Son of Sammy: Comic Book Resources talks to comics creator Azad about the upcoming A Very Sammy Day one-shot from Image Comics:

"Much of the misery I put Sammy through is inspired from personal experiences. A lot of it is kind of ordinary stuff that I embellish or exaggerated.

"For example, in the first mini series, Sammy has to deal with a phone operator in Acapulco who doesn't speak English, and she keeps transferring him around until he blows his stack. That incident, down to me trashing my room in my underwear out of frustration (yes more info than you need to know) happened almost verbatim. In my case, tough, I think I knocked over a chair or two, but Sammy trashes the room like a rock star.

"Otherwise, I'm pretty clumsy and about as unlucky as anyone else I suppose."