4 thoughts on “#0: The Misbegotten Vassal

  1. Really didn’t notice that the wayward citizen from the very first chapter was actually Roitto… also, by the stars, that poor malfunctioning Combine soldier’s tale was extremely dark.

  2. Both depth of meaning and exquisite style. The combine’s story alone could have filled an entire series worth of pages, yet here it’s so cleverly condensed to pack the right kind of emotional punch. It works on its own and at the same time adds to the entirety. Beautiful. This really was the zenith of Gmod comics

  3. Thanks for the comments! In truth, this Roitto story is a bit of Retconing and was just a nobody originally… just a random event. His story was hashed out later as a kind of prequel after I had defined a bit of story where Gordon’s endeavors at Nova Prospekt would have freed Roitto.

  4. This story was influenced by a story in either “Creepy” or “Eerie” comic magazines from the 1970s. In that story a robot is continually forced to fight in bloodsports and eventually commits suicide after winning a championship. In the epilogue, the techs talk about the robot similar to my story… however, the robot does not come back alive and murder everyone. LoL

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