HISTORY OF THE ANARCHIST

The Anarchist character was created back when I was a sophomore in High School in 1997. Back then I did single panel comics called "CENSORED" like the one you see here. The Anarchist's character was one that I have always enjoyed drawing and in August of 1999, when I was asked by the "Arkansas Traveler" to write a comic strip once a week, The Anarchist immediately came to mind. It just seemed right to name the comic after this character even though the more I drew the comic the less it had to do with The Anarchist at all and the more it had to do with the lives of Darrek (The Anarchist's nephew) and his best friend Donger. Donger is by far the oldest character in the strip. I can actually trace his hair style back to stick figures I drew in fourth grade, although his character didn't really reach a sense of solid form until closer to the sixth or seventh grade. You could say I've been creating The Anarchist since I first started drawing; even though the actual comic was created on the way from the office of the "Traveler" down to my car (which was a good 10 or 15 minute walk). In a way, The Anarchist is like a journal of my life, with few exaggerations here or there. The comic started out in 1999 as a once a week comic. In 2000 it went to two times a week, and 2001 it went to three times and then four times a week. I ended The Anarchist in spring of 2003, much because, in reflection of my life, a period of my life has passed. Don't think I'm finished with the characters from The Anarchist, however. So much so that they were such a large part of my life, I still think about new comics featuring the antics of Darrek and Donger. For now though, I've decided to take a break from the realm of The Anarchist to work on another comic I've recently fell in love with. God the Devil and a Monkey.