Burning Questions

Q: Looks like two different styles are meshing together to produce Salt the Holly. What's going on?
A: Amanda coerced asked her best friend Jessica to lend an artistic hand. Since Jessica joined the team, both the art AND the writing have improved. Together, Jessica and Amanda are unstoppable. And giggly.

Q: Salt the Holly? WTF does that mean, anyway?
A: In the summer of 2007, Amanda had a dream of epic proportions. After foiling an evil mastermind's plot to take over the world, she turned to her friends and said, "We sure salted his holly," and then promptly woke up. A Google search turned up no relevant results, so Amanda realized she had completely made up a phrase. Since a comic already existed with the title Errantry (Salt's original title), she named the comic Salt the Holly. The rest, as they say, is history!

Q: Ninja clans in present day? Isn't that a little far-fetched?
A: Actually, no. Think of them as two different mob factions. You're either born into or marry into a mob - same as with the Black Mongoose and Grey Flame clans. (They also spend a good deal of time killing one another for no apparent reasons.) Each clan earns money from a reputable business. The Black Mongoose clan owns Mongooseuticals, a profitable pharmaceutical company. The Grey Flame clan owns a variety of small, unassuming businesses scattered about the globe. Note: As of January 2009, the previous statements have NOT been discussed in the comic, so think of this as a secret insight!

Q: Oh em gee, how do you do the awesome art that is Salt the Holly?
A: It's a multi-step process. The first steps are nothing more interesting or complicated than mechanical pencils and scrap paper from Amanda's office. Then the drawings are inked (using Zig or Micron archival pens). Then they're scanned to the magical computer boxes and colored/finessed using GIMP or PhotoShop. Oooh, so mysterious.

Q: LOLZ, R U GUYZ LEZBOZ?
A: Nope, just best friends for the majority of our lives. That would be pretty close to incestuous. (Now learn to spell.)

Q: Hey, your hosting service looks like it's awesome! Who do you use?
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