AK's Harmless Artwork

Comics, sketches, and other random bits of artwork by me, Andrew Kaye (otherwise known as AK). I'm the creator of the webcomic Ben & Winslow and other dubious works. You can also visit me on deviantART or follow me on Twitter. I post older Ben & Winslow comics here under the #Classic Ben & Winslow tag.

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Skull Fortress

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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The World of Cars

New Ben & Winslow comic (drawn by my daughter) on Defenestration!

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Peg Pals

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

(Late post. I’ve been out of town.)

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The Look and Smell and Taste of Manliness

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Ms. Pac-Man

This sketch is pretty random so I figured I'd explain myself... This summer my family took a trip to Florida to hang out with a friend. Our friend has a vintage Ms. Pac-Man cabinet in her house, and we played the CRAP out of it. I drew this while we were there. All of us were thoroughly infected with Pac-Man fever.

Part of my job as a dad is making sure my kids appreciate the history of video games. It's really easy to get caught up in the graphics of the latest game or the processing power of the newest console, but games should always, first and foremost, be FUN. A lot of the games I grew up with in the 1980s weren't pretty to look at based on today's standards, but they're still entertaining. (Except that E.T. game for Atari. That's still a trainwreck.) It's nice to see that a lot of game designers feel the same way, and I think the gaming market is a lot better off because of it. We have a lot of fun games out there, and not all of them are hyper-realistic or Pixar-quality--we also get games with retro graphics or with really experimental art styles. Good times.

Anyway, that's enough of my preaching. W Want to commission a sketch? Check my info here: Sketch Commissions Open!

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Many of My Friends Are Peanut Butter Cups

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Bon Pain

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Saint Trickolas

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Classic Ben & Winslow: Aliens Among Us and Inside Us and All Around Us

Now with 100% more xenomorphs!

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Pumpkin Substitute

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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There Will Be Blood

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Easily the best costume Winslow’s ever come up with.

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Classic Ben & Winslow: Boo-Bomb

When I drew this one, my oldest (then 4, but now 8) thought that ghosts said “Boom!” instead of “Boo!”

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Now my oldest is 9. Where does the time go?

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Now he's 10!

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Snuffed

Here's a little Halloween-themed sketch of my characters Dorothy and Pascale. Dorothy's an air elemental, and the constant breeze that surrounds her makes it very difficult to light candles. She is rarely invited to birthday parties for this very reason. I know Pascale seems annoyed in this picture, but she's probably tried to light that thing twenty times already. It's amazing that she's humored Dorothy this long.

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Boo Couture

New Ben & Winslow comic on Defenestration!

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Classic Ben & Winslow: Witches Be Crazy and Strange Brew

Originally this pair of Halloween strips was going to be a single comic, but the idea got too big for a single page. The witches in the first strip are actual people–winners of a contest I threw on deviantART back in 2012. One of their prizes was to appear in a Ben & Winslow strip. I’ve done this several times and the results are always interesting.

The links above go to the deviantART pages, but you can see the originals on Defenestration here and here.

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Classic Ben & Winslow: Fearfully Fair Trade

Pumpkin head swap!

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Classic Ben & Winslow: Cranial Hauntings

Ghosts are wicked scary.