Read the new Ask Axe Cop episode, but I warn you, you may need a box of Kleenex.

(don't read the rest of this blog til you read the episode) When Malchai gave me the answer to this question it was pretty priceless.  First he said no, Axe Cop didn't fight Mermaids, then he said, well, yes he did but he thought it was a bad guy.  By the time he made it through all his reasoning, he realized Axe Cop had killed a good guy.  He paused, then quietly said "he cried." then after another pause... "that was a sad one."  Of course, it's brilliant and it shows a new side to Axe Cop we have not yet seen... the tender side.  He hates evil, but his heart breaks when the innocent are killed, especially when he chops their head off.

15 prints left in the store!  It would be nice if they got bought up so we could ship them all out at once.  Thanks for reading.  The Moon Warriors story continues tomorrow.

Ethan

Hey head choppers,

Sequential Tart did an interview with Malachai and I, and based on one of his answers I did an exclusive Axe Cop cartoon for the article.  Check it out!

Ethan

Uh oh!  Big trouble on Uni-Smart World!

The prints are finally about to get numbered, signed, and shipped out.  They are glorious and huge and on nice, heavy paper in 3 color screen print.  The print is one foot wide by 39 inches tall (about 3.5 feet tall).

There are only about 30 of these left stock.  They'll be signed and numbered and are limited to 100 pieces.

A fan of Axe Cop who, so far I only know as "the Last Banana" in our forum, has created a mod for the online game "Cortex Command". 

Check out these videos of Axe Cop characters in action.  First, Wexter performs his super duper fast bite, breathes fire, flies, and blasts in machine guns. (machine guns are fast!)
Wexter

Here's Axe Cop chopping heads off, throwing lemon grenade bombs and then becoming Axe Cop FIRE with the help of his pet T-Rex.
Axe Cop

Flute Cop walks into battle with his flute, then he gets dinosauur blood on him, then he eats and avocado... then he throws grenades at Uni-Baby... you just gotta see it!
Flute Cop

And of course the tossing of the horned child:
Uni-Baby

The game can be downloaded from the Data Realms website, and there is a free trial version that only limits how long a match can last, so anyone can play with the mod, even if they haven't bought the game.
To download the mod, people can visit the topic on the Data Realms forums for a download link.  A guide on installing mods can be found here.

Mr. Banana says he may be adding more onto this mod later, but for now, it is basically some extra weapons and playable characters for the game.  I give this man props.  Comment on those youtube videos if you love them like I do.  I don't have much time for video games, but seeing these in action still makes me giddy.

Ethan

Today the coolest 5 year old on the internet (and in the universe in my opinion) becomes the coolest 6 year old on the internet.  Today is Malachai's 6th birthday.

This kid has been one of the greatest things to ever happen to the Nicolle family, and I say that totally regardless of the whole Axe Cop thing.  He is incredbly smart, which is an anomally among Nicolles.  We have all been bright people, but usually not very book smart.  Malachai, so far is way ahead of his class and a natural learner.  He plays video games on the net that require reading, but he just figures them out with logic.  He is a very genuine and loving kid and when people try to interview him about Axe Cop, he wants to interview them because he is fascinated by everyone and wants to play with anyone who is willing to pick up a toy dinosaur or plastic fireman axe and imagine with him.

I have seen a lot of comments online saying things like "this kid is disturbed".  I don't think that is anywhere near true.  He has the same innocent detachment from reallity we all had at five.  Imagine you and a friend in a plastic sword fight at that age "I just chopped off your legs, you can't walk now!"  We did not think about the gruesomness of the idea of chopping off heads and legs, with bloofd gushing out and our family looking on in horror, clutching the floor and dragging our bloody stumps until we die somewhere from loss of blood.  We were not violent in the true sense of the word.  It was playing, and for boys, playing means chopping off appendages more often than not.  My mom kept me away from He-Man and G.I. Joe when I was really young, so I played My Little Pony with the girl across the street.  I remember mainly I would put them at the edge of the table and make them have a fight to the death on the ledge, til one plummeted to their death from a good horse kick in the face.

Thanks to you I have been able to really dig into the stories in Malachai's head and find ideas in him he may never have come up with because no one would have been asking.  It has been the funnest collaboration of my life and something that, no matter what happens here and now, will be a great memory for us for the rest of our lives.  Of course, there is real life, and I assumed that real life would dictate I could not spend my time making comics with my 5 year old brother, because that will get me nowhere.  I seem to have been wrong.  As long as we keep receiving the supports we have been, (and as long as it remains fun) we will keep making these comics and we will go an an adventure few brothers 24 years apart in age ever have in the history of the earth. 

Many heads will roll.

Thanks for reading Axe Cop.  Post your birthday wishes here for Malachai, he does not read the Facebook page or Twitter.  Happy Birthday little brother!

-Ethan