🎨 Artcow Ken Penders - Former Archie Sonic Comic Writer/Artist

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Mr. Nobodyguy 202 said:
Penders' pissing himself with rage right about now.
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The best part is, he can't do dick about it because he doesn't own that Knuckles but wearing a hat.
He owns THIS Knuckles but wearing a hat:
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The Latest Update​

I’m getting ready to submit a file to the printer so they can begin prepping the first 134 pages for the presses. When I do, only eight SHATTERED TOMORROWS pages remain to be finished, the Julie-Su Data File and one page of content after the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Oh, yes, at that point I will be updating the SPECIAL THANKS page one last time. 164 pages of total content will be submitted to the printer.

Because everyone who’s ordering a copy right is hoping and asking if they’re among the 200, I can state by tomorrow morning chances are we cross the 150 mark. If I do sell the full 200 before the book goes to the presses, great. If I don’t, I will still be excited and thankful because of everyone who ordered. THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES will be a reality, going out to 34 different states across the USA (I’m still holding out for at least one order from every state, including Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico) as well as 6 countries outside the US.

Considering this has yet to be distributed by Diamond or any other distributor or listed on Amazon, and the print runs of most editions of Marvel Masterworks runs about 650 copies or thereabouts (the latest Daredevil Marvel Masterwork hardcover edition lists a print run of 656 copies), I’m quite confident once people see the finished book that demand will increase. I wanted this to be as special as I could make it, and I’ve been told I’ve exceeded expectations. I look forward to the reaction upon its release. Thanks, everyone!
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Update on the book progress as of the 11th- Ken has finished the last pages, it has been sent to the printers, and if the Gods are merciful the finished books should be out by sometime in June. As per a previous blog he will be sending emails out to all his buyers one the books are shipped. I would have greatly appreciated if he had sent an email, even an automated generic one, upon ordering because I am clenching my butthole over the fact that I've received absolutely nothing to confirm that I actually made a purchase and the only proof I have of my purchase is the note in my bank account. I hope I haven't just payed a man $50 to be autistic. :mad:
 
ChonkyNeko said:
The best part is, he can't do dick about it because he doesn't own that Knuckles but wearing a hat.
He owns THIS Knuckles but wearing a hat:
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Ken's "shadow" inking has always bothered me, similar to his shitty anatomy with Sonic characters. Straight up, he looks like he has a mustache. It's how he adds texture while inking but I've always found it dumb looking.
 
XYZpdq Jr. said:
I thought that was one. Like, some sort of "I'm wearing a beret so now I will have facial hair" semi-joke?
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He's just a really bad artist. He's almost Chris-Chan levels of bad. How did this faggot ever even get to be one of the Sanic comics artists? Were they that lax?
 
ChonkyNeko said:
The best part is, he can't do dick about it because he doesn't own that Knuckles but wearing a hat.
He owns THIS Knuckles but wearing a hat:
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Scottish Knuckles from the reality where almost everyone is the opposite morality but knuckles is just scottish is the funniest knuckles variant. I don't care what ken says he owns bring back Scottish knuckles you cowards.

The Ultimate Ramotith said:
I say shadowing.
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it is! Literally just look up o'nux lmao. He's from the alternate timeline in the archie comics where sonic is the leader of a delinquent biker gang and doctor robotnik is an actual doctor. They later made him more like the fleetway ovi kinbotor but it was kinda funnier with him being just fucking robotnik but an actual medical professional wearing scrubs and a coat but looking like the same DiC fucker. Ken also copyrighted Green knuckles under the noses of everyone and that was just knuckles with weird emerald cancer but that's been brought up a million times.
 
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AnOminous said:
He's just a really bad artist. He's almost Chris-Chan levels of bad. How did this faggot ever even get to be one of the Sanic comics artists? Were they that lax?
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Ken knew someone on the Archie staff so he had an easy in to getting a job. And Archie was notoriously lax with their standards. It's why the Sonic comics were all over the place in terms of quality in both art and writing. One issue you're getting some fine art from Spaz and another issue it's getting drawn by ManyHands which looks like art you put on the fridge. Ken was also famously known for butting heads with the other writers and would outright ignore the others contributions for his own story beats if he could get away with it. Him and Karl Bollers in particular butted heads a lot. One of the funnier things Karl did was name Knuckles' brother Kneecaps since his issue came out first so Ken wouldn't be able to change it.

Sega also didn't give a shit about the comics unless it concerned Sonic specifically which is how Ken got free reign to turn Knuckles into his personal fan fiction project. I will say this about Ken though, he was a genuinely better artist when he was working with Archie, his skills have really deteriorated ever since he quit
 
KingofSomething said:
I will say this about Ken though, he was a genuinely better artist when he was working with Archie, his skills have really deteriorated ever since he quit
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I barely even recognize Ken's Sonic work with Archie as even being by the same guy. That's how utterly atrocious what he does now is.
 
AnOminous said:
I barely even recognize Ken's Sonic work with Archie as even being by the same guy. That's how utterly atrocious what he does now is.
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I think his big issue is using realistic-ish human anatomy on furry characters and the huge anime eyes. Look at his art pre-archie when he drew the official Star Trek TNG tie in comic. He's no Steve Ditko, but his old art was solid.
 
KingofSomething said:
I will say this about Ken though, he was a genuinely better artist when he was working with Archie, his skills have really deteriorated ever since he quit
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AnOminous said:
I barely even recognize Ken's Sonic work with Archie as even being by the same guy. That's how utterly atrocious what he does now is.
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A Pale Shadow said:
I think his big issue is using realistic-ish human anatomy on furry characters and the huge anime eyes. Look at his art pre-archie when he drew the official Star Trek TNG tie in comic. He's no Steve Ditko, but his old art was solid.
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Its possible that Ken has legitimately tried to change his art style on purpose to avoid any more legal trouble with Sega because his characters look too much like Sonic characters. If that's the case, he's doing a piss pour job of it.
 
The Demon Pimp of Razgriz said:
Its possible that Ken has legitimately tried to change his art style on purpose to avoid any more legal trouble with Sega because his characters look too much like Sonic characters. If that's the case, he's doing a piss pour job of it.
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I hadn't considered that, but I suppose that is a possibility. It would at least explain the designs of the not-echidna's better. But going by some recent commissions he did where he just used human proportions of non-Sonic characters, his skills really have deteriorated from his heyday when he could draw a human that didn't look like it had down syndrome.
 
Apparently Penders believes he owns “Future Tails”? No idea how old this is.
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But it’s horrifying.
 
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