But his sacrifice will not be in vain.

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.

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 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… Continue reading 34. Perfection

Its an effective cure-all.

True when it was written back in 2006, probably even truer now.

Awww! Lookit the wittle blood splatter on his cute wittle face!

Re-reading the strip, I wondered if perhaps I was ripping off “Thou Shalt Always Kill” by Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip with this one. But nope! Turns out the strip came out a year before the song. Phew!

And thumbscrews.

Deeply.