The two are almost completely unrelated; Krakow was a somewhat episodic gag comic that followed a similar format to Penny Arcade or any of the gobs of other episodic gag comics out there, but it lapsed into continuous-format as the years wore on.

Krakow 2.0 introduced us to Marilith and her sidekick, and was essentially identical to Marilith… except the art was like pouring paint thinner in your own eyes, and the writing was just plain mediocre.

I used to like this series. Forgive me; I was thirteen when I first read Krakow 2.0, and I didn’t know any better. But then, as I grew older, I realized that – strictly speaking – it had no overarching plot. There was nothing going on under the hood at all. It was just a series of random, increasingly implausible events. Plus, the fact that the artists kept changing during Marilith was pissing me off to no end.

At least Spinnerette has proven to be a serious improvement on the writing side. I think Krazy Krow is in his element when he’s writing stuff that doesn’t even try to be serious. Here’s hoping that it doesn’t get completely derailed like its predecessors, or that the new artist doesn’t just up and quit.

And that’s why it’s almost never funny when referenced.