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Keith James | Commissions open!
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I make comics! I draw art! Sometimes I make edits too. Currently making Scam the Gods!

He/Him, 29

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Hi #portfolioday! I'm Keith, and I draw a webcomic called Scam the Gods! It's a surreal fantasy about two con artists who literally want to scam the gods of their world. You can read the first arc of the story here:

scamthegods.com?pg=1#showComic

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Scam the Gods, Lie 1, Page 12 Scam the Gods, Lie 2, Page 9 Scam the Gods, Lie 4, Page 1 Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 39
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Happy Scamiversary!!

Scam the Gods is on hiatus right now, but you can read all of Act 1 now!

scamthegods.com?pg=1#showComic

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Valdez and Esperanto, who is smoking a cigarette, leaning against text that reads: HAPPY SCAMI- VERSARY
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Thanks for the tag @fifthacecomics.org!

I'm Keith, and I make a surreal fantasy comic called Scam the Gods! The first arc of the story just finished! You can read the whole thing here: scamthegods.com?pg=1#showComic
Scam the Gods, Lie 1, Page 12 Scam the Gods, Lie 3, Page 18 Scam the Gods, Lie 4, Page 1 Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 39
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 6

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! With this page, Act 1 comes to a close.

Now that Act 1 is over, Scam the Gods will be going on a break for a bit. See you all on February 26!

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Full-page spread. Esperanto has removed his bandages, revealing his face to be pale white with a skull design tattooed onto it. His coat is open, showing his bare chest and some odd sort of rib structure below it. Esperanto is quite sad.
December 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 5

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The final page of Fib 6.5, and the final page of Act 1, releases next week!

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PANELS 1-2: Valdez and Esperanto walk past each other, Valdez heading towards the front and Esperanto heading towards the back. Valdez adjusts his accessories, and Esperanto takes off his hat. PANEL 3: Esperanto sits down by the washbasin. His hat is on the coat rack. PANEL 4: Esperanto pulls his ascot off, revealing his neck. PANEL 5: Esperanto removes his glove, revealing strange cut-out sections and wires threaded through his wrist. PANEL 6: Esperanto begins untying the bandages around his face. You can see his bare hands and the back of his neck, which has some sort of mechanical spine embedded in it.
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 4

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PANEL 1: Close-up on Esperanto, sighing. The brim of his hat hides his eye. PANEL 2: Zoom out to see Esperanto in the shade, sitting with his feet(?) dangling off the edge of the stage. Behind him, the curtain which was emblazoned with the Dr. Thorndyke logo is gone. PANEL 3: Esperanto rubs his face. PANEL 4: Esperanto's anteater Goetta boops his hand with her snout, and he peeks out from behind his hand. PANEL 5: Esperanto rubs Goetta's snout. VALDEZ (OFFSCREEN): "Your turn, Esperanto!"
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 3

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PANEL 1: Low-angle shot. On the left, a silhouette of the shovel in the dirt pile. On the right, the anteaters touching snouts. In the center, Esperanto is sitting at the front of the stage, and Valdez is sitting behind it. PANEL 2: Valdez's bare hands wringing out a washcloth. PANEL 3: Valdez, topless, is sitting on a stool. He is washing himself above a metal washbasin. His upper armor is laid neatly on the ground nearby, and his hat and other accoutrements are hanging on a coat rack. PANEL 4: Close-up on Valdez's face. He sighs.
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 2

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PANEL 1: The head of the dead dragon, laying on the ground. Cavatappi, dwarfed by the head, kneels in horror. Sticks from the dying trees are scattered around them. PANEL 2: Closeup on Cavatappi. The skull mask falls off the wooden chest on her back, bounces off the panel border, and lands face-up on the ground. PANEL 3: Close-up on the skull mask.
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Scam the Gods, Fib 6.5, Page 1

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Fib 6.5 begins today! This one's a six-pager.

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PANEL 1: A mountain, silhouetted by the black hole-like eclipsed sun hanging in the sky behind it. PANEL 2: Cavatappi, climbing up the mountain with a large walking stick. Her path is flanked by cracked and falling trees. PANEL 3: Cavatappi looks up in shock and distress. PANEL 4: Cavatappi's knees hitting the ground.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 54

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And after just over a year, that's the end of Lie 6! Fib 6.5 will begin next week!

