Banamein, a Mynci plushie carrying a scythe. One of his eyes is piercingly red, the other is a button, like a doll's eye.

What I am is disrepair
A creaking chair, the dusty air
An old nightmare... no more to scare.
It's your fault I have this lot.

You'll find me on the shadowed stair.
I'm waiting there with ragged hair
And one-eyed stare, for no-one cares

About the nightmare you forgot.

Bookkeeper had /~Banamein critiqued by Olly at (H)CBO on /~kri#HCBO on January 23th, 2013. This page was deemed recommended due to the creativity and effort displayed in the comics. Bookkeeper has demonstrated high levels of comic-making and has created a lovable but slightly disturbing character that readers will adore reading about. The staff at (H)CBO believes that this page should be read by people interested in creating untraditional character pages or comics about their pets as an example of a high quality work.

Awesome! Now I'm working on fixing up my page using suggestions from the critique. I won't update until I have it completely coded, so until then, enjoy the new background I put up.

Comics

Meet the Characters:


Yuanaan, also known as Yooyu, is king of the castle. He is kindhearted and a little squeamish about his neighbors in the Haunted Woods. This means he's an easy target.	Banamein is the sort of person who thinks that people are naturally supposed to scream all the time. No one is quite sure what he is, and they don't really want to know.	Silence is the castle cook. Being a Haunted Woods native, it takes a lot more than a creepy Mynci doll to scare her. She's a fairly nice person, so long as you don't mess with her cooking.

Welcome to Banamein's comic! I draw these when I'm feeling bored and impish at the same time.

(Continued from last comic.)¶ Silence: Okay, you're hired.¶ Banamein: Really?¶ (Banamein smiles.)¶ Banamein: I'm bored. When do I retire?¶ Silence: *sigh*

Sorry about the sketch looming in the background of my comic, I photocopied these straight from my sketchbook and the picture on the next page was drawn dark enough that it showed up on this one.

(Banamein sees king Yuanaan walking down the hall.)¶ Banamein: Hi there, yer highness! I'm the new servant. My name's Banamein

This comic looked better in my head than it does on paper. The point is that Banamein can make his head/arms/etc. appear out of objects... in this case, in a pot of hard boiled eggs.

(Banamein is sitting in the castle treasury when two Aisha theives break in. The first Aisha thief climbs into the treasury while the other keeps watch.)¶ Second Aisha thief: Anything worth stealing?¶ (First Aisha thief sees Banamein sitting on a pile of treasure, smiling disconcertingly.)¶ First Aisha thief: No. Let's get out of here.

Who needs guards when you have Banamein to stare at people until they leave?

Yes, Banamein just threw a deadly scythe at his only fan.

(Yuanaan and Banamein are shaking hands.)¶ Banamein: Thanks for hiring me, yer highness!¶ Yuanaan: Sure.¶ (Banamein's arm, still gripping Yuanaan's hand, falls off. There is a silence and the two stare at Banamein's disembodied arm.)¶ Banamein: I can make the other arm fall off, too.¶ Yuanaan: You're fired.

Extra limbs sold seperately.

(Banamein waves a picture around dramatically.)¶ Banamein: Vote... for... my... BC... ENTRY!!!¶ (Banamein jumps on Yuanaan's head, tears the picture into confetti and tosses it into the air.)¶ Yuanaan: No.

This is NOT how to advertise your Beauty Contest entry, mmm-kay?

Aha... here we finally see Silence's chef hat. She usually wears it, but I didn't put it in the earlier comics 'cause I didn't feel like drawing it. And yes, Silence (the Ruki) is a girl.

Silence: You're supposed to open it, you nitwit!

My apoligies to Deukes.

You should see what it looks like when he reads on a merry-go-round.

Had a butter knife.

