I am so proud of this piece. We lost some sleep working on this. I feel it was worth the wait. I hope you do too. 
Next Episode: Monday, Feb. 14th – sketchblog updates daily!
Legend Of Bill
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Looks like Odin blessed Bill after all…
I loved coloring this one!! Someone was wondering what happened to the sword, well now we know (That’s gonna leave a mark).
still want to know what happened to the saturday and sunday strips
most excellent!!!!
Bill going “billzerk” puts him in the same company as Alley Oop and Popeye! I like it!
EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want it for my Wallpaper!
The picture is showing up as broken for me
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Disregard, after 10 refreshes it now works. AWESOME!
Nice! Eat your heart out, Conan.
So much color! So much energy! So much passion! So much snow! Add the team of Reddick and Kuehn to the likes of Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso, Dali… I buy a numbered, signed print for my home (couldn’t afford the original of this quality work).
Whoa! Dude…Bill went ape poo! He decapitated someone! He…DECAPITATED SOMEONE! And now we know what happened to the sword. I have a bandaid if he needs it. It is lavender and has fairies on it. Frank and Zaira look shocked. Even Giles is in hiding (Peek a boo, I see you!)
As for the images and coloring, gentlemen I am impressed yet again! The streaking of the red showing motion, the snow flying everywhere, the facial expressions. I can’t decide what’s my very most favorite. Bravo.
Yes, very nice drawing indeed.
But how did the orc capture “the magic one”? She was right by Bill last time I saw her. Hmmm…
Did anyone notice the gnome on top of the mountain on the far left?
Excellent!!! I also noticed Bill has a boo boo on his knee. Poor Barbarian.
Fantastic piece.
Nothing will ever be the same.
Magic Sword: Lots of money.
Frank’s Expression: Priceless
Wow, nice work guys!
Now we can see how Bill earned the status of “Legend”. Awesome, indeed!
I am also starting to get the feeling that Bill is more like Warrix than even he or anyone knows.
Cool, now Bill has a sword and an axe.
Before the invention of the canning process, how did thy store whup-ass? Maybe Bill’s opened a clay jar of whup-ass…
This came out beautiful guys! great work!!!!
ACOLYTE- Don’t worry, David took the last couple down temporarily so the main story line could be seen in the correct order. They will be back.
Epic!!
Now, is it my imagination, or do the horns on Bill’s helm grow a bit each time he’s competent?
Worth the wait 4 sure!
New desktop background!
Maybe he saw the THOR movie previews?
“It” has hit the fan. BILLZERK!
Well, after all, Bill is the hero of the story
This is bloody epic. Great job!
Nice big comic David – great scene!
Um, wow. So, ah, will this mean things will never be the same again?
When does “Pony Tail” decide it is time to cut bait and run?
I love Frank’s look of shock – “Where did this #@$% come from?”.
Ans it appears that the head orc’s going to hide behind Gypsy and use her as some sort of shield/hostage to somehow try and hold off the Billserking Bill so he won’t meet the same fate as his fellow orcs! Good luck with that!
Oh my.. WOW!
AWESOME! I was definitely seeing this up close …. decapitation… And I call for a wallpaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Conan the Barbarian! i think i am in love!
@Ji2m – Water Skin of Whoopass?
WOW, Its about time Bill get ahead of the game
NICE!…now let’s see this painted out, Frazetta style!
Definitely worth the wait, I’m with those that like it as a desktop background. Very nice!
Deer General Goofus,
Now is the time to surrender. Or run away. I’d recommend running away.
This is truly an epic piece. Great job. I love this explosion of testosterone, but I fear this is all going to be in Bill’s mind only and we’re going to find him staring aimlessly as the girls are taken away, but until I’m proven wrong or right I’m just gonna eat up this wonderful panel today. Awesome Job Guys!!
Where’d Bill’s neckpiece with the gems go?
Whoo-ee!
Hell yes.
Nice “power” glow on Bill, has someone been watching Bleach?
AAAAAAWWWWWWEEEEEESSSSSSSOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!!
Bill goes Billzerk, Billbarian style!!
Awesome job on a great, action packed update! Well worth the wait.
@Blackbeard’s Delight – Agreed! Shock, plus it looks like Frank pooped himself.
SWEEEET!!! Again, great job guys. You continue to inspire and kick ass!
Dude, AWESOME! I’d say that topknot is in for a world of hurt, but there’s a couple of ways I can see this fight going, not all of them good.
@mercenary- While I agree wholeheartedly with your statement, I feel that it’s my moral obligation to tell you: Don’t say the name! Don’t you know it’s bad luck?
::jaw drops:: Bill decapitated someone!? EPIC!
