In Memory of Chuck Norris

On the 19th of March, 2026, 9 days after Chuck Norris celebrated his 86th Birthday, The End finally came for Chuck Norris. Even in death, Chuck Norris will still live on.

To quote Mike Tyson when he tweeted his farewell to Muhammad Ali, "God came for his champion. So long great one."

Overdue Cessation of Operations

Remember that comic about Cohost closing down? Well, this already happened to Japanese web portal Goo, and now this is happening to the Lycos-owned website hosting services Tripod and Angelfire, both of which have been around since the mid-1990s. However, some netizens say that this closure was long overdue, while others will lament over this closure, calling it the end of an era, which is actually true.

As depressing as this sounds, maybe we need to heed the words of Isaiah 43:18-19, which has been discouraging us from dwelling on the past, whether it's good or bad. Eventually, we will have to embrace the post-Apocalyptic future, where traces of this present cruel Age no longer have any meaning other than to serve as a reminder of a bygone Era.

Imminent Regret

On the 14th of March, 2026, Cuba was rocked by one of the biggest revolts since Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution. This revolt was in protest against the Communist regime amid blackouts that were made worse by a US oil blockade.

Speaking of Cuba's 1959 Revolution, SNK lionized this revolution in their 1987 Arcade game Guerrilla War, which was originally released in Japan as Guevara. In Guerrilla War, Player 1 is in the shoes of the titular character Che Guevara, while Player 2 takes up the role of Fidel Castro. Now that the Cuban people are revolting against the ideology that Che Guevara and Fidel Castro fought for in Guerrilla War, should the Communist regime fall, it will leave SNK wallowing in regret because the Arcade game that was based on the 1959 Cuban Revolution will be on the list of poorly-aged things.

Hotel New World Memorial Proposal

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Infamous Hotel New World collapse that caused the deaths of 33 people. However, at the time of this comic being uploaded, no physical monument to the tragedy has been erected. This includes the lack of a memorial plaque inside Hotel New World's replacement Owen House by Habyt (previously Hmlet), which used to be called Fortuna Hotel before it adopted its current name. A memorial plaque inside Owen House would not only serve as a memorial to the tragedy, it would also serve as a memorial to resilience as well.

Forming the number 800

Can we all agree that the Space Invaders aliens are capable of arranging themselves into various formations, including numbers?

We did it, readers, we made it to 800 comics. This is no easy feat for me, but I have finally crossed that milestone. Next stop, 900 comics.

Piracy Tax

Emergency Alert! Italian netizens' freedoms are under threat from a piracy tax that demands all who use cloud storage to pay a tax even if they did not violate any anti-piracy laws whatsoever! Benito Mussolini's ideology has risen from its grave, and this is a bad omen for Italy and the whole world!

While the world was holding its breath during Operation Epic Fury, which saw the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, and the Iranian Navy suffering its Pearl Harbor moment, resulting in Iran suffering a far worse humiliation that surpassed Operation Midnight Hammer, Italy's copyright regulatory board was imposing a piracy tax on Italian netizens, regardless of whether they violated any anti-piracy laws or not. This is tyranny that would make the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) look like a weak attempt to overtake the European Union's copyright regulations, which it is...

Before the ratification of the so-called Sonny Bono Act that gave rise to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the European Union has always wanted to impose a global copyright regulatory system that many countries tried so hard to comply, but just could not meet its required standards. These copyright standards can be traced back to a 1939 copyright bill that was proposed by the Nazi regime in Germany, but was only ratified in 1965 by the Federal Republic. What the world does not realize is that de-Nazification turned out to be a farce, meaning the Federal Republic of Germany had essentially ratified a copyright regulation that was proposed by the Nazis. This in turn, led to European Union member states such as France and Italy adopting Germany's copyright laws. Even worse still, Germany's copyright offices were run by former Nazis, and it was Germany's copyright offices that came up with the copyright regulations that copyright trolls falsely accuse netizens of violating.

We think the so-called Sonny Bono Act that led to the ratification of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was a nefarious plot by Hollywood and Disney to expand their property rights. Contrary to popular belief, the DMCA was in reality, a pathetic attempt by the Bill Clinton administration to align America's copyright regulations with the European Union's standards. Those standards, however, had their origins in a 1939 copyright bill that the Nazis proposed, but did not get ratified due to World War 2, and was only passed in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1965.

