Caliborn: Show Dirk how much you've improved.

CALIBORN: HELLO.

CALIBORN: LONG TIME NO SEE. MY SOUL BROTHER.

CALIBORN: HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING. MY TRANSFORMATION.

CALIBORN: WELL. YOU SHOULD BE.

CALIBORN: BECAUSE I HAVE BECOME. THE MOST TALENTED ARTIST. IN THIS ENTIRE GODFORSAKEN COMIC.

CALIBORN: (I KNOW THIS COMIC IS GOD FORSAKEN. BECAUSE I AM THE GOD. WHO IS FORSAKING IT.)

CALIBORN: (THIS IS WHAT'S KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY. AS "SUBTEXT".)

CALIBORN: (PERHAPS IT HAS GONE OVER YOUR HEAD.)

CALIBORN: LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS.

CALIBORN: I HAVE READ FROM MY FAVORITE MAN GAKA. HIROHIKO ARAKI.

CALIBORN: YES.

CALIBORN: I READ HIS WORK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. TO BE MASCULINE. AND POWERFUL.

CALIBORN: THE MAN JONATHAN. AND THE MAN JOSEPH.

CALIBORN: THEY ARE WONDROUS.

CALIBORN: BUT HIS WORK IS LONG, AND GRUELING TO READ.

CALIBORN: SO I HAVE NOT READ AFTER "DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE".

CALIBORN: BUT I KNOW THAT THIS MAN. UNDERSTANDS THE TRUE BUFF BRO MENTALITY.

CALIBORN: AND HE HAS A LONG AND TRIUMPHANT PATH AHEAD OF HIM. IF HE IMPROVES AT DRAWING THE BUFF MEN. AND THEIR GHOSTS. THAT ASSERT THE MOST MANLY FORM OF COMBAT THERE IS.

CALIBORN: PUNCHING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER.

CALIBORN: IT IS FROM HIM THAT I LEARNED THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE I HAVE EVER HEARD.

CALIBORN: THAT CARTOONISTS, AND AUTHORS. OWN REAL HAND GUNS.

CALIBORN: AND FIRE THEM OFF IN THEIR BASEMENTS.

CALIBORN: MOST IMPORTANTLY. I HAVE BOUGHT A HAND GUN.

CALIBORN: AND I AM ALWAYS FIRING IT. BECAUSE I AM THE MOST SUPERIOR MAN GAKA THERE IS.

CALIBORN: ALREADY YOU ARE BEING CRUEL. BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND. THE TOILS OF AN AUTEUR.

CALIBORN: I HAVE TAKEN UP. FIGURE DRAWING. DOING. "STUDIES".

CALIBORN: THOUGH I DO NOT CARE FOR WOMEN. AND THEIR MISERABLE HYSTERICS.

CALIBORN: UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY IS SUPPOSEDLY. "IMPORTANT".

CALIBORN: FOR DRAWING. AND NOT JUST UNDERSTANDING. HOW BEST TO DO PUZZLEMURDERS.

CALIBORN: THESE WERE INSPIRED BY YET ANOTHER MARVELOUS MAN GAKA. WHO I CONSIDER MY EQUAL.

CALIBORN: THE MASTER. OF PIRATE WHIMSY.

CALIBORN: I ASSUME. AGAIN, HIS WORK IS EVEN LONGER AND MORE INSUFFERABLE.

CALIBORN: THAN OUR OWN.

CALIBORN: SO UNDERSTANDABLY. I HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT.

CALIBORN: NOR DO I HAVE THE DESIRE TO.

CALIBORN: THIS. THIS INTELLIGENCE AND CHUTZPAH. IS WHY YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE SOUL BROTHER.

CALIBORN: YOU ARE A MAN WHO SAYS WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

CALIBORN: DO NOT LOOK CLOSELY AT MY ART FOLDER.

CALIBORN: WHAT? WHAT THE FUCK.

CALIBORN: ... NO.

CALIBORN: I DO NOT MAKE. "ORIGINAL CHARACTERS". OR "SONAS".

CALIBORN: THAT'S SACCHARINE HORSESHIT FOR SUGARSICK LOSERS.

CALIBORN: THIS IS MY "SELF INSERT".

CALIBORN: WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

CALIBORN: OH THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

CALIBORN: OKAY, YOU'VE CONVINCED ME.

CALIBORN: TAKE A FUCKING GANDER.

CALIBORN: ALL THINGS ABOUT THIS GORGEOUS BASTARD TELL YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. THIS IS A MAN OF CLASS AND STYLE.

CALIBORN: ARE YOU SETTING ME UP.

CALIBORN: FOR A "BRO HUG BUMP".

CALIBORN: LET'S MAKE THIS SHIT WORK.