"Winston was not in the actual graphic novel," explained McBride. "He's partners with Christopher Chance and also with Guerrero, who's played by Jackie Earle Haley. ... We protect people who have basically been marked for death by giving them a cover in order to keep them from being killed."
"I'm the BMF," he told MTV News. "You can't say what that stands for on television — there could be children watching."
As for his history with comics, McBride said his tastes have generally run to Marvel comic books rather than DC, "I like Frank Miller's stuff a lot. When I was coming up, I was really into Marvel, because I was really into the drawings of Jack Kirby. He's my favorite artist, as far as comics are concerned."
Human Target premieres Sunday, January 17, on FOX.