The Flag of Singapore (If it was made of RuneScape Gems)

I'm very sure Singapore's RuneScape fans have more creative ways to celebrate National Day than making a flag of Singapore using any red and white RuneScape items...

Gemstone art by itself is already expensive enough in both the real world and the MMORPGs. But making a flag with rubies and diamonds would have cost a fortune...

On a related note, Happy National Day, folks!

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.

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.

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...

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!

Swordtember 2025 (Part 3)

Part 3 of Neo Retro Union's Swordtember Special. Click here for Part 2.

The Master Sword was always an icon in the Legend of Zelda series. But it only made its debut in A Link to the Past for the SNES, meaning it made no appearances in the NES Zelda games. Then came the 8-Bit Link Amiibo, which featured what appeared to be an 8-Bit version of the Master Sword on Link's back. This inspired me to come up with the idea of what the Master Sword would have looked like if it was in the NES Legend of Zelda.

Fairfrozen is an iconic spear from MapleStory, so I decided to re-imagine this iconic spear as a Two-Handed Sword.

Does anyone still remember the Dragon Longsword from RuneScape in its present version or its Old School version? It was a badge of honor for RuneScape players who completed the Lost City quest. But when weapons with better DPS (damage per second) came around, the Dragon Longsword started to look less appealing to RuneScape players, and its popularity dwindled as a result.

Swordtember 2025 (Part 1)

Hey, folks! I have decided to jump on board the Swordtember bandwagon, so here is a comic about swords.

Remember that comic about the Glass Swords from Uncle Grandpa? Well, the Glass Sword returns for a mandatory Swordtember comic, and this time, it does not get broken.

Do you still remember the sword from the original RuneScape logo? If you still remember it from the early days of RuneScape, then you have nostalgia for a bygone era!

Did you know that bronze turns green after oxidation? This process creates a protective layer called a patina, which protects the underlying metal from further corrosion.

Kick The Noob

Characters kicking the RuneScape Noob in this comic: Sakura Kinomoto (Red Cape Leotard) (Cardcaptor Sakura), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Volcana (Ultra Vortek).

I do not have any grudges against the RuneScape Noob in this comic. It's just that he may have been a bot user in disguise, and bots have been a big nuisance as far as legitimate RuneScape players are concerned.

Smacked By Rune Warhammers

Characters that are about to get smacked by an Old School RuneScape Rune Warhammer wielded by a Rabbid from the Rabbids series, from left to right: Toad (Super Mario Bros), Crazy Redd (Animal Crossing), Louie (Pikmin), Mugger (RuneScape), Buddy (Kick the Buddy).

It's possible that the Toads from Super Mario Bros are a far greater threat than all of the Koopa Troop's ringleaders combined because of whatever parasites they could have been harbouring since 1985. And to think that telling us that Princess Peach is in another castle was the worst thing Toad did to the Mario fans...

Animal Crossing fans have always made no secret of their disdain for Crazy Redd and his many scams. It's a pity we don't even get to give him any comeuppance whatsoever...

I'm very sure Louie was the true antagonist of the Pikmin series right from the start, if Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 were anything...

Muggers should die over 9000 times for terrorizing millions of RuneScape players. Period.

Buddy from Kick the Buddy was always destined to get beaten up many times over, and a Rabbid smacking him with a Rune Warhammer is just one of those methods of beating up Buddy...

With all that said, I would feel sorry for Buddy from Kick the Buddy. As for all the other characters that are about to get smacked by a Rabbid wielding a Rune Warhammer, they all deserved to get destroyed by the Rabbid, and I do not feel sorry for them.

Thinking of other things other than other ladies 3

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

Hebereke is a penguin, and therefore, Sunsoft would have paid his salaries in sardines and anchovies because penguins eat sardines and anchovies.

While Tectoy was known for being Brazil's distributor of Sega consoles such as the Sega Master System and the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, what we do not know is that Tectoy was also the distributor of a forgotten console called the Zeebo. Unfortunately, the Zeebo was not a commercial success due to a limited game library, with all of them being digital-only. Of course the Zeebo failed to overtake the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in Brazil.

Wollongong is definitely overlooked as far as Australian tourism is concerned. It's just 80 kilometers south of Sydney, and yet more people prefer the well known parts of Australia.

I'm very sure the Invention Skill started an arms race in RuneScape. Since its release, many players aimed for 200 million experience points in the Invention Skill.

Given that zombies are a recurring enemy in the Castlevania series, the Belmont family would definitely dislike the zombies from Plants Vs Zombies.

I'm very sure Crazy Dave from Plants Vs Zombies would end up doing well as a shopkeeper in RuneScape.

RuneScape Father's Day Gifts

Today is Father's Day, which means it's that time of the year where people honor their fathers. What better way to honor this special day than with a comic about Father's Day gifts?

