Gabriel: When did we get a drum roll machine?
Fargo: We nabbed it when we bought Mplayer. So, Gabe, would you like to read from your mailbag?
Gabriel: Sure -- I got this note from Ovi "graphix" Demetrian:
i've printed the first 100 or so of your daily victims drawings at school and am kinda trying to do some drawings and stuff, but i was wondering if u could do me a favor... like the next daily victim u draw, can u like scan it in the steps u use to draw it? like after u finish a step, then scan it, then do the next step and scan it and so on? and then send me the steps to see how the magic happens?

Fargo: We thought it would be fun to do a whole, "Creating the Daily Victim" column. We'll start with the creation of the image -- 'cuz that's sexy -- and then we'll go on to how I whip up the writing. Maybe it will inspire you. Maybe it will delight you. Maybe it'll pass some time while you're microwaving a burrito. Anyways, today we're going to look at the frozen guy, who was just posted yesterday and scored really high in the voting.
From the Beginning:
Gabe: The creation of a Daily Victim usually starts out with Fargo sending me an idea for a headline. The other way it can work is that I just draw something wacky and send it to him.
Fargo: I keep a stack of yellow notecards by my desk at all times. Often I'll be talking to someone about something and we'll say, "Hey, that sounds like a Victim."
Gabe: In the case of this victim he sent me the headline about a guy who's coworker keeps turning up the AC. So I drew this sketch of a dude looking very cold and scanned it in. You can click on these pics to blow them up:
Fargo: Well, they don't really, "Blow Up," per se. They just get bigger. I wouldn't want our readers to get disappointed or anything.
Next: Turning the sketch into a finished product....