Awesome Marcus Ninja - Volume 1 (with apologies) Behind the Scenes: I had a lot of fun writing the series of strips with Marcus' boss. Originally I had imagined him as in a sort of oppressive cubicle job, but that reminded me too much of Dilbert. Instead I decided to go with the idea that Marcus is always constantly getting fired and finding new and weird jobs, each inappropriate for him in his own way. At this point I also started to get a handle on his flowery sort of narrative... I like what Marcus says in the first panel. Punchline on this strip is a little weak, but I got a kick out of the idea that Marcus' words are interpreted as a threat... in his mind he's just being honest. Awesome Marcus Ninja is hosted on Keenspace, a free webhosting and site automation service for webcomics.