 The Author. P-ko is the author and artist of God's Boxers. He's got a job at a company that makes cartoons, a cute Asian girlfriend, and a Space: Above & Beyond boxset. He's generally a happy guy -- that is until he comes home to find B-ko masturbating on his bed. P-ko spends his weeknights writing movie scripts and weekends training pitbulls to eat B-ko. Really. The entire story is sadly true -- apart from a few comedic embellishments. (The pitbulls.) Everything that happens between B-ko and P-ko in the strip happened in real life. While P-ko originally considered homicide the only solution, because of the sage advice of several of his friends, rather than turning to stabby, stabby violence to deal with B-ko, P-ko decided to turn his misery into a vitriolic webcomic. It's true. Further, with God's Boxers as an outlet for his fury, P-ko's been wanting to murder the real-life B-ko a lot less as of late. Even though B-ko is just as much an idiot as ever, wading through dozens of e-mails from complete strangers praising his genius every day has cooled P-ko's rage. (If P-ko murdered B-ko, he'd have no new material.) If you want to send superlatives or naked pictures (ladies only, please) to P-ko, do so here. Your praise and amateur pornography is keeping B-ko alive. The Title. What kind of title is God's Boxers? Well, the comic's original name was B-ko, but I didn't like that. My next idea was My Retarded Roommate, but I didn't want to offend the retarded -- only B-ko. I spent several long weeks thinking about a new title. Roommates? 41-40? Sunnyside? I wanted something good. Something that commanded attention. Something that didn't sound lame. As I was discussing something else with Sop-ko one day, he shot out the name God's Boxers. I immediately stole it. Turns out Sop-ko wanted to name a band God's Boxers in high school. It never happened, but to make his dream kinda come true and also justify the title, Sop-ko and P-ko have a band in the comic called -- that's right -- God's Boxers. Whether the title has to do with God's underpants or members of God's boxing team, that's yet to be seen. The Names. What's up with B-ko, P-ko, and Sop-ko? Why these funny names? Obviously, you've never seen Project A-ko. Project A-ko is an oldschool anime title brought to North America by Central Park Media. Pick it up at Best Buy or DeepDiscountDVD.com. All the names in God's Boxers are a nod to it. Also, they're a way to preserve anonymity. Plausible deniability, too. Did you buy Project A-ko yet? Why not? It's got school girls, giant robots, martial arts, and space ships. Did I sell it? No? It's got nudity, too. Ah, now you're interested. You people sicken me. |
