I started this particular piece while waiting for a plane from Dallas to San Antonio. I’m one of those nerds who like to get to the airport early so that I’m not stressed out by long lines at security. An added benefit is that I can get a cup of coffee, sit down, and work on stuff up until it’s time to board. I inked the page once I boarded.
There’s not much to this gag in terms of writing and, as with most of my comics, I didn’t know what would happen when I got to the end. It started out as “Ride the Snake” and I was penciling the curves and loops when I remembered that song from “The Doors” when Jim Morrison – probably in a drug-induced state – starts going on about riding some sort of snake. Since I was drawing and had no gag to speak of, I changed it from a snake to an earthworm. If I stayed with a snake, my brain would have been stuck on The Doors. Also, I didn’t know what Jim Morrison meant by “ride the snake” and I didn’t want to be advocating anything. After all, I don’t recommend following in Morrison’s footsteps… or snake trail, whichever.
In the end, the only gag was literally a gag. Sometimes the mind goes to strange places, right Jim?
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Jason Salas 