For those who think Nazism and Fascism died along with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, they are dead wrong. Revelation 17:8 speaks about a beast that "was, and is not, and yet is". This final resurrection of the Roman Empire is taking over copyright law, and it will have the whole world under its iron grip once more. However, it will meet its doom. First, it will be crippled by a coalition of Communist rogue states, then it will get finished off by the return of Jesus Christ. The Roman Beast that keeps coming back will finally be cast down into the Lake of Fire, and it will die in Hellfire.

Smurf Gets Smacked

Weapons that are about to hit a Smurf: Enchanted Emerald-tipped Mithril Bolt, Bomberman Bomb, Granite Maul, Rune Throwing Knife tipped with Weapon poison(++).

Remember the comic about various characters getting smacked by a Granite Maul? Well, a Smurf is about to get smacked by a Granite Maul. But the Granite Maul isn't the only weapon that is about to hit the Smurf. He's also about to get hit by an Enchanted Emerald-tipped Mithril Bolt, a Rune Throwing Knife (p++) and one of Bomberman's bombs. Looks like this poor Smurf is about to suffer greatly via getting smashed, blasted and poisoned...

Why must this poor Smurf suffer? It's not because of Gargamel's villainy, but it's because of online gaming authorities waging war on Smurf Accounts. The reason for that? Smurf Accounts are a violation of honor codes in various online video games. That's why the Smurf had to suffer.

Smacked By Granite Mauls

Characters that are about to get brutally smacked by a Granite Maul from Runescape: A Mugger from RuneScape, Buddy from Kick the Buddy, Crazy Redd from the Animal Crossing series.

RuneScape's Muggers deserve to die over 9000 times by any means possible for attacking too many low-leveled players. Period.

Buddy from Kick the Buddy getting smacked by a Granite Maul seems to be very normal for a game about bashing a dummy. Nuff said.

Smashing Crazy Redd with a Granite Maul sounds like overkill, but he deserves it for selling fake art to unsuspecting customers throughout the entire history of the Animal Crossing series.

Zelda and Famicom Disk System 40th Anniversary Tribute

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Japanese release of the Famicom Disk System and its launch title The Legend of Zelda. Since then, The Legend of Zelda series went from strength to strength to become the colossus it is today.

By the way, the "Thanks A Million" quote was from the Zelda II: The Adventure of Link ending.

Happy 40th Anniversary, The Legend of Zelda and Famicom Disk System!

Nintendo games and characters © Nintendo.

The Father of Sega Consoles

Sad news, Sega fans. Hideki Sato, the father of all of Sega's consoles from the SG-1000 to the Dreamcast, and Sega's honcho from 2001 until 2003, died on the 13th of February, 2026. And it doesn't help that his death happened on a Friday of all days...

What does the Sega SG-1000, the Sega Master System, the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, the Sega Saturn and the Sega Dreamcast all have in common? Hideki Sato stewarded the design of all of these Sega consoles. He also became Sega's honcho in 2001 when Sega exited hardware production to focus on third-party games for other platforms, and presided over the company until 2003.

If you want to feel old, just remember that Hideki Sato was Sega's honcho during a period when Sega was transitioning from hardware production to third-party publisher.

Modesty Free Pass

Remember, upskirt shots are a violation of modesty. However, skirted leotards and swimsuits get a free pass because leotards and swimwear are outerwear, and the skirt is more of an accessory than a privacy barrier.

For those wondering where the skirted leotard came from, it's from the Wii Party U minigame "Ice Spinners". This ice skating minigame is the only instance where female Miis get to wear an ice skating leotard.

Warzone Goners

Author's Note: All copyrights for the characters in this comic go to their respective owners.

The warzones of Command and Conquer: Red Alert have no place for pathetic weaklings. Here are five weaklings who should never be in such warzones.

France's biggest loser needs no introduction whatsoever. Glass Joe has an abysmal 99 losses according to his lore in the Punch-Out series. If he were to fight in the Red Alert trilogy's version of the Cold War, even a cheap conscript would easily mow him down in personal combat.

