The Hub

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Issue 2 - Pg. 6

HyenaHell

on March 23, 2009

"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are". That's the quote, ain't it? Cutter was gonna say, "Lettuce ain't a food". And it's not. Also: in case ya can't read 'em- the cans are labeled "Oyster Kraut".

Okay. So some of the things that I write are inspired by or loosely based on “real life” experiences, just blown up to absurd proportions. Certain characters are composites of different traits, quirks, and habits of myself, and folks I know or have observed in real life. But these characters aren't meant to be “real” people. Well… okay. I lie.

I don't do this often, but “Karna” *is* a real person. She was a regular at the bar I used to work at. Karna is in fact her real name. I drew her as kinda a grotesque version of how she looked in real life. Cal's description of her, likewise, is not a fabrication, nor is it exaggerated in any way.
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FYI: Drugs ain't illegal here. There's some of the regular ones, and a bunch I made up. Strangely, there is no marijuana in "The Hub".
RE: What do them drugs do? They're all hallucinogens. You'll find out (much later) about the Future Dust. The Oracle Root is yer typical hippy "vision quest" stuff; lots of riddles and absurdly cryptic visions which may or may not be accurate or have any substance to 'em. To be completely honest, I never thought up what "Powdered Homicide" was; I just pulled it out my ass, so to speak. So if anybody's got a good idea… ;)
@Fly_Hue: Dude, that hat store is a fucking asshole!
@Fenn & zaymac: Ha. I did base him off The Tall Man- I never thought the Phantasm movies were *good*, but they *are* awesome. And goddamn if I haven't seen them *all*.
@ Josh & PIT_FACE:

And I *have* seen Super Jail, but I don't think I've seen enough of it to really get into it; my partner loves it, though.
@ Ag: Street scenes are probably my favorite to draw- I probably have as many concept sketches of "cool stuff I want in the background!" as I do characters. ;)
@patrickdevine: Heh. Yeah, he had a pretty good head-start before he wound up in the Hub, though.
@rickswan: Heh. No ADHD, that I know of. Which is good, I really don't need any more, er- mental issues. Although I would like an Aderol script- I hear that stuff is brilliant.