I started with the idea of the Capitalist Pig character so that I’d have someone for my rabbit to argue with about matters of money and financial success, since I figured my own internal conflicts on the issue might provide some interesting comics.  I haven’t really used him as much as I thought I might, but recent economic times have given me some cause to push him toward the front a little more.  That, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to throw in an occasional slightly-more topical strip to break up the pornography.