Hey, guys. I gotta make this quick. It’s late, I just put Henry down to sleep and I have to get up early Wednesday morning for an all day training session.

Admittedly, today’s comic is kind of a flip from Monday’s comic. Same joke – different perspective. Of course, I can’t allude to anyone being gay without bringing Victor into the mix and crediting Brandon J. Carr for inventing one of Theater Hopper’s favorite running gags in a guest strip he gave me lo, those many moons ago. I wouldn’t mind getting Victor back to the place where he’s a credible threat to Tom and his zany antics. I’m talking from a purely authoritative perspective, of course. His crush not withstanding. But I also enjoy stretching out Tom’s cluelessness. I have two great character traits in Victor and they’re fun to take out of the toy chest from time to time.

Of course, if you had tuned into The Triple Feature talkcast on Monday, you would have known that. Gordon, Joe and I got to talking about 300 and I mentioned that I was doing a themed week of strips. Joe asked me what readers could expect and I hinted at Victor’s return. Incidentally, Gordon guessed correctly. We had a great show Monday night. Maybe a little less structured than in shows gone by, but I think the three of us had a good time riffing. You should download it and take a listen. It’s only an hour long. You’ll enjoy it!

It was interesting to read some of the comments from Monday’s comic. A few gay readers wrote in with their support for the gag – which they understood as perceptional humor. I’m glad. I would never go out of my way to deliberately offend anyone. I think part and parcel to that is to be equal opportunity when it comes to sending up stereotypes. Equality among the masses means everyone has to be able to take a joke sometimes, right?

It was also interesting to read the comments that people left with a historical perspective. Many people commented that homosexuality was encouraged among Spartan warriors to instill a sense of family and unity. So to them, the whole gay question was almost moot. Call me crazy, but I don’t really look to 300 for any sense of historical accuracy. This movie is eye candy all the way. I doubt we’ll get into any of the finer points of Spartan life.

Gotta close here, I’m afraid. Henry is crying his head off upstairs and I need to console him! Leave any comments below, if you like. Expect another 300 themed comic for Friday!