I’ve wanted to get Wil Wheaton back into the strip since jefbot first began his unhealthy obsession with the guy over two years and two hundred strips ago. Knowing Wil’s advocacy of all things geek and gaming, I thought this storyline would be the perfect way to bring him back into jefbot’s world, and this time in person, no less! Big thanks to Wil for indulging me the use of his character, and for having such a great sense of humor about all this.
I’m sure most, if not all, of you already check out Wil’s blog, but if not, get over there, posthaste:
• WWdN: In Exile
Original Wil Wheaton Storyline:
• JEFBOT.66_Force of Wil
• JEFBOT.67_Wil Power
• JEFBOT.68_Wil to Fight
Beginning of the current storyline:
• JEFBOT.272_Going Postal
traiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! ooops..i meant….run willl! ruuuuuuuunnnn!
that’s probably good advice, t_d! maybe cel will warn Wil. 😉
oh, and the future’s so bright, you gotta wear the Shades of Firsting, right?
😎
i get the shades??!! *tear in eye* you like me,you really like me!
2 big secrets….
1-i’m on the east cost.it’s was after 6 am here and i was up getting ready for work
2-you thanked “flipandbarrel” on twitter for the early retweets…that was me.Flip and Barrel is the strip that i’m co-writer and co-artist on.)
Jefbot got the comic up laaate today…I was up around 5:30am here EST, and *sniffle* no new comic…I was worried, then sad, then angry…I felt neglected, dejected, and alittle crampy…ROTF*snort* HA!
yeah, was so busy looking for new places to live (i had one appointment at 7:30pm last night) that i was up ’til about 4:00am getting this strip done. sorry for all the emotions (and cramping) i put you through. 😉
but it’s up! now i just need massive doses of caffeine to stay conscious while at work today. 🙂
Is ok, my husband said you can come to MI and stay with us! You’d have to sleep on an old couch with a stinky dog or 2…but hey, it’s dry and free!! LMAO 😉
(good luck on your place search *hugs*)
sweet! now all i gotta do is finish the JEFbot book so i can start touring comic conventions with it. who knows – i may just be ringing your doorbell in 2011, so get that couch ready. 😀
I might just have room for a few awesome people if they ever want to come to England *subtle hint* ^_^
yep! you get the shades, t_d. wear them with style. 🙂
1) ooh, east coast firsting stealth attack. i like it.
2) you’re flipandbarrel? sweet!
Blast missed the Spectacles of Firstness (I went to get the car out) & what is tyler_durden doing up at 3.44am? Oh well. Strip is great fun and I have been waiting to see what Jefbot would say to W W first up.
looks like t_d snuck in on east coast time, Rod Lane! sneaky guy.
glad you liked the strip – i thought going understated was the way to go with bot and Wil’s first encounter. of course, it’s all gonna escalate from here. 🙂
Nyah!!! How the frak did he do that?! Jefbot has ninja skills!
But he should be careful who he sneaks up on; one day, he might learn a painful lesson.
“friend”, cel? Your “friend”?! There’s a whole lot of video/camera-phone evidence to support the case that he might be a little more than your friend.
well, he is half Japanese, AdM, so of course he has ninja skills. heh. but you’re absolutely right – he better be careful on who he uses those skills; there’s always a faster/deadlier ninja out there.
yeah, jefbot can’t be too happy with being called a “friend.” but how else is cel to define the relationship? they aren’t “going steady” yet, right?
Pfft. I have black cousins, doesn’t mean any of them can dance. :p
I thought “good friend” was code for “person I like more than a friend but I’m not in a relationship with”?
Of course, I’m probably not the best judge. I have several different levels that most people don’t use, but you have to think about these things when you’re planning to rule the world. A Super Villianess has to be very careful about who she allows to get close. ^_^ Which reminds me, I’m now recruiting Minions and Mad (oh, sorry, must be PC – “Differently Sane”) Scientists; if anyone’s interested, let me know.
yeah, that’s pretty much code for what you said, AdM, but it’s possible cel doesn’t consider herself and bot to be in a relationship. or worse, she does, and she just doesn’t want Wil to know that. either way, jefbot can’t be happy with being called a “friend.”
good luck with your super villainy! sign me up for “mad scientist” – i have a chemistry set that hasn’t gotten use in years. 😀
Uh oh… *dramatic chords* Poor Jefbot. 🙁
Excellent! ^_^ Glad to have you aboard! I’m very good to my underlings and partners in villainy – but mercilessly crush those who oppose me. Of course, it helps to have ninjas at your disposal. *dark chuckle* ^_^
I respect the heck out of Wil Wheaton.
