I was never truly satisfied with the original ‘Fightlinker Jackal‘ because it was rushed and the proportions were all over the place. Worse still, it was done sloppily using Illustrator, and if you tried to change its size, it would fuck up. Enter the second Jackal logo I made, almost universally hated by all the fans who preferred the old one. I’ll let you chose which one you think is cooler.
The Fightlinker comic was ‘mildly’ autobiographical, and this refers to when Ryan left his regular employment to start writing full time for a website about Mixed Martial Arts. I would eventually sell my share of the site when we sold it to Rebellion Media in 2011.
For a few weeks, I tried to illustrate a comic for Ryan’s site Fightlinker.com. Unfortunately, not only did I lack the discipline to stick with it, the artwork kept on changing so fast I was never able to pick a style that worked. This one works no matter what the subject matter is…