Its an effective cure-all.

My notes for the original creation of this strip back in 2006 reveal the following:

“Some strips pretty much write themselves, while others emerge as a result of focused Brain Fist writing sessions. This week’s strip is an example of the latter and – I think – a pretty successful example. Sometimes when I have to actually sit down and make myself write an episode of BF, I worry about the outcome feeling a bit too forced. But in this week’s strip I’m particularly pleased with how well everything came together after the initial push.”

There’s nothing in my notes about the strip’s creation to support this, but I can’t help feeling there’s a bit of an “Ah Pook Is Here” influence on this one.

My notes reveal this strip to have been inspired by listening to a bit of Nick Cave, which is something I was probably doing quite a lot of around the time of Brain Fist’s creation.

But his sacrifice will not be in vain.