norton created the characters for "battlepug" in a rush to create a t-shirt for ifanboy.com. in february 2011, norton launched his webcomic, "battlepug". a dark-humored, fantasy-genred revenge story, "battlepug" is about the last surviving member of the kinmundian tribe known only as "the warrior", his steed, the "battlepug", and their traveling companion, scrabbly. the story is narrated by moll, who recounts the tale to her talking dogs, a pug named mingo and a french bulldog named colfax. the first year of strips was collected into a hardcover by dark horse comics and released july 4, 2012.