About the Artist

Howdy folks! I'm Bucko Wheat!.. or Buckwheat64, that works too.

That's Me Folks!

Impertant Stuffs: None of your damn business, Sam

Interests: Anime, vidya games, cartoons, comic art, writing.

Dislikes: Artificial "Intelligence", drama, assholes, ravioli, reality TV of any kind.

Favorite Games: Parodius, Time Gal, Mappy, Darkstalkers, Dig Dug, and oh yeah, pinball of any kind.

Favorite Anime: Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Lupin III, classic Dragon Ball, Dirty Pair, Dream Hunter Rem, Evangelion, Sailor Moon, and Frieren.

Favorite Cartoons: Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Tom & Jerry, Duckman, Heckle and Jeckle, and Felix the Cat.

Favorite Music: Rock and Roll. also METAL!!!!

Favorite Comics (on the net or otherwise): Garfield, Sam & Max, Calvin & Hobbes, Shinku!, Peanuts, Vet on the Net, The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob, and Pogo.

Favorite Other Stuff: Laserdiscs, VHS tapes, collecting stuff, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and How It's Made.

I'm a comic artist who enjoys doing comics but doesn't really enjoy the actual doing of it. Coloring is getting to me, I thinks. I enjoy all sorts of nerd stuff, as long as you don't come to me about them superheroes, because 1) I just don't plain care much about 'em, and 2) they've added so much story to them all I've lost track, but oh well :P

What is my history with comics?

To quote the first post in Brain Drain:

About six or so years ago, I made a little comic 'series' called Sonic Boomed. It was a comic about Sonic the Hedgehog getting ridiculously angered at his friends for zero reason. I mean that in the most literal terms possible. If I can find them then I'll put them up for all to see.

Then, fast forward to two years ago, I made two little comics about this frog named Carl. He hated flies and loved the piano. Then came October of 2024. I had made my first published comic: Legends of Dumbness. It was a comic about two bird people, Jim and Jill, an unnamed mouse, a cat named Harvey, and of course, Carl. That lasted up until March of 2026.

In May of 2025, I made a comic called Til Dawn Finally Drifts, about a fairy named Dawn whose whole shtick was that she was 'not like the other fairies'. It's a truly bad comic of mine, able to be read here: https://archive.org/details/2025-04-28_202512

Fast forward to December of the big '25. I started a comic called Codename Rei. It's still going, and its site is where this is being hosted! It's a story one, so be careful goin' in! April 2026 saw me create Catgirls and Wizardry, that's still going too.

So.. what exactly is Codename Rei.. about?

Codename Rei chronicles the odd adventures of the titular Rei, as she and her best pal Zuzu go on adventures, and meet various oddballs along the way. The comic aims to be a mix of both serious storytelling (something I strive to improve every day) and being so wack and campy that it at least hopefully wraps around to being somewhat enjoyable. It also is supposed to be somewhat reminiscent of old Keenspace/ComicGenesis comics (hence the Shinku and VotN mentions).

What about Catgirls and Wizardry?

C&W chronicles the nonsense gag-a-day adventures of Bee Rumi ("just Rumi, please!") and her bestest friend Mari as they do stuff that only rarely relates to magic.

Mm, one last thing.

If you're interested in using the characters in Codename Rei, or any of the comics aside from LoD, or you have some neat fanart or something, then please reach out to me at flyingcircusesshouldnotexist@outlook.com and I'll do my darnedest to see it. Thank you!