At the time that I drew this, I truly believed that if I had attempted to put ink over these pencils, I would ruin the artwork. Even if I had…

DO NOT ever throw a sword.

This strip in particular is where I decided these "Y"-shaped layouts don't really work, and stopped using them after the QUAGMIRE storyline. It's a little too ambiguous if you're supposed…

I love drawing fight scenes.

"Mano-a-mano" means "hand-to-hand," which is why Jacky is throwing down his swords. Right before this strip went live, I completely re-drew Hawk in the last panel. The original hand-drawn version…

Gila repeats his attack of cutting off someone's hand -- This time it's Ministry instead of Hawk. And while Gila has seemingly broken free of the mind control, Jacky... hasn't?

We'd always shown Gila as an antagonist, but deep underneath all of his paranoia, he's actually a good person. This was the beginning of evolving his character. The soles of…

Here are the first times we see Hawk's Jawbreaker Kick, and Croc's Bolt Blast Kick in action. Both moves return throughout the series.

This is the first time we've seen the Ninja King die. Of course, "Ninja King" is a rank, not a name.