When my first "Sword" comic was appreciated by the audience, I knew I had created something exceptional. The series doesn't take sides or try to offend anyone by making light fun of various fantasy clichés.

I've always wanted to create comics. I used to post more serious, long-form comics on my deviantArt, but I always had a very niche following. "Swords" took off not just because it got lucky and became popular on Reddit early on, but because I had enough experience to recognize that it was a good thing that needed me to devote my attention to it.

A good comic idea usually comes together in a few minutes, but sometimes you need to let it cook in the back of your mind for a few days. Whatever dialogue I thought up when I started usually gets tweaked and optimized as I'm drawing the episode, which can take anywhere from 1 to 4 hours to draw based on complexity.