Chapter: 2022

My Hero’s Broken Body

Cerberus is very fun to draw but I had to completely relearn how to do it, because his previous appearance (prior to a few strips ago) was drawn nearly 3 years ago. It turns out that the muscle memory for a character that was in four or five panels doesn’t last for several years! Who could have guessed?

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Next Week: Leash laws apply in the Hell, Inc. lobby. Read it early on Patreon!

Don’t Suggest It

It’s like asking the teacher if there’s homework – just because you know there probably is, don’t mention it and maybe they’ll forget! It’s like Ray never went to Satanic high school.

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Cait is Employee of the Week at Hell, Inc. and also at her soap business, Soaps & Sorcery. She’s been adversely affected by the vagaries of the Etsy algorithm, so go buy some excellent soap and get her shop moving in a numbers-appeasing direction. You can also support Hell, Inc. on Patreon, which includes access to Hockeypocalypse: Slashers at the $5 or greater tiers, and original digital art commissions! So do that, because Patreon is the only even slightly predictable income I have!

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Next Week: Everyone’s favourite Hell hound is back to… help? Let’s go with “help.” Read it early on Patreon!

Back Soup

Did the first panel of this strip take longer to draw than the entire rest of the strip? Yes. Yes it did. It wasn’t even close, either.

Completely unrelated, the Edmonton Oilers won a playoff series, and therefore I am high on SPORTS in the fourth or fifth-hand way that the success of others can result in. I assume it’s similar to when any other fandom gets a thing they want in a very satisfying way.

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“Game Time” Art Middleton is Employee of the Week! Follow him on Twitter or check out his Twitch streams, OR… do both of those things.  Also, head over to the Hell, Inc. Patreon, where you can support the continued existence of your favourite office demons and also the creation of my new graphic novel, Hockeypocalypse: Slashers. I can say, without hesitation, it is the best book I have ever drawn. And you can see every new page as I draw them!

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Next Week: Mo’ manual labour, mo’ problems. Read it early on Patreon!

Cerberus

The first appearance of Cerberus! He starred in the short story included in the first Hell, Inc. print book, but this is the first time he’s appeared outside of it. Did I completely forget how to draw him in the interim? ABSOLUTELY.

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Leonardo is Employee of the Week, and jumped on board to read Hockeypocalypse: Slashers as I draw it! You can, too, and patrons at the $5/month and greater levels will be getting print copies when those are ready! It’s definitely the best book I’ve done so far, and the first five pages can be read for free! Also, Patreon is a helpfully consistent source of income, so support at any amount is much appreciated!

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Next Week: Super Manual Labour Funtimes! Read it early on Patreon!

The Client Yeeting Department

I wish my jobs had client yeeting departments. Throwing customers into the sun when they annoy me? Hell yeah.

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Shane Lees is Employee of the Week! He has launched a new webcomic, Tales of Abuse, which you can check out at his website. You should also check out the Hell, Inc. Patreon, where for $5/month you can read Hockeypocalypse: Slashers as I draw it! I’m in the midst of the absolutely massive issue 15 (which is 60 pages long!) You also get Hell, Inc. strips early, or, at higher levels, you can commission original art from me!

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Next Week: The three-headed hound of Hell! Read it early on Patreon!

Correct Cowards

Look, if not wanting to know if it’s possible for a minotaur lady to turn your femurs into harmonicas is cowardice, then I guess I’m a coward, too.

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Bartender of the Apocalypse is Employee of the Week! You can be Employee of the Week as well by supporting Hell, Inc. on Patreon at the $2/month or greater levels. For even greater bang for your buck, the $5/month level lets you read Hockeypocalypse: Slashers as I draw it, and at $20/month you get a custom piece of black and white art of a character of your choosing! If you want to see a free sample of Slashers, hit this link.

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Next Week: The (physically) biggest return in the series! Read it early on Patreon!

Probably Not the Worst Job

I think it’s pretty reasonable to consider manual labour less bad than wrangling a giant demon dog who will almost certainly pee on you. Those of you who have read book version of Hell, Inc. Volume 1: Welcome to Hell… Inc. have seen Cerberus before, but the rest of you will be introduced to him soon enough.

Unrelated, but I’m always somewhat amused when a Hell, Inc. update coincides with a major Christian holiday. Even though Hell, Inc.’s version of Hell is far more influenced by depictions of Hell in popular culture than it is the Biblical conception of it, I’m tickled by the idea that someone could be going to an Easter service and reading about demons decorating for Hell’s Christmas party in the same day.

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Azhar Baig is Employee of the Week, and has a podcast called The Wisdom of Love that you should check out. It’s a comedic recounting of the Great Western Philosophers. You, too, can support Hell, Inc. on Patreon, and also read my new graphic novel, Hockeypocalypse: Slashers, as I draw it!

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Next Week: The Arrivals department, where every soul passes through and nobody wants to return. Read it early on Patreon!

Voluntold

As I juggle projects like I’m in a circus, Hell, Inc. is being drawn week-to-week for the first time in… I don’t even know. I’ve had buffers as large as six months in the past, but taking other work has chipped that all the way down to nothing. I’m currently figuring out a schedule that will let me get the wheels in motion on several upcoming short-term projects while building a little bit of a buffer back up for Hell, Inc. It turns out that needing to write one script for pitching, one script for a Webtoon contest, the script for my next graphic novel, and put together Hockeypocalypse: Slashers for print proofing is A LOT OF THINGS.

Congratulations on Goran, by the way, for finally getting a name. He will no longer be referred to in the script as “the one-eyed guy with the rhino horn.” He doesn’t have a rhino-like horn, I don’t know why I describe it that way, but I almost always do.

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Sebastian is Employee of the Week, and you can, too! Patreon is how I afford to draw Hell, Inc. without drowning in freelance work, and also how I’m funding the creation of Hockeypocalypse: Slashers, which you can read as I draw it! For $5/month or higher you can read Slashers and even commission art from me, but every patron is deeply appreciated, regardless of amount.

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Next Week: Is the worst job solely defined by amount of Cerberus pee involved? Find out on Patreon.

One of THOSE Jobs

You know THOSE jobs. The ones that people hear about and flee so fast that they leave nothing but a dust-ghost in their wake. The ones that are even shittier than the baseline of your normal tasks by incalculable orders of magnitude.

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Jillian Dolan, artist of Kyle the Nihilist Dinosaur, Misha, and other delightful comics, is Employee of the Week! She has access to Hockeypocalypse: Slashers, my new graphic novel, which is being serialized on Patreon as I draw it! The first 5 pages are available on Patreon for free, and the rest are unlocked by donating at the $5 and up tiers. So go do that. Another freelance gig has concluded, which means Patreon money is the only predictable money contributing to this expensive-ass “being alive” thing.

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Next Week: Sara must approach The Other Guys. Read it early on Patreon!

The Perfect Unsaid Plan

It’s a nightmare to get Cerberus pee out of a suit. An absolute nightmare. Also this is later in the day than usual because I’m an idiot and forgot what day of the week it was.

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Barrie Deatcher is Employee of the Week for upgrading his Patreon pledge to read the new Hockeypocalypse graphic novel, Slashers, as I draw it! And you can, too, by pledging at the $5/month or higher levels! There are over 50 pages posted, currently, and patrons will be receiving a print copy of the book when those are ready! Very exciting stuff, because it’s a fucking awesome book so far.

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Next Week: Intern is just another word for dog-wrangler, right? Read it early on Patreon!