The protagonist in this comic, Davan, is loosely based on Milholland and the stories are often inspired by real life experiences.

In June 2004, faced with increasing complaints about his lateness in updating the comic, Milholland challenged his readership to donate enough money to pay for a year of his salary so that he could quit his job and become a full-time cartoonist.

[3][6][7] To his surprise, this amount was reached and surpassed in less than a month, making Milholland one of the successful pioneers of micropatronage.

Milholland said in news posts he expected the story to last for a few years, and provided it with its own website[14] on September 24, 2007.

Popeye is a newspaper comic strip from King Features Syndicate, starring an ornery sailor and a large cast of quirky characters.

[2] In January 2024, with Mickey Mouse's original version of Steamboat Willie becoming public domain, Milholland released the webcomic Mousetrapped.

[15] Set after the events of the short, the story follows Mickey struggling to make ends meet after getting fired by Pete and features a cast of other public domain cartoon characters.