He so very easily could have become a complete train wreck, and he’s this great guy who seems to genuinely enjoy whatever he does.
yeah, Wil’s pretty rad, Sarah W. no question.
Though I will concede the Wheaton may be pretty rad (key word is may) I still think of the whinny little bitch boy Wesly Crusher (puke puke puke puke puke). And that is not rad. Though will admit Will did good job in “Toy Soldiers”. Rambling time to edit and get to point. Glad Wheaton has sense of humor and hope he remembers it in dealing with the bot.
bot’s hatred for Wil burned even before ST:TNG, Will B – he was hating on him in Stand By Me! (which Wil was really good in, btw.) it’s been so long since i’ve seen Toy Soldiers that i don’t really remember his performance in that, though. may have to check that out on instant Netflix, if it’s available. and yes, let’s hope (for jefbot’s sake) that WW’s sense of humor holds up in the strip as well as it does in real life. 🙂
GO JEFBOT!
HAHA! Good to see Jefbot can do sneaky. Funny sneky no less. Now we know he and Wil went to school together. The question is: Does Wil remember Jefbot or does he not want to?
I wonder where Cel and Wil know each other from.
WOO!
yep, jefbot can totally do sneaky, Maryz! especially when he’s got the nerd rage going. 🙂
oh, and jefbot and Wil didn’t go to school together. while jefbot auditioned for Stand by Me at school, Wil must have auditioned in more traditional ways. probably through his agent and a casting director.
as for how Wil and cel know each other – that’ll be explained soon…
Must be part of the skills genetically inherited by those that are the “axis of evil made of flesh”. Its obvious Jefbot has the makings of a supervillian.
Yeah, JB may use the “Offscreen Teleportation” like the zombie/monster/psycho in horror movies.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffscreenTeleportation
it’s a handy power, ContableEnorme. 😉
I picture it sounding like Hannibal Lecter “Hello Wil…* succulent sound*
heheh. good call, Prophet. i imagine jefbot being totally monotone and emotionless. but, you know, he’s always up for a nice chianti and fava beans.
ha! funny how you figured jefbot would make a great supervillain instead of a superhero, Prophet! couldn’t he use his axis powers for good? nah, i think you’re right. heheh.
Nah nah I can’t see it happening. I can see an anti-hero maayybe. =P
Reminds me of the relationship between Wheaton and Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory 😀
Now lets see who will get jealous first 😀
yup, a lot of people are getting that vibe, Eddie. gonna try and stay away from the whole “Evil Wil Wheaton” angle, but you never know. 🙂
*squeals in Geek Girl Glee* YAY!
Two of my favorite mancubs in the same frame. Whatever shall a girl do?!
Jeff, I’m once again impressed by your attention to detail. Wil’s facial hair looks amazing.
Will cel ever look less…how do I put this nicely? Schelp-y? I mean she;’s a beautiful girl. Will she ever use it? I get the whole smoky eyes are sexy thing just curious if she will ever use her feminine wiles and look more…girly
Mancub sandwich time?? WOO HOO!! Poor geek boys won’t know what hit ’em!! 😉
Mmmmmm Mancub sammich! Clutch the pearls I do declah dahlin.
thanks, Pixie! there’s a ton of geekiness going on in today’s strip, so the sound of a Geek Girl Squeal is like music to my ears. 😀
glad you like Wil’s facial hair, especially cuz i originally just had it as a darker tone on his face, but it just looked more “Wheaton-esque” with the drawn-in beard.
hmmm… i actively try not to make cel too “girly” with her poses or outfits. seems most women represented in comics are super-hot, with impossible proportions, and stand in outrageous model poses, jutting their curvy parts out, and i wanted cel to be different. (and i think that in itself makes her sexy in her own way.) that said, she’s certain to have something more revealing than tees and hoodies in her closet, and someday, she might just put that something on. that will be the day jefbot’s brain melts and leaks out of his ears, and he will go to nerdvana a happy man.
Oh I wait for that day with bated breath my JB daaaaaahhhhlink.
