The KAMics

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The KAMics is a webcomic by Keith Alan Morgan (or User:KAM for short). It is a collection of stand alone cartoons & cartoon series.

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This comic has examples of the following:

• A Load of Bull: Poor Bob
• Absolute Cleavage: When Gertrude & Brunhilda got some "space suits" Gertrude's outfit demonstrated this trope.
• Acid Trip Dimension: Here
• An Axe to Grind: Nikki's weapon of choice
• An Ice Person: Frosty Freisin
• Anal Probing: But it was a mistake!
• Angels Pose: This picture
• April Fools' Day: A few times, in 2005 KAM quit which actually started off a short storyline; in 2009, to wrap up a humorous disagreement between him & the author of Magical Misfits, did this; and in 2010 turned it into an April Fools Month turning his various characters into ponies.
• Art Shift: Some series are done in different styles, although sometimes an art shift happens on an artistic whim.
• Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: The creator has a problem writing & drawing the same characters over & over & over again.
• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: Gertrude suffers from this here, here and ... ooh, cool!
• Author Vocabulary Calendar: As you may have gathered from this page, KAM really, really likes ampersands.
• Bag of Holding: Inside Gertrude & Brunhilda's helmets.
• Balancing Death's Books: Saved either Gertrude or Brunhilda's life (also a Take That)
• Baleful Polymorph: Several, but usually to Gertrude & Brunhilda.
• Beat Panel: Has done this a number of times, sometimes as punchlines or inverted.
• Bigger Is Better: Gertrude's gun
• Black Comedy: Occasionally.
• Blessed Are the Cheesemakers: It was important to Prince Jason's summoning of Ygrassnoj.
• Blinding Bangs: Rick
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki
• Brain Bleach: Referenced
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Occasionally.
• Breast Expansion: Why indeed?
• The Cameo: Has lots of cameos of other webcomic characters. Then again the author is a self-confessed Cameowhore.
• Canis Latinicus: The dinosaur Teinoknemesaurus kamus, the magic spells Petrifacto, and Unpetrifacto
• Catgirl: Demonstrating a meme
• Catapult Nightmare: A twofer with a twist of Mind Screw
• Censor Box: Here & there
• Chainmail Bikini: Gertrude & Brunhilda, mostly...
• The Charmer: Albert Quad
• Compliment Backfire: Not a fan, apparently
• Crossover Punchline: Once or twice...
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Gertrude & Brunhilda.
• Cut and Paste Comic: Used to do a lot of it, but not so much now. However the creator prefers the term Copy & Paste as it's more accurate.
• Die Laughing: Those poor enemy soldiers...
• Drunk Duck: Hosted on
• Dumb Blonde: Gertrude
• Earthshattering Kaboom: God shows how it's done
• Everything's Better With Dinosaurs
• Everything's Better With Penguins
• Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels
• Expressive Hair
• Eyepatch of Power: Ratatosk (self-proclaimed) god of the squirrels
• The Faceless: Cousin Lenny
• Fan Disservice: Sten in a speedo *shudder* and in the lower left panel of this comic
• Fiery Redhead: Nikki The Red
• Flash Back: Shows up on occasion
• Fourth Wall Mail Slot
• Frankenstein's Monster: Apparently Dr. Frankenstein was quite busy here.
• Fun With Acronyms: S.M.O.G. (Semi-Mystical Otherworldly Gate)
• Funetik Aksent: Sven & Oli
• Funny Animal: Some of the series, anyway. Mr & Mrs. Rockhound & related toons are set in a universe where dogs take the place of humans, Big Bad Rockwolf has anthropomorphic wolves & pigs.
• Funny Background Event
• Girl Scouts Are Evil: Well... pygmies disguised as Girl Scouts, anyway.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki, usually.
• Goggles Do Something Unusual: Obbie S. Myth's glasses allow him to see electrical & magical ability as well as compensate for a missing eye, Ms. Terial's goggles allow her to see in the dark & see far away.
• Green-Skinned Space Babe: Emsi
