instead of him remaining a cripple for the rest of his life.

I'll say Ken's biggest embarassement would still be the future arc.

 

[The Lawgiver]

the original robotizer was made as means to "heal" those who were terribly injured in the war.

Also as a means to treat canceraids IIRC.