It’s a good thing Giles and Frank are keeping a safe distance. I think General Foztik had better drop Gypsy and run for his life…
@Pixie: Zaira? Is that your name for the Gypsy?
cool, my new wallpaper! this is totally awesome! best page ever! would make an awesome shirt!
Crowning … Moment … of AWESOME!
Gloriosky! The savage and great bloodbath ensues, wherein bill kills many grotesquely ugly orcs in a slaugterhouse of ruthless bloodbath. It is the day the orcs faced death, and drank of bill’s cold bloody steel. Resistance is futile
oh that orc going to be running away or he going to teleport out with the gypsy nut not before he looses a bpdy part or 2
@ Deris
Does he even want them though, they don’t look like they were taken very good care of.
HOLY %#$@! Bill actually KILLED someone!? Looks like our little barbarian is all grown up now. 8′) Sure he killed someone in rage mode so that he probably wont remember it, but it still counts.(and if he does remember, he’ll probably be scared from the experience for a good while)
…..Oh my good God of the Gnomes….I will never be able to unsee what I’ve just witnessed today…and I thank both Don and David for that. You two have just made my day and probably the rest of my week. I’m goin to say probably because I don’t want to even try to guess what’s coming Monday. I’m going to be perfectly fine with this mind-boilingly depiction of bad-assitude (that’s a word, right?) until then…Now, if you’ll excuse me. *stares at comic for several more hours*
Yes….That is my name for Our Loverly Gypsy. It means butterfly in Italian. It is also my belly dancing gypsy name. As soon as I can get started with the belly dancing.
It’s been a while since I’ve done axe work (used to sell sharp and pointies and did the demos), but judging by the swing and the position of the forward hand, I’d say the Billzerker will be planting that nicely drawn axe squarely between Topknot’s overly large eyebrows in about a second or two with a nice, meaty “kurthunk”. Or will he go further and split him down the middle?
Wow, that is EPIC. Can’t wait to see what’s in store next!
ZOINKS! Consider me impressed by this awesome work.
And about now Gypsy is discovering that orcs can wet themselves.
Just curious, but when Frank has the crap sacred out of him … is it blue? o.O
The sword, just for the record, is not the magic sword Bill lost. It’s the not-magic-but-deadly-all-the-same sword he took from the orc he just killed with it.
I do not believe I just saw a decapitation on this strip. (He must be moving fast because we don’t see any blood spurting out of the carotid arteries.) I’d say the General is doomed, either by Bill or by his Boss when he runs home with his tail between his legs.
Now, please don’t tell us that the General somehow makes off with the Gypsy.
I have a vision… of this on a wall of my bedroom! OUTSTANDING!
Angry righteous violence, with just a hint of gore. DadaHyena’s right – this calls for a Frazetta rendering!
Didn’t expect that…STELLAR!
methinks that Bill is channeling Sarah…
WOW! Awesome comments, team!! I am so proud of this strip! I am eager to see what happens!
Don, we need to make this a wallpaper indeed! 
So *this* is what Frank Miller meant by the description “billy berserk” in the Dark Knight Returns…
Jim: “Nice! Eat your heart out, Conan.”
I think that’s next on Bill’s menu after he finishes off the Orcs.
Thanks god! I was getting bored to see bill being beaten by critters and kittens.
Looks like he has a barbarian… Something… anyway.
Bill MAD!!!!
Amazing, indeed !
A fantastic splash page … kudos to everybody !
All I can say is Thank You for such an awesome job
OK, I don’t want to be Johnny Raincloud here, but I have a question about this really great piece of art.
“Where did Bill’s neck amulet go?”
@Tim the tool man, now I’ve never been a vessel for channeling God-like power to put me in a berserker kill-rage, nor do I have a 25 inch neck like Bill, but maybe the thing busted into a scrap heap and sunk into the snow sometime around the time Bill started getting all glowy.
I refuse to believe that Dave can insert a nanometer tall gnome in the background but forget to outfit Bill properly.
Huzzah, Bill, and three cheers more!
And David and Don, you’ve “done good” too.
Maju, go back a couple of strips and you will see where the General grabbed Gypsy. That’s when our favourite doofus blew his stack and became Bill the Barbarian.
those of you who wondered what happened to the sword…I FOUND IT!!! Seriously….this is probably one of the BEST strips you’ve done bar none! We got a hint Bill would “Hulk out” like this at the start but he blacked out and we didn’t get to see it. JUST WOW is all i gotta say!!
@Blackbeard: It was still on him in the previous strip. But you have a point… it’s probably busted and in the snow by now.
You’ve ceartainly outdone yourself on this one! Brilliant. I love the red glow around our favourite Barbarian, and the flying Orc head. Great picture, thumbs up from The Netherlands!!!