As the weakest character in the Street Fighter series, Dan Hibiki was always destined to be weak. He's not as weak as Glass Joe, but still, he will get mowed down by conscripts...

Bubsy's catchphrase of "What could possibly go wrong?" will end up becoming self-fulfilling if this Bobcat were to be fighting in a Cold War gone hot because he will end up angering Soviet Russia's huskies and War Bears, resulting in him getting eaten up by them.

While Spelunker has bombs and an Uzi, these weapons will mean nothing when falling from a height of one meter means instant death. Therefore, Spelunker would be dead if he was to fight in the Red Alert warzones...

Wynn already has too many enemies and hazards that would knock him dead in one hit in his own game. If this fragile protagonist were to be posted to the Red Alert warzones, he would definitely be a goner despite being armed with bombs.

TL;DR, if these weaklings went to the Red Alert warzones, all of them are guaranteed to be goners.

Memories of a Bygone Era

Images in this comic that will potentially invoke nostalgia for a bygone era, from left to right: Cayna and Silviana having baked potatoes with cheese and mashed potato toppings, Ramaya taking her skirt off at the beach, Tyris Flare and Ramaya doing the Epic Handshake, The Peanut Butter Jelly Time Dancing Banana saying his catchphrase.

Now that Ramaya from Arabian Fight and the Peanut Butter Jelly Time Dancing Banana have made their appearances in Neo Retro Union's comics, the big question is, who will be next?

Amid all the turmoil going on right now, be it the sour rivalry between the leftists and the rightists, the big revolt in Iran, China still being obsessed with ending the Century of Humiliation by force amid a severe downturn, and the Internet becoming more broken due to its ongoing balkanization at the hands of a European Beast whose rise continues unhindered despite the threats of rogue tyrants and terrorists, many netizens would love to remember a time when freedom of creativity wasn't threatened by dark forces that seek to weaponize regulations for imperialistic purposes, and I am one of those netizens...

Remember those times when we ate baked potatoes at restaurants? Those baked potatoes came with various toppings such as the baked potato toppings found in RuneScape (Cheese, Egg and Tomato, Tuna and Sweetcorn, etc.), meats, vegetables, mushrooms, and even mashed potatoes. In this comic, Cayna is having a baked potato with cheese, while Silviana is having a baked potato that has mashed potato topping. How I miss those good times...

Anyone who visits the beach, especially female characters, would like to get ready to hit the beach, and undressing at the beach is all too common. In this case, Ramaya from the obscure Sega arcade game Arabian Fight is taking her skirt off. Her crop top looks like a bra with short sleeves meaning all she needs to do is take her skirt off and she's ready to get wet in her crop top and panties.

Remember the Epic Handshakes comic that I made back in 2024? Well, the third panel in this comic is a continuation of that Epic Handshakes comic. This panel features Tyris Flare from Golden Axe and Ramaya from Arabian Fight doing the Epic Handshake because they're both heroines from arcade beat 'em ups that are made by Sega. It's highly likely they are both excited about finding a lake they can go swimming in.

The Dancing Banana needs no introduction whatsoever. Created by Trym Stene in 1999, the Dancing Banana GIF only soared in popularity when it got combined with the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by DJ Chip-Man and The Buckwheat Boyz in the early 2000s. Since then, the Peanut Butter Jelly Time Dancing Banana has always been the one person who keeps coming back when the Internet needs him most.

With all that said, we can all agree that we all miss the good times that are long gone. However, we must remember that there is a far brighter future that holds more happiness than the nostalgia of a bygone era.

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion 40 Years On

Author's Note: At the time of the Space Shuttle Challenger's mid-air explosion the 28th of January, 1986, it was already the 29th of January in Singapore.

It's been 40 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger explosion that killed 7 astronauts. One of these astronauts, Christa McAuliffe, was actually a substitute who took the place of Caroll Spinney, who revealed before his death in 2019 that he did not go on board Space Shuttle Challenger due to practical reasons, with the most obvious one being the Big Bird costume being too big to fit through the Space Shuttle entrance. This resulted in NASA requesting a teacher by the name of Christa McAuliffe taking Caroll Spinney's place instead.

