The Basics Brush on Bristol, Colored in Photoshop This was a drawing for my pal Brian Smith for his comic strip "The Basics." If you like yourself and appreciate all the things you do for you, then you owe it to yourself to check it out. If you don't "get" it then you are wrong. I love The Basics. I aspire to the brilliant simplicity of the strip. The colors and design are awesome. However, I must warn you, you are bound to be disappointed when you get to the last strip. Brian Smith is a lazy sack who hasn't done an episode of this weekly strip since last March. I have it on good word he's doing nothing but sitting around his house sipping top shelf booze and Wii bowling. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. Smitty's a busy guy. I just miss The Basics!