(Continued from last comic.) Banamein: You may have broken my butter knife, but at least I still have...¶ (Banamein flourishes his scythe.)¶ Banamein: ...this.¶ (Banamein slashes at the shadow wraith minion with the scythe.)¶ Screenshot text: and the winner is... Banamein!¶ (Banamein holds up the battledome trophy.)¶ Silence (from offscreen): Banamein! Where's the butter knife? I'm making lunch...

Banamein's scythe beats all opponents, hands down.

(Silence is preparing dinner while Banamein and Yuanaan wait.) Silence: (from offscreen) Aurgh! I can't figure out how to carve this meat!¶ (Banamein grabs his scythe.)¶ Banamein: I can help!¶ (Yuanaan grabs Banamein's scarf to hold him back.)¶ Yuanaan: Oh, no you don't.

Thanks for offering, but no.

(Banamein has socks stuffed over both his hands. He looks at Yuanaan.)¶ Banamein: Hey, check out my new sock puppets!¶ Yuanaan: Give those back right now!¶ (Banamein angrily turns away and uses one of his sock puppets to reply.)¶ Banamein's sock puppet: Talk to the hand.¶ Yuanaan: Sigh...

Well... this is from a neoboard incident where a user nicknamed Planty recognized Banamein and he stole Planty's socks. Planty eventually got their socks back, so Banamein stole their hat instead.

(Banamein walks over to Yuanaan and hands him a gift wrapped box.)¶ Banamein: I got a present for you, yer highness!¶ (Banamein walks away, leaving Yuanaan to contemplate the box.)¶ Yuanaan: Um. Thanks, what is it? Do I want to know?¶ (He tugs off the wrapping paper and Banamein pops out of the box.)¶ Banamein: Surprise!¶ Yuanaan: (dropping the box.) AUGH!

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! Happy Easter!

(Silence is calmly reading. She hardly looks up as Banamein walks past, smiling.)¶ Silence: Sure is quiet today.¶ Banamein: So I've noticed¶ (Banamein walks away and immediately a horrible gurgling scream erupts from offscreen in the direction Banamein went.)¶ Silence: (closing her book) Not that I'm complaining or anything...¶ Banamein (from offscreen): Oh, sorry.

Don't say things like that around Banamein!

This is from April 1, 2011 when all your pets got a disease that gave them weird growths all over. One of the cures was to pour soup on them. O.o

You might notice that Banamein wasn't in that last comic. Let's try it again WITH Banamein...

(The setting is the same as last comic, but this time Banamein is hanging down from the ceiling and watching, unnoticed by Silence and Yuanaan.)¶ Yuanaan: Help! the horrible growths are back!¶ (Silence dumps a bowl of soup on Yuanaan, but this time the growths get larger and multiply, covering Yuanaan.)¶ Yuanaan: Augh! They're getting worse!¶ Silence: Who put poisonous jelly in the soup?

Ah, Banamein. We can't let this comic's humor get too optimistic, now can we?

(Yuanaan looks over his shoulder and sees Banamein walking towards him carrying a box of pins.)¶ Banamein: Hey, yer highness! Watch this!¶ Yuanaan: Hm?¶ (Banamein takes some pins from the box and pokes himself, voodoo-doll style.)¶ Scream from offscreen: EE-OUCH!¶ Banamein: It's long-distance acupuncture.

I'm getting good at drawing screams.

Yuanaan: Hello? Silence? Where are you?¶ (Yuanaan sees Banamein and walks over to him.)¶ Yuanaan: Do you know where Silence is?¶ Banamein: Um... Getting groceries?

HOW DOES THE CROWN STAY ON YUANAAN'S HEAD?! IS IT GLUED ON?

(Continued from last comic. Yuanaan shakes his fist at Banamein.) Yuanaan: If you don't tell me where Silence is, I'll... I'll...¶ (The front door slams and Silence walks in. Yuanaan looks up.)¶ Yuanaan: Silence! Where have you been?¶ Silence: Getting groceries.¶ (Yuanaan glowers as Banamein grins at him.)¶ Silence: You okay?