If RuneScape players could give Father's Day gifts to their fathers, amulets of strength, anti-dragon shields and silver bolts would have been among those items.

RuneScape Mother's Day Gifts

Today is Mother's Day, which means it's that time of the year where people honor their mothers. What better way to honor this special day than with a comic about Mother's Day gifts?

If RuneScape players could give Mother's Day gifts to their mothers, amulets of defence, baked potatoes with cheese and summer pies would have been among those items.

The End of DarkScape

Author's Note: This comic was made in response to the announcement made by Jagex on 29 February 2016 regarding the closure of DarkScape on 28 March 2016. DarkScape is no longer available as of 28 March 2016.

The Rabbid is screaming "DAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" over the closure of the DarkScape servers because he enjoyed going on killing sprees in DarkScape, and now this open world Player Vs Player mode is shutting down due to lack of interest, which made him very upset.

The last panel in this comic is based on the chorus of "It's the End of the World as We Know It". It talks about the end of DarkScape, and it mentioned Deadman Mode, which was possibly the reason why DarkScape lost popularity.

Open World Massacre

Author's Note: This comic was originally conceived to commemorate the launch of DarkScape and Deadman Mode. DarkScape is no longer active as of 28 March 2016.

Have you ever wished for an open world Player Vs Player experience where everyone is at war with everyone else? Well, RuneScape used to have two versions of that kind of Player Vs Player experience. The modern version received DarkScape, which sadly, ceased operations on 28 March 2016 due to lack of popularity, while Old School RuneScape received the more popular Deadman Mode, which had several tournaments since its inception, with Deadman: Armageddon being the most recent one.

While DarkScape and Deadman Mode have their differences, they both have guards that attack players that have skulls above their heads.

Maybe the real reason DarkScape died was because it lost popularity to Deadman Mode, which allows you to get a bank key to carry out bank raids by killing opponents in order to steal more loot from other players, including loot from defeated opponents.

If Awesome Possum was in Deadman Mode, he would have been a major target for player killers because he is one of the most disliked characters in video game history. That's why he is shown getting struck by a Rune Javelin in this comic.

The Rabbid wielding two Steel Longswords is yelling "DAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" because he is about to start a killing spree.

Differently Coloured Diamonds

Did you know that diamonds come in different colors? In fact, RuneScape, MapleStory, Minecraft and the Microsoft Puzzle Collection's Jewel Chase had to use diamonds that are of a different color so that people can identify which game the diamond came from.

Green Gemstone Venn Diagram

While an emerald is harder than a jade, which explains why cutting jade in RuneScape has a chance of getting a crushed gem, what these two green gemstones have in common is that both emeralds and jades get turned into bolt tips for crossbow bolts in RuneScape.

Mithril Warhammers United

Characters wielding Old School RuneScape Mithril Warhammers featured from left to right starting with the top row:

Row 1: Amy Rose (Sonic), Lip (Panel de Pon), Yoshi (Super Mario), Red Yoshi (Super Mario), Blue Yoshi (Super Mario), Yellow Yoshi (Super Mario).

Row 2: Hat Kid (A Hat in Time), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Klonoa (Klonoa), Toon Link (The Legend of Zelda), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters XV Attire) (The King of Fighters).

Row 3: Garfield (Garfield), Edd (Ed Edd N Eddy), Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Simon Belmont (As he appeared in Captain N: The Game Master) (Castlevania).

Row 4: RED Soldier (Team Fortress 2), BLU Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Dirk the Daring (Dragon's Lair), Spelunker (Spelunker), Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Lemming (Lemmings).

Yet another comic where characters wielding Old School RuneScape weapons are rising up in united arms against the injustices plaguing the Earth? Looks like justice know no boundaries...

Metal Bar Venn Diagram

Author's Note: Only RuneScape metals that exist in the real world are featured in this Venn Diagram comic.

Metals that are used for manufacturing weapons and armor: Iron, Steel.

Metals that are used for manufacturing sports medals: Gold, Silver.

Metals that are used for manufacturing weapons, armor and sports medals: Bronze.

While bronze is inferior to gold and silver as well as weaker than iron and steel, bronze has been widely used for the manufacturing of weapons, armor and sports medals, making it one of the most important metals in the history of metalworking.

Four-Pointed Stars

In RuneScape, Saradomin's emblem is a four-pointed star. The four-pointed star is also the emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance. This would mean the Saradominist faction is the RuneScape equivalent of NATO. But this uncanny similarity has yet to be officially confirmed by Jagex, and that's because Saradomin's four-pointed star came from the crown he's wearing while NATO's four-pointed star represents a compass that is keeping the Allies on the right road that is the path of peace.