I never really liked art much in school. I always thought it was more an excuse to have fun and use paint. I've been randomly doodling on things for as long as I can remember, drawing Sega characters, Ninja Turtles, ExoSkeletal Robots, Space Quest Marines, etc etc, but I never did anything with it or even really thought about doing anything with it. It was something random to pass time in Maths, and a distraction from playing music and hockey.

In mid-2003, my girlfriend gave me a set of pencils and some drawing pads for my birthday, as she'd long been into drawing / art / comics and I'd expressed interest in her exploits. Duncan and I had long talked about a comic. Several times at uni, he'd said to me, "I have an idea for a comic, quick, learn to draw!". I tried once or twice, it wasn't impressing me enough to make me keep going, and the stories he was coming up with all heavily relied on professional artistry that I wasn't prepared or able to deliver. So, the idea was put to rest with a hot cup of tea and a biscuit. But it was only sleeping..

Sick to death of the attitudes and stereotypes that were so pervasive in permeation of the scene, I realised one day that I was making fun of a lot of people, myself included, and that it was really fucking funny. So I thought, Hey, I should write this down. Then I thought, Hey, I should start a comic. Then I remembered I couldn't draw. Then, powered by an overwhelming sense of arrogant self-belief, I decided that I wanted to start a comic, and thus would learn to draw. I didn't get around to it straight away until Lynda (ex trombonist of Catchcry) found me at a Westside show and said she and some friends were doing a Sabotage Zine, so I laughed and told them about my ideas for some comics, and they loved them, and offered me a regular spot without seeing any drawings or character work. About now, I remembered again that I still needed to learn to draw, so I did. Three preliminary sketches later, we had a version 1.0 of Evan, and after two more, a working beta of Alex; enough for the first strip. A scanner and two days of Paintshop work and episode one was finished. Thus far I honestly don't believe I've done better than this, but I guess time will tell.

Where is MoS going? Who knows. Episode 2 was published in the next Sabotage Zine following a huge response to Episode 1, moving from way down the back up to inside cover. Sadly, Sabotage Zine ceased to exist about the same time that Sabotage did, so it's back to no deadlines and working on them in my spare time. I'm still learning the tricks of the trade and although this isn't my first comic strip (refer to the ill-fated 'spiny' cartoons of the early 90's), I feel as if this is my first real experience on being on the creating side of comics, so if I've pissed you off or insulted you, feel free to lick my nuts because that's what this site is here for.