History ComicBook / CreatureTech

Dr. Michael Ong, former seminarian-turned-athesist-scientist, is assigned to a government warehouse in his hometown which the locals have dubbed [[TitleDrop Creature Tech]]. Ong's job is to categorize boxes of mysterious artifacts, as the government doesn't know what to do with the artifacts. Unfortunately, Jameson, an English ghost, is after one of the boxes, which contains the ShroudOfTurin. Ong and company have to stop Jameson before he enacts his fiendish plan to resurrect a giant space eel.

* MetaGuy: Jameson spends most of his non-Turlock-destroying time making {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s, {{Shout Out}}s, [[LargeHam chewing the scenery]], and [[LampshadeHanging hanging lampshades]] [[BetterThanABareBulb anywhere they'll fit]].

''Creature Tech'' is a {{comic book}} produced by Creator/ImageComics, written by celebrated author Creator/DougTennapel, that takes RuleOfSymbolism [[UpToEleven to the max]].

-->'''Jameson:''' [[Series/{{Batman}} Danananananananana, BATCAT!]]

Dr. Michael Ong, former seminarian-turned-athesist-scientist, is assigned to a government warehouse in his hometown which the locals have dubbed [[TitleDrop Creature Tech]]. Ong's job is to categorize boxes of mysterious artifacts, as the government doesn't know what to do with the artifacts. Unfortunately, Jameson, an English ghost, is after one of the boxes, which contains the [[PublicDomainArtifact Shroud of]] [[{{Jesus}} Turin]]. Ong and company have to stop Jameson before he enacts his fiendish plan to resurrect a giant space eel.

* HealingPotion: The folks at Creature Tech realize that the Shroud of Turin is the real deal when the blood on the shroud heals the injuries of anyone who touches it.

-->'''Dr. Ong:''' *facepalm* [[GenreSavvy Don't tell me]]... Fluffy's a ''cat''.

''ComicBook/CreatureTech'' is a {{comic book}} produced by Creator/ImageComics, written by celebrated author Creator/DougTennapel, that takes RuleOfSymbolism [[UpToEleven to the max]].

** It's probably safe to say this trope drives the plot of CreatureTech.

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!!This comic book provides examples of:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ten Napel wanted to make an entire superhero series about Dr. Ong and his symbiote.

** The intro states that Pastor Ong rebelled against his religious family and became a famous scientist before returning to religion when he had "questions science couldn't answer". At the end of the comic, Dr. Ong is reexamining his own faith.

* {{Bishounen}}: Jameson's defining feature is apparently his feminine appearance. Even though by that point he's also a zombie.

* Anvilicious: After Ong's dad attacks evolution apropos of nothing at the church festival (stating [[FridgeLogic he somehow came to the conclusion it's "unscientific" in his studies]]) it becomes increasingly clear the whole comic is just a stage to [[WriterOnBoard express the vocal Tennapel's religious hard right opinions]], complete with a devout self-taught quantum physicist redneck and definitive empirical evidence of Christian mythology such as a functional Shroud of Turin and [[spoiler:[[RecycledInSpace E.T. Jesus]]]].

-->'''Jameson:''' He went to [[IncrediblyLamePun meat]] his maker.

* StrawAtheist: Dr. Ong, at the beginning. Over the course of the story (and a personal encounter with Alien Symbiote Jesus), he reexamines this position and ultimately converts.

* DisintegratorRay: Creature Tech has a large one. It doesn't see much use because it takes a full day to charge up.

* FishOutOfWater: Blue, the genetically-modified sapient mantis, does not get humans and their tendency to keep [[EatTheDog warm tasty animals]] as pets.

-->'''Dr. Ong:''' Jameson! Come out of that closet right now!
-->'''Jameson:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar In this town? Are you crazy?!]]
* {{Area 51}}: RTI/Creature Tech functions as this.

* BackFromTheDead: The Shroud's ability to raise dead people and creatures becomes a driving force of the plot. Also, [[spoiler:Blue]] gets killed by a cat-monster, and his soul is briefly shown in [[spoiler:insect]] heaven, but he gets sent back by God because his friends on Earth need him.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Blue, the giant CIA-trained mantis.

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Jameson's aformentioned deal is made with a demon named Hellcat.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Dr. Ong:''' I always feel funny [[DrinkingTheKoolAid drinking Kool-Aid at church functions]].

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: After being rejected by Dr. Ong, Blue the mantis runs away from RTI and is adopted by rednecks.]]
* HatedHometown: Dr. Ong hates Turlock, CA, because he thinks there's too many rednecks for his taste.

* MetaGuy: Jameson spends most of his non-Turlock-destroying time making {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s, {{Shout Out}}s, [[LargeHam chewing the scenery]], and [[LampshadeHanging hanging lampshades]] anywhere they'll fit.

* SouthernFriedGenius: Jim. For a redneck bumpkin, he has quite a knack for particle and quantum physics, electronics and alien technology.

* TaughtByTelevision: The alien symbiont saves Ong's life by employing kung-fu that it learned from watching a movie. [[NarmCharm Including the cheesy dialogue.]]

* DeathFromAbove: Happens twice. In the opening scene, Jameson's giant space eel attractor [[GoneHorriblyRight works a little too well]], causing a giant space eel to crash into his laboratory with the force of an asteroid. [[Spoiler:"That's A MORAY!"]] At the end [[spoiler:Jameson rides on the back of the resurrected space eel and summons lightning to destroy Turlock.]]

* DeathFromAbove: Happens twice. In the opening scene, Jameson's giant space eel attractor [[GoneHorriblyRight works a little too well]], causing a giant space eel to crash into his laboratory with the force of an asteroid. At the end [[spoiler:Jameson rides on the back of the resurrected space eel and summons lightning to destroy Turlock.]]

* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus: [[spoiler: Averted hard. It's the entire reason why Ong converts.]]

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