The beginning of Samurai Man! can be told in story-format. There was once a Trigonometry class. This class provided boredom, paper, and pencils. With this formerly-untested combination of materials, a comic was made. That's the story. But perhaps you have questions. Why is it so ugly? Don't you know how to use a scanner? Well, when I first made these comics, it was for myself on the top margin of a spiral-bound notebook. I started showing them to my friends, who demanded that I make more. I grew tired of passing my notebook around class, so I put it on a website. I told them that if they really cared, they would go to the website. The old website had three people visit daily. One was me, one was my mother. The comic is scanned badly and creased and margins are showing. Yes, I know. It's an artistic thing. Deal with it. And then eventually the story had to end. I'm sorry. I bet you're wondering what the comic looked like before I cleaned it up so well in post-production, aren't you? ZING! Anyway, this is a scan of the full page of my notebook that contained Samurai Man! #1. Notice the trigonometric concepts that led to the creation of the doodles that started number 1! Notice the erasures! Try to read my handwriting in my notes! The writer of Samurai Man! is Mage Macchione. Well, he's also the artist, but that's not very noteworthy. Anybody could do that. Some characters. Samurai Man: This is Samurai Man. He is goodness. He is, of course, the hero. First Appearance: Samurai Man! #1. Anti-Samurai Man: This is Anti-Samurai Man. He is badness. Who is he, besides just a pallette-swapped Samurai Man? Hmmm... good question! But I do know he is sometimes called "Ant" for short. First Appearance: Samurai Man! #3. Duck: This is Duck. He is goodness's master. Does that make him more than goodness? I don't know, but I do know that Samurai Man follows his orders. His orders consist of "quack"s; nevertheless, Samurai Man understands and follows Duck. First Appearance: Samurai Man! #1. BigHead: This is BigHead. He is Duck's arch-nemesis. Duck leads Samurai Man against him. Luckily, he is slightly incompetent. Those eyebrows are not two's, I don't know if they're even eyebrows but it is not the number two. Just be glad he has a slightly more original design than the other characters (Even though his name isn't quite original...). First Appearance: Samurai Man! #1. Weapon: This is Weapon. Why is he called "Weapon"? Why is he so happy? Why is he helping Samurai Man? Oh my, so much mystery.... First Appearance: Samurai Man! #18. ???: This is... well, I don't know. He never said his name. Just call him "Axe-guy." He takes it upon himself to defend all woodland creatures after something happened to the previous protector. First Appearance: Samurai Man! #89.

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