"The comic is known to be much darker in tone than the animated series on which it is based. One of the darker elements of the story is Dexter of the show Dexter's Laboratory having to deal with the death of his older sister Dee Dee, who was accidentally killed by her admirer and Dexter's nemesis, Mandark, who himself later tries to commits suicide. It is also known to have characters written in very different ways from how they act in their respective programs. Despite this, some characters retain their personalities, such as the egotistical but useless Irken Zim and his completely insane robot dog GIR.
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