Evil Jim: Week Fifty-Five
04-05-04 through 04-09-04

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Artist's Commentary:

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Again I use the G Gundam eyepatch schtick. But this time, it's CC who does it. Matt likes G Gundam more than I do.

A lot of people got mad at me for having EJ crunch Little Little Blue. Come on! He's EVIL! IHe fights dirty! As they soon found out in the next strip, it doesn't even matter because...

155

...LBSJ was just faking it to get the jump on him.

This was the first strip where I flat-out revealed LBSJ's full name. Until this time, all signs of his religious orientation (save for his menorah gun) were obscured. After this, I went back to EJ153 and gave him Stars of David on his jacket, as per the original character design. I was very paranoid that people would think that I was trying to make fun of a religion, so I covered my ass with that long paragraph below the strip.

156

I had a couple good ideas for crowd posters. "Jew + Me," "I'm Batman." I liked those. Those are indeed Dynasty Warriors 4 and 24 season two sitting atop the PS2. "Memory Carded!" is a Teen Girl Squad-esque verb.

The Educator is my own original wrestler, made first in WWF No Mercy for the N64. I almost made a comic book about his origin, but I realized it would have sucked, so I abandoned the project. The Japanese on his left shoulder says "I'm a stupid gaigin." (gaigin = foreigner)

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The Educator's weapon of choice is the Board of Education, a 2x4 wrapped in barb wire. Dave Pratt, LBSJ's creator, said that even though his character was written out of the series in this strip, he was glad it was due to an "SAT Suplex." (Educator's finishing move)  Thank you, Dave.