May the 7 souls who boarded the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger, including the teacher Christa McAuliffe, rest in peace. Also, we all dearly miss the late Caroll Spinney as well...

Australia at 125

Fun Fact: The tanks that are talking about how much they miss the Australia of 2001 in this comic are tanks that served in the Australian Army. The tank on the left is an M1 Abrams, and the tank on the right is a Leopard AS1. Both tanks have a fan-made roundel specially made for this comic featuring a seven-pointed star one can find on the Australian flag.

It's sad to think about it, but the Australia of today is a far cry from the Australia of 2001. Back in those days, Holden was still around and it was manufacturing great cars such as the Holden Commodore. The early days of 2001 were also a much simpler time for Australian netizens back when they only had GeoCities and AOL Instant Messenger, and draconian internet regulations were non-existent. Today, the demise of Holden in 2021 is starting to become a forgotten memory, especially when Australia is now struggling to rein in violent crimes, cyberbullying and cyberterrorism through enforcing draconian regulations that are ironically doing more harm than good. In other words, Australia has become a prison like it's 1788 all over again, and it's all because Australians under 16 are prohibited from using social media, and don't even get started on the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre...

To my Australian fans, Happy Australia Day.

Kyubey Gets Stomped

Characters stomping Kyubey, from left to right: Sakura Kinomoto (Star Dress) (Cardcaptor Sakura), Totooria Helmold (Atelier Meruru Attire) (Atelier Totori), Cayna (In the Land of Leadale), High Elf Archer (Goblin Slayer).

2026 marks the 15th Anniversary of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Its fanbase, however, still remains bittersour over the fact that Kyubey did not received any real comeuppance no matter how many petitions they have sent to Aniplex and Gen Urobuchi. That's why the fans have decided to take justice into their own hands, and I am already on that bandwagon.

Sakura Kinomoto giving her hardest stomp on Kyubey makes the most sense because a magical girl (that's not from Puella Magi Madoka Magica) stomping a villainous manipulator is an act of protest against Kyubey's nonsensical contracts and the true nature of the Soul Gems. Also, Sakura is doing a favour for the heroines of Puella Magi Madoka Magica because none of them are able to do things right...

While alchemists such as Totooria Helmold from the Atelier series avoid getting involved in heavy-duty combat most of the time, in the case of dealing with Kyubey, Totooria Helmold wouldn't mind giving a hard stomp on a villainous manipulator if it means doing justice and acquiring alchemy materials at the same time.

Cayna, being a motherly matriarchal figure, would definitely stomp Kyubey if it means denying a villainous manipulator from deceiving others.

As for High Elf Archer, she wouldn't mind giving Kyubey a hard stomp, believing that a deceiver like Kyubey is no different from the goblins she has to take down on a daily basis.

All in all, Kyubey needs to die over 9000 times for deceiving so many girls.

No More Pay-To-Win

It finally happened. After 124985 RuneScape players made their vote in a referendum to determine the future of RuneScape, Treasure Hunter has been removed from the game as of Today. Will the end of the Pay-To-Win Era bring a new Golden Age for RuneScape? Time will tell. Sooner or later, time will tell...

Thinking of other things other than other ladies 5

Hey folks, I'm back with yet another comic about my OCs in a lawyer-friendly version of the "Thinking about other women" meme.

While not as common as the Apple II's presence in Singapore, the Commodore C64 had moderate success in Singapore's home computer market in the 1980s. This means there is a possibility of Singapore having a community dedicated to the history of the Commodore C64 and its game library, with Jaleco's Rod Land being one of those games. The question is, if Singapore had the C64 port of Rod Land, how rare would that game be in that region?

Speaking of Singapore's home computer market in the 1980s, Japanese home computers were also marketed in Singapore. It's also possible that Singapore had the Sony MSX, the Fujitsu FM-7, and the NEC PC-8000, but they were less common than the Commodore C64.

MapleStory had multiple time-limited crossovers with other franchises, with the Japanese version having the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Crossover Event. Now that it's over, the next crossover event could have SAMG and Nexon come to an agreement to have the Teeniepings from Catch! Teenieping come to MapleStory in another time-limited event, and this event will be in the South Korean version and the Japanese version. After all, the Teenieping series hails from South Korea just like MapleStory.