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PANEL 1: Valdez's feet and the edge of Esperanto's swirly coattails, standing next to the pit, now full of dirt with the shovel stabbed into it. PANEL 2: Valdez and Esperanto, downcast. ESPERANTO: "I'm sorry, Valdez." VALDEZ: "No, no, you were right. It had to be done." PANEL 4: Close-up on Valdez, his hat covering his eyes. VALDEZ: "I'm just... Glad I still have you." PANEL 5: Esperanto watches Valdez walk away towards the stage, dejected. PANEL 6: Close-up on Esperanto's face. A lot of emotions are running through his sad, tired eye.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 53

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The final page of Lie 6 is coming next week, with Fib 6.5 to follow!

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PANEL 1: Valdez and Esperanto stare at a bottle in Valdez's grasp. VALDEZ: "The last bottle..." PANEL 2: Valdez takes a swig of the bottle, to Esperanto's shock. PANEL 3: Valdez looks at the bottle, its label revealing it to be the Extra-Strength elixir. PANEL 4: Valdez, grinning, recorks the bottle. Esperanto is unamused. VALDEZ: "Hey, I'm immune to this one now! Maybe we could--" ESPERANTO: "Bury it." PANEL 5: Valdez, disappointed, tosses the bottle.
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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In honor of the release of Once Upon a Katamari, Valdez and Esperanto's Halloween costumes this year are the King and Queen of All Cosmos!

Esperanto doesn't know what this shit is, but Valdez convinced him to wear it.

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Illustration of Valdez dressed as the King of All Cosmos from Katamari Damacy and Esperanto, who is significantly more miserable-looking, dressed as the Queen of All Cosmos.
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 52

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PANEL 1: Valdez's foot, digging the head of a shovel into the ground. PANEL 2: A pile of Dr. Thorndyke ephemera, haphazardly tossed into a deep pit. PANEL 3: Worms-eye view of Valdez and Esperanto staring down into the pit Valdez has dug. The twin moons watch overhead. PANEL 4: Esperanto pats Valdez on the shoulder. They are downturned, the brims of their hats covering their eyes. VALDEZ: "Goodnight, Dr. Thorndyke. May you rest in peace, never to be tied back to us." ESPERANTO: "He was a good gimmick, Valdez." VALDEZ: "Yeah..."
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 51

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PANEL 1: The anteater's front paws, rushing. PANEL 2: Cavatappi watches Valdez and Esperanto pass by in the cart, their masks back on. One of her friends is laying against a tree. CAVATAPPI: "How'd it... How'd it go? What was all that noise?" PANEL 3: Valdez raises his arms, calling to Cavatappi. VALDEZ: "We've done all we could! There is a good chance that your god will pull through. But you must allow him to rest!" PANEL 4: Cavatappi watches the cart ride off into the distance. VALDEZ: "For at least a day!" PANEL 5: Valdez lowers his arms, pensive under his skull mask. VALDEZ (THINKING): "Or until we're far enough away that you can't catch up to us."
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Wow! I reached 1k followers! Thank you all so so much!!
1K followers
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 50

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PANEL 1: Esperanto gets "all up in" Valdez's face. ESPERANTO: "...Is nothing compared to the churches." PANEL 2: Esperanto gestures to the dragon's corpse. ESPERANTO: "We just killed a god." PANEL 3: Esperanto wiggles his hands over his head while Valdez gives a smug point. ESPERANTO: "Making that fish thing's hair fall out--" VALDEZ: "Indirectly!" ESPERANTO: "Indirectly making that fish thing's hair fall out is one thing, but deicide? We're gonna have every sheriff, knight, fishface, and cleric in the country looking for us!" PANEL 4: Esperanto grimaces. ESPERANTO: "The King's favor won't get us out of this one. He doesn't have that kind of pull." PANEL 5: Esperanto throws his arm over Valdez's shoulder. Valdez sighs. VALDEZ: "You're right. I suppose we'll need to lay low for a while." ESPERANTO: "I have a place in the west where we can hide. C'mon, let's get out of here."
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 49

