Based on the very first Ling Master short story from Blaster Al Ackerman's pen. The closest there is to an "origin story".
Story and art © 2004—2009 Al Ackerman & E. J. Barnes. Pictured sample: Page 3.
An online version of the line art for the full seven-page Confessions of an American Ling Master is available for FREE at the Literate Machine.
Collected in the 28-page digest-sized mini-comic, Tales of the Ling Master #1, $3.00 USD, plus $1.50 shipping within USA.
Tales of the Ling Master #1 is also downloadable on The Literate Machine.