Banamein is guilty of telling the truth with intent to deceive.

What a disgusting waste of perfectly fine spaghetti sauce!

(Banamein runs over to Yuanaan, waving his arms frantaically.) Banamein: Yer highness! Yer highness!¶ Yuanaan: What is it?¶ (Banamein inhales deeply, grabs the neckerchief from around Yuanaan's neck, and sneezes noisily into it.)

Why do you wear a hankie around your neck if you never blow your nose into it?

(Continued from last comic. Yuanaan is standing still, looking at his neckerchief in disgust. It's still crumpled from where Banamein sneezed into it.)¶ Yuanaan: How does a plushie sneeze?

Quite well, apparently.

(Banamein, Silence, and Yuanaan are eating soup. Banamein is using his skills to 'teleport' into Silence and Yuanaan's soup bowls, much to their disgust.)

It says a lot about the Neopets website that there are a lot of official Neopian food items weirder than this.

(Yuanaan is talking to himself, nervously trying to convince himself that monsters don't exist.)¶ Yuanaan: I'm perfectly safe. Monsters don't scare me! Really, they don't! because I don't EVEN BELIEVE in MONSTERS!¶ Banamein: (from behind Yunaan.) Oh yes you do.

A little late for denial.

(Yuanaan and Silence are looking down the hall, anxiously. Banamein is standing behind them with a pair of cymbals.)¶ Yuanaan: It's quiet.¶ Silence: Almost too quiet.

5... 4... 3... 2...

Nothing like a handmade letter to brighten your day.

(Banamein stops Yuanaan in the hall to tell him a joke)¶ Banamein: Knock, knock!¶ Yuanaan: Who's there?¶ Banamein: Me.¶ Yuanaan: Me who?¶ Banamein: Me and a ravenous hoard of brain-eating Blechys are going to haunt you in your nightmares tonight.¶ (Yuanaan's eye twitches)¶ Yuanaan: If that was a joke, why aren't I laughing?¶ Banamein: It's funny 'cause it's true!

Due to an unfortunate homophone, Banamein is now hoarding brain-eating Blechys.

(It's should say "horde" not "hoard")

(Silence is in the kitchen, kneading bread dough. Banamein's hand suddenly appears in a mixing bowl.)¶ Banamein's hand: Boo!¶ (Silence looks at Banamein's hand and raises an eyebrow.)¶ Silence: As long as you're here, could you hand me the rolling pin?¶ Banamein's hand: Siiigh.

Why thank you, Thing.

(Banamein is inflating a balloon. After it's full of air, he pinches the opening so that the air escapes with a sceaming noise)¶ Balloon: EEEEEEE!¶ (Yuanaan is standing in the next room over, eyes wide with terror as he hears the screaming noise echoing through the castle.)

I'll take any excuse to draw an off-panel scream.

(Banamein is waving his scythe while chasing Yuanaan)¶ Yuanaan: I don't need a haircut!¶ Banamein: Oh, yes you do!

Cutting hair is just like reaping souls, right?

(Silence is reading a book when Banamein walks up to her)¶ Banamein: Hi Silence! Would you like a haircut?¶ Silence: No. (She closes the book) ...Because I don't have any hair.¶ Banamein: Ah.¶ (Banamein thinks for a while)¶ Banamein: Would you like your fingernails trimmed?¶ Silence: (Looking at Banamein's long stringy hair) If anyone needs a haircut, it's you.

Silence: 2

Banamein: 0

Banamein will not rest until he can make up for this comic.

It's a Ninja Plushie Zombie Mynci!

(Yuanaan and Silence are looking at Banamein. Banamein is holding two scythes, one in each hand.)¶ Yuanaan: Why do you have two scythes?¶ Banamein: No reason.¶ Silence: Okay.¶ (Banamein watches as Yuanaan and Silence walk away. When they're far enough away, he flings the scythes at the same time, aiming one scythe at each Neopet.)¶ Yuanaan: (from offscreen) EEEE!¶ Silence: (from offscreen) YAAA!

