Is there really a Happy Tacos fast food place?
No, I made up the fast food chain completely. It s strange in a comic that has everything from this world (the same video games and movies, and Phil s a Pepsi drinker if you look closely). The reason I made up the place Phil works at is because it gives me absolute control with it. If Phil worked at a Taco Bell instead, I couldn t put out anything in merchandise that would portray Phil in another company s business. Q: Do you read other comics? A: I try to, but there seems to be an unlimited supply of them. I love reading newspaper comics, though more and more are making me depressed by the lack of effort in them. Still, I enjoy the sci-fi/fantasy parodying “Heart of the City”, the cleverly written “Get Fuzzy”, and other classics like “Fox Trot”, “Zits”, “Dilbert”, “Bloom County”, and “Close to Home”. I actually got my biggest influences from comics strips like “The Far Side” and of course, “Calvin and Hobbs”. Comic books can be like unrestricted comic strips when unleashed in the righ
