…and we’re back! After hitting “pause” on this storyline almost a month ago so I could go off to Michigan to shoot Grey Skies, I’m finally able to hit “play” again with a new strip and the beginning of the end of this arc. As you can probably guess from the events of today’s strip, stopping the strip right before the “big moment” between cel and jefbot was agonizing, but I didn’t really have much choice. Hopefully, you either clearly remember everything leading up to this strip or have gone back through the archive a bit to refresh your memory.
For new readers or those who just need a refresher on what’s happening: click here to go to the beginning of this storyline, way back in JEFBOT.157_Social Distortion.
It’s good to be back! I missed you guys!!!
OH OH OH!!!!!!!!! *Does The Snoopy Dance and “Squees!”* Finally a kiss! This was sooooo perfect, and at the same time I laughed out loud. I would have said something along the same lines as Cel after “Go steady.” too, and I love how JB is blushing in the second panel.
I still maintain that it’s pop and not soda! 😛 Damn CF and his screaming “AIEEEEE!!” right at the moment everyone has been waiting for for a couple weeks now. Nice way to pick it all back up after being gone. So good to have you back Jeff, you were seriously missed! 😉
i’d be happy with a “snoopy dance” or a “squee” from you, Spanky, but i’m overjoyed to get both! so thanks for that and the welcome back. although i no doubt miss being on set, it feels so good to be back at the drawing board and this storyline.
funny, all the michigan people i met said “pop” too, so maybe we can all compromise and say “soda pop”? 😉
also – just curious, but why do you assume the “aieee!” is from the Cornfather? 🙂
Glad you are back… wait.. first time i comment!
thanks for the kind welcome and the comment, David! hope to see your comments on future strips.
I had to come back and comment again. *Le sigh* I love how you had JB cradle Cel’s chin in his hand, and caress her face whilst kissing her. One of the best things to do when kissing (and one of the best feelings in the world too!) Again, so glad you’re back! 😀 😀 😀
ha! you’re awesome, Spanks. and glad you approve of jefbot’s technique!
Spanky, it’s “Soda”, cause “Pop” is a sound, not a drink 😉
maybe we should all just agree to call it “fizzy, carbonated, sugar-beverage” from now on, Skooby77.
Welcome back, Jeff! Woohoo! First kiss!!! (I’m talking about me, not ‘bot and cel)
heheh. thanks, Stan. and congrats on that first kiss!!! 😉
Welcome back Jeff…Cornfather better be mortally wounded and not just trying to mess things up for Jeff..thats all I’m saying…(really…I know this is just a comic…I’m not one of those wierdo’s that get all ‘this is real’ over drawings…seriously…) *wonders about photo-shopping his face over jeff’s…..*
ha! if you need a higher-res version of the strip for your photoshopping needs, Hans, just let me know. and you believe it’s the Cornfather too, possibly trying to sabotage jefbot’s chances with cel, hm? well, it’s possible, but you’ll have to tune in next tuesday to find out for sure. 🙂
Hope you had fun with your time in my neck of the woods. But this strip is firckin amazing. The colors rock. and the tone of it is just like AWWWWWWWWWWWW I can’t wait for tuesday. And I hate tuesdays XD
i absolutely enjoyed my time in your neck of the woods, DJ! i wish i could’ve spent more time there, actually, and have been missing it since i left. really glad you liked the strip and thanks for the “awwww” – that’s pretty much exactly the tone i was going for.
Nerdgasm.
is that better than a geekgasm, estiveo?
Yessssssss! I knew it was coming….. It was well worth the month wait!!!
I enjoyed the guest strips, but I’m glad to have you back!!! So glad Jefbot got his
first kiss with a hot gamer girl!
thanks for the kudos and thanks for waiting for it, man! glad you dug it. 🙂
Great kiss… now does he get to second base? Inquiring immature people want to know. 🙂
mmMMmmaybe… but after that scream, ‘bot will be lucky to get back to first, Greg. 🙂
Thank God you’re back! I totally missed you. I can’t wait to find out about the “Aieeeee!!”
awwww… thanks, lor! missed you, too.
