So, the idea for a "comic within a comic" strip was always in the back of my mind since I started doing Dissect My Brain. While the original concept for Season 2 was to do less nonfiction and head towards a fictional direction, The Boarman originally came out of something from real life. I am friends with the Jarnagin brothers, who are comic creators in their own right and had done their own comic called The Boarman. While it was obviously a knockoff of The Batman, the idea of a pig-themed superhero had its own charm to it. Anyone who knows a thing or two about boars in the wild will know that they really are a little more vicious than one would think.
Years ago, I was supposed to complete a Boarman story of my own. The comic remains unfinished, mostly due to my own limitations. I felt I wouldn't be able to artistically live up to my own expectations for the story that I wanted to tell. If I were to ever complete it, it would match the style seen in the first two panels of this comic. I've been able to draw at that level for some of my older webcomic work, but I've always felt that the ethos behind Dissect My Brain was to keep it simple. The emotions and the writing is always what's at the forefront.
Lastly, the fun thing to mention is the censorship in this strip. The dialogue on the very last panel was changed for the Union Weekly printing. I think the Union Weekly has had enough controversy to its publication, and the jokes more or less remain the same.
Here are the changes:
-The first change is "
Ninja." I'm sure you can figure out what was the original intention.
-Lastly, the last guy (Blaine) is supposed to say: "And your fatass is gonna play him in the movie adaptation!" I changed this as the tease about the comic ending wouldn't be as effective.
Original Publication: April 9, 2012.
Union Weekly Vol. 70 Issue #11.
I leave you now with this picture of an awesome boar hat that I own.