Many regions where Nintendo consoles are marketed in can only have either the Famicom or the NES. Singapore, however, was one of the few regions where the video game stores had both the Famicom and the NES.

It's unknown if Rod Land's Rit or Princess Crown's Gradriel could survive the realm of Golden Axe. Maybe Golden Axe's brutal setting would be far too much for Rit, but Gradriel would probably end up destroying Death Adder in record time.

Swimming Pool Matriarch Visual Gag Variations 9

Hey, folks. I'm back once again with yet another Matriarch of the Swimming Pool visual gag variations comic.

Contrary to popular belief, David the Champion of Jehovah was not the underdog that Sunday School often portrays him as in the story of David Vs Goliath. You see, slingers such as David were a Bronze Age battlefield elite that were arguably deadlier than most archers of that period. Getting hit in the face's "Golden Triangle" by a stone ball moving at 100 miles per hour is as fatal today as it was back in the days of David and Goliath. In other words, Goliath was going up against the wrong enemy...

Let's face it. Even if Dan Hibiki is considered the most pathetic character in the history of Street Fighter, he would still win against Glass Joe, Bubsy and Awesome Possum, even if these three born losers joined forces against him.

The first day of January was not the correct day to start the New Year. In fact, the Anno Mundi Calendar states that the first day of Spring, a.k.a. the Spring Equinox, is the true start of the New Year. Yet, Julius Caesar thinks there is nothing wrong with starting the New Year in the dead of Winter. Looks like the Roman Empire is the 4th Beast of Daniel 7 because that 4th Beast has a "little horn" that has the intention to change times and law...

While the Swedish Strv 74 looks weak and outdated by Cold War standards, even this tank could win against the Panzer 68 despite the Panzer 68's superior stats because the Panzer 68 was very problematic according to the Swiss Ministry of Defence.

Speaking of problematic tanks, China's Type 69 Tank was problematic, but not as problematic as the Panzer 68. Both the Iranians and Iraqis identified serious problems with the Type 69 Tank during the Iran-Iraq War. Even the M47 Patton, which would have been considered obsolete by this point, could win against the Type 69. With all that said, Thailand did the right thing when they dumped their Type 69 Tanks overboard to turn them into artificial reefs.

If there was anyone in Puella Magi Madoka Magica who had to go through far worse suffering than even born losers such as Dan Hibiki, Glass Joe, Bubsy and Awesome Possum, it has to be Sayaka Miki. Her funeral at the beginning of Episode 11 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a fusion of tragedy and depression because she wanted to heal Kyosuke's hands, but this left her unappreciated and she became so depressed that she became the very same enemy she was supposed to fight against, and ended up dying as a result.

Fake Precious Metals

Amid the rising value of gold and silver, some people in China have been left disappointed by the existence of fake gold and fake silver, and these people acquired the fakes as far back as the 2010s. One of the best (and my top favourite) examples of fake precious metals would be bronze bars being coated with a layer of gold or silver to make them look like gold bars or silver bars.

The video below aims to expose the dark truth about the existence of counterfeit gold and silver:

Even if fake gold and silver ingots exist in many countries, these fakes are everywhere in China.

Ultimately, these counterfeiters will discard their fake gold and silver right before they get dragged away kicking and screaming to face judgment. While this doesn't really look like the imagery of the Ezekiel 7:19 prophecy about gold and silver being discarded into the streets, the idea of counterfeiters discarding their fake gold and silver in the face of justice coming to get rid of them invokes a terrifying similarity...

RuneScape 25th Anniversary Tribute

Who would have thought what began as a university project by Andrew Gower and his brothers Paul and Ian would become an icon of British pop culture? That's right. RuneScape, the British MMORPG that proved Pax Britannica isn't dead, but rather, had gone digital instead turns 25 today.

This tribute features a Saradomin Sword as well as a Rune Two-Handed Sword from Old School RuneScape, with the number 25 being made from Cosmic Runes. All of these items are associated with the RuneScape game and its 25-year long history. The Gower Brothers Andrew, Paul and Ian are all associated with transforming RuneScape from a university project named DeviousMUD into the MMORPG that we all know today.

Happy 25th Anniversary, RuneScape! Here's to another 25 years of adventures in Gielinor!