History ComicBook / TheLudocrats

''The Ludocrats'' is a comic book written by Creator/KieronGillen and Jim Rossignol, illustrated by Jeff Stokely with color by Tamra Bonvillain. It tells the story of Baron Otto von Subertan and Professor Hades Zero-k, two of the titular Ludocrats, who now find their world becoming less ludicrous and many of their contemporaries becoming extremely dead.

One of these things is far more concerning than the other, of course. Dead people happen all the time, but ludicrousness is ''important''.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Otto’s brother Pardy, the BigBad]]. He’s done a lot of horrible things, even (or perhaps especially) when viewed in light of the Ludocrats' BlueAndOrangeMorality. But he makes a convincing case that [[spoiler:destroying all ludicrousness would be the ''most'' ludicrous thing he can do]], which is very much in his job description as [[spoiler:hyper-pope and Supreme Ludocrat]].

''The Ludocrats'' is a comic book written by Creator/KieronGillen and Jim Rossignol, illustrated by Jeff Stokely with color by Tamra Bonvillain. It tells the story of Baron Otto von Subertan and Professor Hades Zero-k, two of the titular Ludocrats, who suddenly find their world becoming less ludicrous and many of their contemporaries becoming extremely dead.

* {{Facepalm}}: When Otto starts thinking about finding a consort, Hades reminds him that any prospective Madame von Subertan "would have to be ten feet tall, with a mind devoted to the darker arts of the flesh and a pneumatic steel pelvis", so he might as well resign himself to bachelorhood. Then [[ComtrivedCoincidence Gratty the steam-judge appears in the next panel]]. Otto’s [[LoveAtFirstSight very obvious reaction]] triggers a despairing facepalm from Hades.

* {{Facepalm}}: When Otto starts thinking about finding a consort, Hades reminds him that any prospective Madame von Subertan "would have to be ten feet tall, with a mind devoted to the darker arts of the flesh and a pneumatic steel pelvis", so he might as well resign himself to bachelorhood. Then Gratty the steam-judge appears in the next panel. Otto’s [[LoveAtFirstSight very obvious reaction]] triggers a despairing facepalm from Hades.

* ArtShift: In the final issue, after [[spoiler:Pardy purges the universe of ludicrousness]]. The art shifts to black and white, with a far more [[spoiler:realistic style]] for a few pages. [[spoiler:And then Otto and Hades get bored of that, return to smash it up]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Pardius von Subertan, Hyper-Pope and Supreme Ludocrat]] is behind the deaths and conspiracy. [[spoiler:Although he’s more of a WellIntentionedExtremist, and once he explains his motives to Hades and his brother Otto, they seem to view him as the BigGood again]].

* NotHisBlood: When Otto boasts about the resplendence of his blood gown, Hades asks if it’s actually his blood. His slightly sheepish reply is "Not '''all''' of it".

* FanDisservice: The first issue starts with a [[SplashPanel splash page]] that shows Otto, portly and bearded, stark naked. His back’s to the reader and his genitalia’s visibly dangling. Oh, and he’s completely soaked in someone else’s blood. To the extent that even his beard’s a wet, glossy red.

* FanDisservice: The first issue starts with a splash page that shows Otto, portly and bearded, stark naked. His back’s to the reader and his genitalia’s visibly dangling. Oh, and he’s completely soaked in someone else’s blood. To the extent that even his beard’s a wet, glossy red.

* FanDisservice: The first issue starts with a splash page that shows Otto, portly and bearded, stark naked. His back’s to the reader and his genitalia’s visibly dangling. Oh, and he’s completely soaked in someone else’s blood. To the extent that his beard’s completely red.

* ChronicBackStabbingDisorder: Voldigan the Perfidious is famed for (and justly proud of) this.

The first issue was released 20 May 2020.