The Interview

Klausbrenner on June 14, 2021

First published June 29, 2009.

KB: I'm pretty sure I took the “Fight to the death for your job” idea from The Dark Knight. That movie had come out the year prior and I definitely remember seeing it in theaters.

It's going to be a running theme with these that I wrote them longer than they need to be. I could have done this in six panels. Panels one, four, and seven are unnecessary.

The panel with the manager eating at Wendy's might also be, but I love it.

GB: I remember drawing this one at a dive bar in the daytime. Apparently I was still trying out whatever pens I had in my junk drawer that hadn't dried out years earlier, so this looks scratchy and sloppy to me. It's pretty funny though.

The original script just said “One Hour Later” rather than show the manager enjoying his Wendy's lunch, I threw that in for a change of scenery and a kind of nonchalant middle-management response to the carnage back at the office. I like that touch.