by Aaron Kassander

Created on: March 20, 2009

It's hard to find a comic who takes the normality of the workplace and takes it to such an extreme that you still feel it's believable. It's even harder for a comic whose setting is a world very much like ours to find a connection with today's readers. And yet when the writer manages to create something so unique that it continues to have us reading it for 10 years, something special has been done.

GPF, General Protection Fault (http://www.gpf-comics.com , is a comic which takes everyday life and brings it up to a standard you would only see in science fiction. It started back in November 1998 where the world was introduced to Nick, a job seeker looking to be hired at a software company, and Dwayne, the founder of GPF software. Since then we've been following Nick on his journey through life, meeting such characters as the Asian programmer Ki, the secret agent Fooker, the large contract worker Dexter, and the likeable Sharon. Along the way, we also encounter the often misunderstood Trudy who tries hard to win Nick's affection, and the organic life forms of Fred and Persophene. There are many story arcs in GPF from the starting out of Nick's job at the company to becoming a super genius and accidently creating a doomsday device. GPF provides us with a perfect blend of love, adventure, science fiction, and real life to give us an intimate look at the world Nick lives in.

GPF has been on my favorites for some time now since I started reading it in 1999. The story stays true in continuity despite the various crossovers the writer does with other comic artists. It's a gripping story that has you wanting more and getting even deeper into the characters. It has done many different story arcs that tease our imaginations on what could happen in Nicks' life. The writer has done an incredible job and consistency and character development, allowing each of the characters to evolve at their own pace. The plot he has written is both creative and thought provoking, providing readers with a constant glimpse of things to come ahead and things to think about in real life. It has also involved in the showing of emotional tension and feelings in the scene through the use of color and scene composition.

Recently, an opportunity was presented to interview the creator of GPF, Jeff T. Darlington.

Aaron: What inspired the creation of General Protection Fault?

Jeff: GPF was in many ways an accident. I was rather bored siting in my cloth-covered cubicle one day at work and started sketching

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