Critical Miss: God Emperor of Steam #4

[sgt. soap mctavish]

great reference to dead island. very clever indeed.

 

[Yvl9921]

WHERE'S THE BODY. THEY'RE NEVER DEAD UNLESS YOU SEE THE MUTILATED BODY.

 

[carnege4]

I arrived from school now.

I..i..i can't believe it.

NO
NO, NO
BRO
NO

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

I immediately said "Oh shit, no." Then I Rolled on the floor Rofl'ing.
Think about that for a second.

 

[TheRealGoochman]

Cool Dead Island trailer theme..........but no family montage at the end to make me tear up

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Nice Lost reference
Good comic series, although I maintain you should have used the God-Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 40,000. Would have been more epic, with chainswords and bolters firing....

Lost? No, this is a reference to the new Dead Island trailer.

Or any of the other famous properties that used this same narrative device before now. Such as Memento. Or Irreversible. Or All Along the Watchtower. Or episodes of Lost, the X-Files and Star Trek.

It is actually a pretty common narrative device.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

I remember when this comic was about videogames and not absurd pastiches of pop culture references.

 

[Luke5515]

I'm glad that this series of critical miss is over. Not because I didn't like it, but finally some closure. Maybe we'll get the rest of the closure next week.

 

[Madara XIII]

I arrived from school now.

I..i..i can't believe it.

NO
NO, NO
BRO
NO

I feel the same way. This and the Comic before made me want to cry

 

[Serenegoose]

When I read the 'sad piano music' line, I didn't think of Dead Island, I thought of Scrubs. Then I found out I was thinking of the wrong reference, so I was all

"ba-ba-dah-dah-dee-dah-dah-daaaaah,
ba-ba-dah-dah-dee-dah-dah-daaaaaaaaaah....."

Just how many references is in this overall, though? There's Gabe in Ozymandias' outfit, called the God-Emperor of steam, oh, and the Bioshock reference from the last Children of Steam, and then this dead island reference. I know there's more though, I must know.

 

[Lombax302]

I actually thought the Dead Island trailer reference was absolutely hilarious, idk, could just be me

 

[F-I-D-O]

I think in God Emperor of Dune, at the end he dies after falling? It's been so long I forget.

He falls into a river, and splits into roughly a gazillion sandtrout.
Great comic, and a nice reference. As said above, it's missing the music

 

[cairocat]

Oh, right, see what you did there. It took me two panels, I should have caught it at the eye...

 

[DTWolfwood]

haha lol XD that is genius XD keep on keep'in on man!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Excellent use of reversal to tell the story. Very artistic.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

OH, I GET IT NOW!

I feel so proud of myself.

 

[ArmorArmadillo]

Is there a...joke? Or a point? Or anything other than "Hey a scene from the Watchmen. Except with Slowbro"