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This drawing was done when I was working on the competition comic. Who I sort of called Bob. This of course conjures up all sorts of images of Jay and Silent Bob with people. But in truth at this point I was very much inspired by SLC Punk. In which there was a character called Heroine Bob (who didn’t do drugs).

At the time I was toying with a two page story about two punks that generally sit around doing nothing. But a decent story never really formed so I tossed the idea and Jay got a solo adventure. Though he wasn’t named Jay at the time.

Interestingly this is part of the history of the development of the character. The current version doesn’t smoke, but it’s not beyond the realm of possible that he did at one point before starting his job.

As said, nothing is set in stone.