The Generals was a short story idea that I started developing the summer of 2009. I had gotten into reading Shel Silverstein books, as I thought they would provide an excellent source of inspiration. Amongst the many stories told in the books, I found The Generals to be both relatable to my beliefs about war and my ideology on futileness of foreign conquest. The Generals was an idea too interesting to pass up.

I’d started developing character designs around the story, using really strange situations two generals could be in as the backdrop. I also was watching a lot of Flintstones around the time I discovered the story, so I decided to work that sensibility into the designs.

The Generals are definitely a concept I’ll play with in the future, if not for a children’s cartoon but for more of a political statement.