A lot of my comics are based on actual conversations I’ve had with my family. Winslow’s exclamation here is something that is (sadly) said quite frequently in my house. I’m not sure what that’s more indicative of: that we have no shame in resorting to scatological humor when appropriate, or that we have serious intestinal issues.

People warn you against looking into the barrel of a gun. But the same rule doesn’t apply to siege engines. Why the hell not?

Ben and Winslow have gone through seven neighbors already. They didn’t move away so much as disappear suddenly overnight.

There’s a reason I don’t draw the lower half of my charaters’ bodies. And here you thought I was just being lazy.

In this comic, Winslow is following the standard rules governing home invasions and how to handle them. Incidentally, the following rules also work against alien invasions, barbarian invasions, and most invasions of privacy:

1-Reassure your housemates that nothing is wrong, and that “You’ll stop them.”

2-Grab an item from your collection of European pole-arms.