original_post:_9/30/2000______Beginning of the entire thing, starts with an odd side panel gag. Chip and Max. I don't even think I had a name for Chip at this point. And originally I think I was going to make Chip the inker of the book, but then I realized that maybe it would just be better to have a roommate for Max that wasn't into comics. Chip doesn't have his signature shirt yet, but Max does. You can also see I'm trying a sort of "negative space" style on Chip's hair. That didn't last long.