Duck needs shirt badly.
(seriously, offer a shirt of this)
“damn that was awesome, dave”
has anybody notice, bill did not have any weapons. bill grabbed the orcs weapons and to do his rowdy slaughtering
Interesting when the next installment is on February 14. See, I’m thinking if Bill takes out the orc, the Gypsy might take a liking to him, being suddenly so protective and manly like that.
Of course the Dark Queen (in Princess Gina’s body) won’t like that one bit. ;D
I think this is a new record for most comments on a single strip within a week of being up. If that is so, then congratulations to David, Don, and ourselves. Keep up the awesome work guys. 8D
OMG!! IT is so awsome!! great work guys!! this one deserves a big “thank you”! :O
How about wrapping this around a coffee cup and on the inside where you drink is reads, “Not this day dogs!”
@Fijiman – You are correct! This strip is currently the most commented on strip, with Tuesday’s strip being second.
Everyone – Thanks for all the comments! I’ll be working on a few goodies over the weekend.
Bill’s not only missing his necklace, he’s missing his chin!
Did that drop in the snow too? 
And I ought to kick myself for not noticing those niceties sooner.
Well. Active commentary day, and well-deserved lads! Nothing left for me to say, except: Magnificent!
If this is gonna be a wallpaper, no need to ‘work it up’ or alter it. It is perfect as a standalone the way it is. I request 1920 x 1200 resolution.
What an elegant Billbarian … manages a bucketfull of slaughter and keeps his Underoos well-concealed beneath his kilt!
Even Gypsy manages to keep her mini in proper decency 
Will we ever get to see her thong??!!
And, regarding speculation about Frank having the “it” shocked out of him … look for blue snow, m’thinks.
@David and Don and Loyal Billians: I know a life coach who would be fascinated by this arc. On all counts Bill is pure ENFP (Myers-Briggs type code for a personality type based on Carl Jung’s insights). Generally a lamb, and often the prototype for all those blonde jokes, but don’t get one mad if you know what’s good for you…
A possible alternative is ESFP, but despite his love of pleasure Bill seems generally to have his head too much in the clouds and not in the moment for that. He aspires to live in the moment and that is a very different thing. (If David tells me differently, of course, I will yield to his own conception. Feedback, mein Herr?)
Krull, now… he reminds me of ESTP or ESFP at first blush.
Sorry, one more comment…
__@David:__ If that’s Gina/Dark Queen, then what happened to Craven?
Absolutely fabulous….
@ Johanan
Dark Queen/Gina is with Craven shuga Dahlin
This is epic! The comments are amazing. This is why we all love doing this!! way to go guys!!!!!! i cannot wait to see a wall paper for this either!!!
@Johanan – That is Dark Queen/Gina, released from the Dark Lands cuz she’s in Gina’s bod. But if she was hot for Bill before, this little display ought to make her even more stuck on the guy!
@Johanan – That’s Vasheeva (DQ) in Gina’s body, Gina is in Vasheeva’s body and traveling with Craven.
Your comment about having his head in the clouds, kind of reminds me about Luke Skywalker – he craves adventure, but his mind isn’t on what he’s doing or where he’s going. Only time will tell what kind of growth Bill will make on this journey.
Holy crap 98 comments…Great comic btw.
@William Green – Sadly, there are no “originals” for LoB, as it’s entirely a digital operation. David draws the strip in Photoshop, converts it to a jpg which he sends to me for coloring. I color it and send it back, without harming any trees, though I’m sure that we probably annoy many electrons in the process
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After the comments about Bill’s necklace, I looked back at the first time Bill went berzerk. Bill was shown as a mostly black shadow there, but his hat and armbands could be seen while his necklace could not.
BILL……MY HERO!!!!!!
Always great,
love the awesome art work.
Don, how does it feel to be the first person to be the 100th commenter on LoB?
ok am i the only one or has any one else noticed when Bill gos in to rage mode the amulet or cloak holder thing around his neck seems to dissaper but was their int he panel before?….. Just sayen.
I see Bill’s awe-inspiring rage, and all that echoes through my head is…
“Not THIS day, dogs.”
Excellent.
I MUST have this as a tshirt! @_@
It is to blush. You’re right, Loyal Billians – it’s been so long since I’ve seen Gina in Vasheeva’s body that for a while I forget that’s where she actually is.
@Don: If I’m not mistaken Luke Skywalker is ENFP himself – it’s been said that we very often have a fascination with the idea of “the sword of vengeance”. I know I do. Swords fascinate me. Guns… eh, not so much.
Legendary!!! Bill kicking Orcs a**,keep up the great work:)