Concerning yesterday’s sketch, Theo says he doesn’t know where the inspiration came from. If I got to choose Theo’s inspiration for the sketch, I would pick the demented video known as Billy’s Balloon and this drawing by Steve Adams. Of course, the Alice in Wonderland influence is also noticeable.

Concerning today’s comic, there is a pirate joke. The funny thing is, people who haven’t heard this joke before, when first asked it, often answer “long johns”. I did, and two other people I know have. In a way, long johns aren’t really socks, but it’s such a cooler answer than “arrrrrgyle”.

I’ve mentioned before that a lot of my script ideas come from odd conversations that I have with my friends. I’d like to take this moment to give credit to Amy Best. I’ve seen documented evidence of Amy playing checkers with pirates, and I’m now under a strict training regimen so that when we meet on the field of checkers battle, I will emerge victorious.

Unfortunately, Amy, having seen Monday’s strip, has vetoed the use of monkeys, ninjas, and any and all crossbreeds of the two, and has thus thrown a wrench in my plans. I’ve started training ninja-caterpillars. Soon, they’ll be fuzzy, cute machines of absolute destruction. If they’re lucky, one day perhaps they’ll metamorphose into butterflies of doom. That would be exciting.

Your days are numbered, Miss Amy.