Thanks for the neomail, wolvesaremylife1. Now Banamein has TWO scythes... how can we ever repay you?

Yuanaan: How about with a restraining order?

Kacheek Seek: Your doing it wrong

(A Lutari wanders around the woods near Yuanaan's Castle, looking confused)¶ Lutari: Here I am in the Haunted Woods... it's dark, and I'm lost... I wish I could find some place to spend the night.¶ (Then the Lutari sees Yuanaan's Castle, and gets an idea)

New story arc! Let's just see how this turns out.

(The Lutari walks up the the door of Yuanaan's Castle and knocks on it)¶ (A moment later, Silence opens the door and looks at the Lutari)¶ Lutari: Hello, I-¶ Silence: (interrupting) Sorry, we have a butler now, so we're not accepting any more applications.¶ (Silence slams the door shut and the Lutari is left with nothing to talk to but the door)

The newcomer here is Elyolo, a Lutari owned by my sister ZC.

DO NOT ASK if your pet/petpet/fursona/what-have-you can be in one of my comics. The answer is no.

(The Lutari, whose name is Elyolo is still standing outside the door. He yells at the door, begging to be let in)¶ Elyolo: Wait Miss! Don't leave me out in this terrible forest! I am but a poor, lost traveller who seeks rest in the safety of this fine castle!¶ (Elyolo puts his ear to the door, listening for a response)¶ Elyolo: I hear laughing. Did I say something funny?

You're in the wrooooooong genre.

That's the end of Banamein's comics (for now). Thanks for reading!

Q & A

Questions and Answers ...and no Dismemberments (we swear)

How do you pronounce "Banamein"?
Bah-NA-mine" with an accent on the "na". Though I didn't know that for like two years until Ami looked it up for me.
Just for the record, "banamein" is an Icelandic word meaning "cause of death." It was too cool a name to pass up, even if I didn't know how to pronounce it. I spent two years calling him "bana-meen.

Why did Banamein throw his scythe at his fan and shred his fanmail?
Because he's immature, inconsiderate, and waaaay too eager to hit things with his scythe.

You should paint Banamein with a Zombie Paint Brush.
There's three reasons I won't do this. 1) Myncis can't be painted zombie yet. 2) I can't afford one. 3) This way I can keep him as my active pet and scare people on the neoboards.

Can Banamein see out of his button eye?
*scratches head* Uh... next question, please.

HE HAS NO ELBOWS!!!
I know that. What's your point?

Banamein is awesome, how did you make him?
Snips and snails and puppy entrails, that's what Banameins are made of.

Neomails

If you send a neomail for or about Banamein, please tell me whether or not I can leave your username on. If you don't tell me, I'll leave you anonymous.

I have a complaint about Banamein. I want my hat back. ):C
My humblest apologies, Planty. I'll go speak to him... Banamein: (looking at a huge pile of stolen hats) Er, which one was yours?

Banamein: (looking at a huge pile of stolen hats) Er, which one was yours?

*jumps out from behind a bush and hands you a stone tablet...looks both ways...dives back in* You read the tablet and discover that it says: "I love Banamein!! PS: This is so that my fan mail does not get scythed and can be treasured forever *heart**heart**heart* ~lizzy_beth_750551

Message: 1 New Neomail!¶ (Silence looks up to see the message)¶ Banamein: Who's it for?¶ (The neomail, carved in stone, bonks Silence on the head)¶ Silence: It's for you.

And to think I used to be worried about getting paper cuts.

