[5] The webcomic has been highly praised, leading to a publishing deal with Dark Horse Comics for both a limited online and print run.

This is not to say that the comic is entirely chaotic: the main characters and their relationships stay consistent, there are persistent world-building elements (most notably the shapeshifting properties of being splattered with blood or a fruit's juice), and a number of powers and items recur (e.g. the hypnotize button on Axe Cop's wrist has not been mentioned again, but the robot arms in his mustache are explained).

Ethan Nicolle had already written the critically praised graphic novel Chumble Spuzz when he got the idea to write Axe Cop.

[7] At the time, the elder Nicolle was working on a graphic novel that he wanted to release as a webcomic, and he intended to use Axe Cop as a way of practicing the medium.

With help of the Gotham Entertainment Group, Nicolle found that both he and Dark Horse Comics had the same level of interest in the publishing deal, and accepted their offer.

[20] Axe Cop made a cameo appearance in the second issue of the indie comic book series, The Danger-Squad created by Duran Rivera and published by CrinkleCo Studios.