The story behind the story of a seemingly senseless gorilla attack on a safari

Published by Image Comics in 2004, Lex Talionis: A Jungle Tale is a 48 page, full-colour, one shot comic.

I heard the story about an ill-fated safari from a character designer while working on an animated show for Adult Swim. The story fascinated me enough to turn it into a book. I first published it as a 2 issue mini-comic. But the then-editor of Image Comics, Jim Valentino, popped by my booth at a comic convention and liked what he saw.