Mike Grell is a helluva nice guy and a helluva good artist…and I hear he's not bad at jousting, which is one of his current passions. That's right: Jousting. If you don't like it, you tell him. Me — I'm always respectful to a guy who jousts. Anyway, here's a link to his website and here's a separate link to a page whereupon he discusses the origin on a fine comic he did for years for DC called Warlord. The comic was always worth reading and so is his little essay about it.