Welcome back, dood! The guest strips were awesome, but man it is great to have ya back on the beat. Seriously did it feel like time just flew by for you too? I thought maybe you two would be out there longer. Bet you miss it loads, huh? No worries, you’ll get booked for another movie real soon. With that in mind how do we common folk get the chance to view Grey Skies? I’d love to see it! <3
What a super sweet make out moment, if only moments like these didn’t happen once in a blue moon. JEFBOT’s set up was perfect I had no idea he had it in him. Antisocial AND a romantic, what a catch. xD
it’s great to be back, Foxmouse! but 100% yes, the time flew by. as soon as i got to the set i knew i’d better appreciate every minute of it, ‘cuz it’d be over before i knew it. i hope you’re right that i book another movie soon, cuz i miss being on set! as far as seeing it goes, Grey Skies should be out in some form (theaters, DVD, cable, etc.) in 2010. i’ll be sure and post about it when i hear something.
and glad you liked the set up and jefbot’s smooth moves! it was pretty much do-or-die time for him. 🙂
Welcome back!
That was sooo sweet, just one strip and you showed just who is boss here, all guest artists were great, but they just cant top this…
Going steady is great way to ask for serious relationship, kudos there. And I bet Cel knew exactly where will her kiss remark lead, but I bet she wasnt expecting THAT. One Sweet-flavored romantic-gentle-tasty kiss. WhoEVER held screaming contest there is sure to have a Skrul glaive comming his way.
But I also loved how Cel elboved Jefbot when teasing him, and I absolutely adore oogling right before kiss.
Once again, Welcome back!
PS: I hope you will find time to go through the tons of comments that stocked up while you were away.
thanks for the welcome and the compliments, Maryz! glad you liked the “going steady” line – there’s just no way jefbot would ask her out with a line that was completely serious or typical. and when cel said “we haven’t even kissed yet” jefbot knew his moment was at hand, and you’re right – cel wasn’t expecting that move, even though she might have been taunting him a bit. oh, and glad you liked that elbow – it took me a couple drafts to get that looking just right.
and yep, i did go through all the comments on the guest strips while i was away, and loved reading them! big thanks to you and everybody else who commented, for taking the time to give your opinions on the work of all those talented cartoonists. 🙂
FINALLY!! I knew it would happen soon! When my page was first loading (on my DSi) it looked like they kissed, and then realized they had drunk all that nasty ping-pong booze, haha!
I`m sure jefbot had no problemo with you putting a pause on the strip. After all, te pause was on him and cel staring at the sunset 🙂
welcome back! we missed your continuity! 😛
+5 geek points to you for loading JEFbot through your DSi, SonikkuWii! nasty ping pong booze definitely would’ve had me screaming. heheh. and yeah, i’m sure jefbot had no qualms about hanging out on the pier with cel, watching that sunset for so long. and thank you for the welcome back and for being a fan of the continuity, since a lot of big things are being set up within this storyline. 🙂
PS: Did i see tongue? 😛
almost! that scream put the kibosh on anything more than a light, romantic kiss, much to jefbot’s chagrin.
Welcome back bro! Hope you had a great time filming! Glad to have you back.
thanks, Ploute!!! filming was an absolute blast, but it feels great to be back at the helm of JEFbot once again!
and the plot thickens
yup. and things are just going to get crazier from here, ZachLight.
Haha finally a Jeffbot comic and finally the kiss happends. Hope you had fun doing your movie thing.
thanks, Nat! i didn’t want to keep the wait going any longer for that kiss. 🙂 and yeah, had so much fun doing that movie. was awesome.
The Kiss…:)
the kiss!!!