*sneakily hands you a letter* The letter says, "I love your Banamein comics! You should always keep making them. " *paints self invisible to avoid any scythes that may or may not come flying towards me* ~athena_thegoddess
I'll keep making 'em if people keep reading 'em. By the way, painting yourself invisible doesn't mean you can't get hit by scythes... }:D

You are a great artist. When I tried to draw him just to see if I can mess up my own drawing, (I'm HORRIBLE at drawing and I was bored) it looked like Lupe. It also looked like a girl. O.o I was like, "Yay!! I messed up another picture! Now all I need to mess up is Mona Lisa...." (Um...You didn't hear anything about messing up Mona Lisa) *hands letter to you in private, so Banamien won't come and shred the paper up* ~wolvesaremylife1

Many still wonder at the mysterious smile of the Bana Lisa

Just waaaiiitt a minute.... YUANAAN IS A BOY?! He looks sooo much like a girl. o____________o Now about a months worth of knowledge on Yuanaan is ruined. Pfff.
He must be a bishounen or something.

Banamein is awesome!!! Because Banamein is so awesome, I got him.... A THIRD SCYTHE! Except this one is pink! *huggles Banamein* *ducks beneath the Scythes* ~taylorrulez353123
Wow, just what he needed. How can we ever thank you enough?

Now that Banamein has three scythes, he's going to juggle them.

It's like the Carnival of Terror, part 2.

I'm a huge fan of banamein and his comics! I think I'm going to give him a fourth scythe, but in green! That way he can juggle three and have one in his tail, ready to strike! Keep up the great work! Hugs from Neko ~maneki_neko

Silence: We can't let you do that,Neko!¶ Yuanaan: Yeah! Giving another deadly scythe to that monster could mean our DOOM!¶ *awkward pause*¶ Silence: Actually, it's just that a green scythe would throw off our red/black color scheme.¶ Yuanaan: ...right.

More to come...

Banamein's artworks:

Banamein is fairly cheerful, he is almost always smiling eerily. He looks like a creepy plushie. He is made of a white material patched with grey. Stitches mark the edge of his patches. He has stringy grey hair that hangs down over his face, but does not obscure his eyes. His left eye is large and sunken with a blood red pupil, his right eye is a big black button that's been sewn to his face. He has a pair of white feathered wings on his back. He wears breeches and a black tunic, the tunic has a white X drawn over his heart. He also wears a scarf around his neck and bracelets on his wrists. On his tail and right wing are loose ribbon-like wrappings. He carries a scythe that is about the same height as his shoulder. The blade is well sharpened.

By wolvesaremylife1

Banamein: Why does my scythe look like a banana on a stick?

By Pacmanite

Banamein: I'm off to hit things with my scythe! I'll send you a postcard!

By Vivi

Banamein, you're looking so creepy today it's almost cute...

By Jesse

Banamein: Is the picture done yet? Can I stop holding still yet? Can I look?

Uh, no. You'll need to stand still for a couple more hours at least.

By Tinkor

We didn't get any presents that Christmas, and I'm convinced it has something to do with how Banamein stayed up waiting for Santa.

By Cat

Banamein: It's snowing! It's snowing! It's snoooooowiiiinngggg!!!

By Nestly

Stop running while carrying sharp objects!

Banamein: Hey, Bookkeeper! If you drew art like this, more people would visit my page.

We don't need more people visiting your page. You ego is bloated enough as it is! x.x

By Lucky

Nice. I know you have a scythe... so stop waving it in my face. *ducks scythe*

By Under

Banamein: Ahahaha! I've got art! Look at me!

Random things that don't go anywhere else:

For those of you who've always wondered how the Banamein comics would look in color... thank you, Katrina.

Links:

Because some of you, for some reason, want to come back to this page. Are you guys out of your minds?!

	<a href="http://www.neopets.com/~Banamein"><img src="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/SeahorsePond/Banamein/Link_2.gif" alt="The nightmare you forgot." border="0"></a>
	<a href="http://www.neopets.com/~Banamein"><img src="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/SeahorsePond/Banamein/Link_4.gif" border="0" alt="Banamein's comics"></a>

Shoot me a neomail if you want to link trade. Unlike Banamein, I don't bite.

You are traveling through another dimension...
into a wonderous land whose boundaries are outside that of the div coding.