Random query: I read a webcomic ~15 years ago that I've been unable to find since, even with my best google-fu It involved a robot living a bleak life as a working stiff. At the end he cracked open his "skull" and there was a small dying creature inside Anyone recognize this??

Not quite the match, but there’s this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel…

I read that too!

Zark also features a robot: zark.com Seems like it was a popular trope at the time.

That web design takes me *back*