Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for June 29, 2012
June 28, 2012
June 30, 2012
Transcript:
captain: some heroes have a bunch of villains, but none are much of a challenge. then some guys have one major arch foe...someone who is such a serious threat there's almost no need to have other villains!! captain: good think I have other villains... mr. negato: Then go bore them to death..
By the way, this inspired me to look up the etymology.
“Henchman” comes from the Middle English hengestman or “groom” (like in a stable; it’s a “bridle term”, not a “bridal term”), which comes from the Old English hengest, “stallion.” So literally a henchman is a guy who holds his boss’s horse, and it isn’t necessarily a pejorative term. Its non-obsolete meanings include “trusted follower” or “right-hand man.”