• The Grim Reaper: Hela from Norse Mythology is the official Grim Reaper (although for a while it seemed to be Steve of Life and Death). She doesn't dress very traditional though. She describes her job as a guide for the dead type. though. She describes her job as a guide for the dead type.
• Groin Attack: Ding!
• Heterosexual Life Partners: Gertrude & Brunhilda
• Hurricane of Puns: This comic
• I Call It Vera: Gertrude & Brunhilda's swords.
• I Have Many Names: Nikki
• Institutional Apparel: Gertrude & Brunhilda starting here.
• Invisible Streaker: Here & the next comic.
• Ironic Echo Cut: This comic
• Leotard of Power: Athleta
• Loads and Loads of Characters
• Lovable Rogue: Gertrude & Brunhilda
• Malaproper: Malaprop Minerals
• Marshmallow Hell: Gertrude did this to Brunhilda.
• Massive Multiplayer Crossover: Participated in the Crossover Wars as well as several Halloween Cameo Capers.
• Mechanical Horse: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki have mechanical pegasi.
• Milestone Celebration: Several, usually sarcastic
• Mock Guffin: Gertrude & Brunhilda thought they had found something valuable, then were told otherwise.
• Modesty Bedsheet: One girl uses it, the other uses a pillow.
• Modesty Towel: Nikki wears one here
• Monochromatic Eyes: All the characters in the Rhymes With Witch universe. Zog & Sten from Drunk Aliens.
• The Multiverse: Tourist trap
• Naughty Tentacles: Look out, there!
• No Fourth Wall: Several series do this as do some characters. Nikki was told she was fictional, but she knows better now.
• Norse Mythology: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki are ex-valkyries, Loki & Ratatosk have appeared as characters.
• Off With His Head: Seen here & here
• Pixel Art Comic: Mostly the Rockhounding cartoons the artist did for his club newsletter. Originally because of the programs the artist was working with then, but later to keep a consistent look to the series.
• Pixellation: Sharp
• Polar Bears and Penguins: Averted... mostly...
• Police Brutality: The Pun Police
• Punny Name: Occasionally
• The Rant
• Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki are several thousand years old.
• Red Shirt: The Redshirt Bearer Brigade
• Relax-O-Vision: Parodied
• Remix Comic: Remix Theatre where the author takes various panels & creates new comics.
• Retcon: Nikki was told by the author that she was a fictional character without a name, was later named by a reader, then it was retconned that she was a sister to the ex-Valkyries Gertrude & Brunhilda & her name had always been Nikki & she didn't realize this because of amnesia.
• Rummage Fail: Gertrude has done this once or twice...
• Scenery Censor: Done every now & then.
• Schedule Slip
• Self-Deprecation: Sometimes
• Shapeshifting Squick: Loki during the Squirrel Wars.
• Shower Scene: Yep!
• Sinister Silhouettes: Loki usually
• Snowlems: Frankie the Snowman
• Some Call Me... Tim: Sten's name is the only part that most people can hear.
• Speech Bubble Censoring: Covered here
• Stick Figure Comic: Occasionally
• Split-Screen Reaction: Seen here when Zog gained webcomic awareness
• Stylish Protection Gear: Athleta & Ms. Terial in this comic.
• Superheroes Wear Capes: Ms. Terial
• Swiss Army Weapon: Gertrude's Swiss Army Sword
• Take That: This comic gives the doomed guard the same name as another cartoonist who had done a comic trashing other comics characters & authors.
• Taken for Granite: was turned into a statue temporarily.
• Talking Animal: The Penguins
• Technicolor Science:This comic
• Time for Plan B: Plan B
• Total Eclipse of the Plot: It was a part of the summoning of Ygrassnoj
• Trope Tan: Selling her services in this strip
• Valkyries: Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki are ex-valkyries
• Wanted Poster: Several are seen in this page
• Webcomics Long Runners
• Whip It Good: Brunhilda
• Wingding Eyes
• Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Poor Clem, Poor Ima
• Whole Costume Reference: The man in the Mountie outfit starting here.
• Year Inside, Hour Outside: Doc Unopoculum of SMOG experienced this.
• Your Universe or Mine?: Brunhilda is dating Bobby from the webcomic Life and Death.
• Zombie Apocalypse: As part of the 2008 Halloween Cameo Caper