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PANEL 1: Esperanto and Valdez argue, dwarfed by the dead dragon's head lying on the side of the mountain. ESPERANTO: "You killed it." VALDEZ: "I-I didn't mean to! It simply surprised me!" PANEL 2: Esperanto looks down. ESPERANTO: "...We gotta dump the disguises. The elixir scam ends here." PANEL 3: Valdez throws his arms over his head in exasperation. VALDEZ: "What? No, no! We cannot possibly drop all of this! We received favor from the King himself! The King, for the Sun's sake!" ESPERANTO: "The King..."
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 48

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PANELS 1-2: The dragon writhes and grasps at its throat, gagging. PANEL 3: The dragon collapses, foaming at the mouth. PANEL 4: Cavatappi and some of her fellow actors watch from a distance as a cloud of dust rises up from the mountain with a BOOM.
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 47

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PANEL 1: The dragon's mouth roars and rushes down towards Valdez and Esperanto. Valdez throws the crate of bottles into the dragon's mouth in surprise. VALDEZ: "Wagh!" PANEL 2: The elixir bottles fall into the dragon's throat. PANEL 3: The dragon gulps.
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 46

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PANEL 1: Esperanto looks up in surprise, tears still in his eye. OFFSCREEN: "ESPERANTO!!" ESPERANTO: "Huh?" PANEL 2: Valdez, crouching down and reaching his hand down. VALDEZ: "Esperanto, grab my hand! We have to get out of here!" PANEL 3: Esperanto turns around to look at Valdez. ESPERANTO: "Valdez!" PANEL 4: Valdez grabbing Esperanto's hand. VALDEZ: "Are you alright?" ESPERANTO: "You... you saved me." VALDEZ: "Of course I did!" PANEL 5: Esperanto sheepishly looks to the side while Valdez looks at him with concern. ESPERANTO: "I thought you were just going to leave me here to die." VALDEZ: "What? No, why would I ever do that?" PANEL 5: Valdez puts his hand on Esperanto's shoulder as a familiar set of teeth fill up the background. VALDEZ: "Esperanto, you're my partner. I couldn't just abandon you." ESPERANTO: "Valdez... I--" DRAGON: "HHHH"
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 45

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PANEL 1: Close-up on Esperanto, angry. ESPERANTO: "I know what you really are, you bastard. You can't fool me. You've been lying to me from the beginning." PANEL 2: Esperanto looks down. The panel border becomes shaky. ESPERANTO: "...And if you're gonna do that, you should at least come up with some good ones! What was I even thinking?" PANEL 3: Esperanto starts to cry. The panel border gets shakier. ESPERANTO: "Why did I even agree to follow this guy? He's just lying about the Emerald-Eyed Woman. How could he even help me?" PANEL 4: Esperanto closes his eye, crying. The panel border is even shakier. ESPERANTO: "Now I'm gonna die out here getting eaten by a dragon, and it's all his fault! I never should have trusted--"
September 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 44

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PANEL 1: Esperanto, his bandages ruffled and his cloak torn, lies pained in the dirt on the side of the mountain. ESPERANTO: "Gh... Ow..." PANEL 2: Close-up on Esperanto, smug. ESPERANTO: "Heh. 'Zaragoza wines,' eh? You lying scumbag." PANEL 3: Even closer close-up on Esperanto, smugger. ESPERANTO: "You're no merchant. I bet you're not even a knight." PANEL 4: Esperanto pounds his fist on the ground.
September 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Scam the Gods Lie 1 is available to purchase at Travelling Man in Newcastle, UK!

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Photo of Scam the Gods Lie 1 on a shelf amongst several other small press comics.
September 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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If anyone happens to be in the WNC area, I'll be in the Artists' Alley at #AshevilleCon on September 20!
Promo image reading: "IT'S OFFICIAL!" Logo of AshevilleCon "I'LL BE AT ASHEVILLECON ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 ASHEVILLE, NC WWW.ASHEVILLECON.COM"
August 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Scam the Gods, Lie 6, Page 43

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PANEL 1: Esperanto looking back in shock. ESPERANTO: "VALDEZ, WAI--" PANEL 2: Esperanto's foot, tripping on a root sticking out of the ground. PANELS 3-5: Esperanto falling and tumbling down the side of the mountain as the dragon runs past.
August 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM