Awesome Marcus Ninja - Volume 1 (with apologies) Behind the Scenes: Ian tells me that I resemble Marcus in disturbing ways, and I can't deny that I incorporate a lot of my own experiences into the writing of the strip. In this case I substituted Yahtzee for Boggle, which is my favourite game to play. I figured not many people would recognize Boggle so went for the laughs of a silly word like Yahtzee. As a side note, Yahtzee enthusiasts may point out that the triple letter score is a function of Scrabble. It's true, I was trying to feel out what become later on important subtleties of the character. In this case, the idea is that he invites Emily back to his house and is unsure how to entertain her. He grabs the closest game and hopelessly misinterprets the rules, causing Emily's apparent frustration. A whoooooooole lot of subtext, yes. But I like to think after our 100th strip whether a reader might not call that for themselves... Awesome Marcus Ninja is hosted on Keenspace, a free webhosting and site automation service for webcomics.