Contra: Rogue Corps' motion comics lead illustrator on throwing in as many Easter eggs as he could

Konami has been releasing a series of motion comics to promote Contra: Rogue Corps. The comics are over-the-top in every way possible, filled with goofy jokes and nods to Konami franchises. In an interview with Comicbook.com, lead illustrator Emilio Lopez talks about sneaking in as many references as possible into those comics.

I left a couple of, at least with the original motion comics, I tried to get as much little Konami things in there, kind of fun things and we try to also do little stuff like tributes to some of the previous Contra games. I tried to get Probotector or two in there for the folks out in Europe. And I also tried, at one point [the ship captain,] she used to have little charms on the side, because I always saw the character as kind of an otaku or big video game fan, and I wanted to do a little bit more of stuff like that. Like she had a little more video game paraphernalia. So one of the ones that... for the Japanese market, I put a little LovePlus, just because I know our games are going everywhere. So I wanted to get a little something that they sort of know, and they kind of said, "Ah no, maybe you want to just pull it out." So that's the only thing that I wish; I wish I got the little LovePlus thing in there, just for the folks out in Japan, to be like, "I know what that is!"