ABOUT THE COMIC
What happens when a medieval warrior (Frik) loses his job and he has to pay the bills? That’s right, he gets a job at a medieval fast food restaurant. He’s a little bit unstable and sometimes kills customers without blinking an eye, but deep down he really just needs to visit a therapist and pop a few pills. Although, killing does make him feel better, so who are we to judge him? Don’t worry, he’ll have plenty of zany adventures outside of the restaurant too!

ABOUT THE ARTIST
When I was around 13 years old I created my first comic strip, a 3 panel knockoff of all the popular 1980s cartoons at the time. (Voltron, Thunder Cats, etc) The only people who saw it were fellow students in my home room class. I can only assume those comics were thrown away since there was nothing original in them whatsoever. That was pretty much the end of my comic creating career till……

I came up with the concept of Frik’in Hell near the end of 2009 and knew immediately it should be a web comic. (Read special thanks for more info…) One key advantage I have now is that being a graphic designer and an artist (shameless plug: See my artwork) has given me the technical skills to pull it off as well as a better understanding of writing and how comics actually work. The best thing of all is it was original work to me, not a ripoff of something else.

The first episode went live May 3, 2010 to the roaring of laughter and admiration from the public… not really, the sounds of crickets can still be heard to this day and often I can’t sleep at night because of how incessantly loud they are, mocking me, laughing at me…. but I digress.

SPECIAL THANKS (AKA: EXPANDED HISTORY)
Without these people, Frik wouldn’t have happened at all…

Before Frik ever popped into my head, an old friend of mine, Theresa, introduced me to a web comic called “The Order Of The Stick” by Rich Burlew. It’s a stick figure Dungeons and Dragons style comic that’s extremely funny and well thought out. It’s one of those “If he can make THAT and be successful then I certainly can do it too!”

Towards the end of 2009 another good friend of mine, Kris, posted about an artist named Marc Johns. She posted this image showing a crudely drawn horse cut in half with the caption, “You are less likely to notice that I can’t draw a horse very well if I cut it in half.” This simple drawing stuck with me so much that I printed it out and to this day it’s tacked to the wall in front of me. I used that horse to motivate me to make this comic, flaws and all.

And last but not least, my wife. She’s not into comics, nor does she play RPGs. She does know my sense of humor, however, and can tell me immediately if something works or not when I show her what I’ve done. When I can make her laugh reading my comic, I know it works for people outside the target demographic. She also has been indispensable in helping me out with the technical stuff like using Adobe Illustrator. She’s been behind me 100% and has helped me bring it to fruition, and for that I’m eternally grateful!

Also thanks to the only male in this special thanks, Scott, for helping me name the restaurant that Frik works at as well as helping me out with other names and fleshing out concepts with the comic. When I’m banging my head against the wall for a name, usually he can find something that works.