Welcome back JB. Much as i enjoyed the guest strips, its heart warming to see your artwork again, and what a return. Bravo! Encore!
returning to comments like yours warms my heart to no end, dv. thanks, man! 🙂
Nice to have you back, Jeff. Can’t wait ’til Tuesday.
woo-hoo! thanks, Jeff!
Is that first base? Go J-bot Go!
first base accomplished, CheddarMan, but after that scream, the base coach is telling him to stay put, and not try for second. 🙂
i seriously agree with Hans there…CF better be in a dire situation…harharhar….maybe Musashi kicked him or something….lolz…good to have you back here JB…(and i’m blaming you for getting me hooked to PCWeenies)…..
we still don’t know just who screamed yet, JF3 – or more importantly: why. although i like the idea of Musashi causing the Cornfather to scream out like that. heheh. he would’ve had to have kicked him someplace extremely tender to make an impact with those little hamster feet. 🙂
and i’m happy to take the blame for hooking you on The PC Weenies – it’s fantastic!
*Clap Clap Clap*
Beautiful man just beautiful!
*Wipes tear from eye*
see, Tystarr – this is why i need to start selling JEFbot-branded tissues in the BOTshop. heheh. thanks for the claps and tears, man. 🙂
Welcome back Schuetze. Looks like the Odie dispenser’s enjoying the sunset too.
thanks, speearr! and yes, Odie dispensers enjoy sunsets, too. 🙂
d’aaaaaaaawwwwww….
Ah, crap. Now you’re making me miss my boyfriend… all far away ‘n shtuffsh…
Meh…
Anyways, great comic. One thing that kinda made my brain go “Gwuargh, this is not right” is that on the kiss panel itself:
a: they are glowing.
b: they are lighted just a little differently from each other, or something. It looks almost like they’ve been photoshopped together like that, and Jefbot’s hand has, for me, the unsettling impression of floating in eerie silence several inches away from Cel’s face, unattached to anything else.
Of course, the caveat there is that you’re working with people of two different skin tones in a style that is hyperreal in some ways (lighting and shading especially) and cartoony in others (shapes and, prominently, the presence of outlines), so achieving any kind of bodily contact in a way that looks smooth to everyone is going to be difficult.
At least you don’t have to deal with a crappy camera screwing up your shots. My camera… my ex-camera–I recently may or may not have become enraged and pulled a Hulk-smash on it, calling to mind Monty Python’s ex-parrot–had a tendency to shift shots taken indoors into the blue end of the spectrum. So the options were OMGBLUE or turn on every light in the room and hope it was yellow enough.
Aaaanyways… yeah. That’s my… *checks how long I’ve been ranting* seven dollars, eighteen cents, breath mint and a pile of pocket lint.
sorry for making you miss your boyfriend, Drakey. you should call him immediately and tell him how much you miss him. 🙂 see!? i need to be selling those JEFbot tissues or hankies immediately!
as for:
a) yep. on purpose. i wanted to give it a kind of magical, special feeling for their first kiss.
b) really? i think the “lighting” is just their skin tones. remember, jefbot is half asian so has yellow(ish) skin. and maybe it’s just the color calibration on my monitors but his hand doesn’t look “floaty” to me – i intentionally put shadows on cel’s face from bot’s hand so that you could tell they were touching. weird.
thanks for the $7.18!
Welcome Back!!! – can’t wait for the next strip. Good story arc in this.
feels so good to be back and talking to you all again, epikto! i totally missed this while i was away. and glad you’re digging this arc – not many strips left in the storyline.
@Jeff:
I think part of it may be that Jefbot’s head is at an angle that my brain labels as “impossible”, or at the very least uncomfortable.
He looks like his forehead is a little too far forward.
I believe CF did the screaming, because he screams like that. Or at least he has in past strips. That is how I narrowed it down. *shrug* 😛 😉
Bot is BACK, baby!!! Great strip, man! Really love this one, man. The colors, the dialogue, and the KISS!!!! Way to knock it outta the park on your first strip back.