And I agree, a lot of the comic girls are so incredibly fake looking it’s difficult for those of us that don’t look like Barbie dolls. I love that cel is not all chesty and has a wasp thin waist. I just can’t wait to see her all girly and stuff!
i hear ya – and it’ll be even hotter when she dresses sexy, cuz of all the non-hot stuff she wears. maybe she just needs someone to give her some fashion tips. care to be the Rizzo to her Sandra Dee, Pixie? 😉
Well DUH!!!!! Are we talking intouch with her inner Goth Girl? Maybe something cutesy and sweet a la Lolita? Or should I just tramp her up latina style? I has a cited!!!!!!!!
hard choices! i’d love to see her sporting all those outfits, Pix! (not at the same time of course.)
I approve heartily! ^_^ Of course, I’d tend more towards Gothic Lolita or Burlesque Beauty, but that’s just me. Cel looks great as she is; I’m damn certain she’d rock any look she cared to try. ^_^
Don’t scare the poor man. He might accidentally crap himself and have to leave XD Great strip bot
thanks, DJ! and yeah, cel would probably look down upon jefbot making the “Special Guest” crap his pants before the opening ceremony. 🙂
*little geek girl dance of joy* Wil Wheaton is here, Wil Wheaton is here!! Uh…friends with Cel? OMG How do I sign up??? Again, love the backgrounds…oh and Wil’s nose is soooo cute!! HA!
I’m partial to the slightly raised eyebrow in the first panel. Jeff, you did an awesome job on comic-Wil!
I bet it was the Power of Scrawn that allowed Jefbot to slip from behind cel to behind Wil unnoticed. Go Power of Scrawn! I really can’t wait to see how this meeting plays out.
I was disappointed to go to wwdn and see NOTHING about this comic on his blog yet. I know he is in Canada working on something or other at the moment tho, so hopefully there will be a post on it soon. 😀
thanks Shanna! i love your new avatar! heheh. very cool.
and glad you like Wil in that first panel – i’m not good at doing caricatures, so it took me forever to do. hopefully, as i continue to draw him in this storyline, he’ll become easier to draw and his likeness will get closer to the real Wil.
yes, i’m sure the Power of Scrawn had something to do with bot’s speedy movements, Shanna! the Power of Chub just wouldn’t have worked, methinks. heheh.
and as for Wil not mentioning JEFbot on his blog – i’m just glad he hasn’t asked me to take the strip down! 😀
Don’t forget that good ol’ Wealth of Stealth, Jeff; every ninja has it…
true dat, reynard61!
yay for “geek girl dances,” ESQ! seems i need to get Wil in the strip more often with all the celebrating going on! 😀
and yep, turns out Wil’s friends with cel, which probably isn’t making jefbot too happy, right now.
dun dun dunnnnn
yup. a dun dun dunnnn would be totally appropriate here, jf#300. 🙂
The time has come for Wil to face his role stealing ways. Very funny, bot. I love your faces in all the panels, especially the last one. Super excited to “tune” in next time to see what you do to Wil! I hope it has something to do with tribbles. 😉
thanks, MC! and yes, maybe tribbles, or maybe the Legion of Super-Heroes. 😉
I can just hear Bot saing “Hello, Wil.” in that quiet “I’m going to beat you” sort of way. Just so evil sounding. xD
All he needs is the cackle or the savoring sound Hannibal Lecter likes to use.
heheh. yeah, bot definitely delivers that line in a quiet, understated way, which makes it even more creepy and evil, TCG!
Prophet’s “Hannibal Lecter” delivery would be a good way to go. in my mind i’m hearing a sort of “HAL” type delivery, also. “Hello, Wil.” creeeeepy. 🙂
Go Jefbot with the surprise attack! Excellent last frame!
Did Cel and Wil have a fling? Please don’t tell me they’re just friends…
Great job as always!
gracias, Funnyshaffer! and jefbot’s not gonna be happy, even if cel and Wil didn’t have a fling. but if they did, his nerd rage is gonna go to 11, for sure.
Interesting… tell me, on a scale of 1 to octopus, where do you think the nerd rage is about now?
More to the point; how far would it go if there’d been a little Cel/Wheaton action?
I wonder what he’s reaching for in the first panel….what’s the avatar web-linky thing? tired of having a blank face!!! Jefbot shadowstepped, awesomeness!!!!!!
It’s Gravatar.com. It’s supposed to be some sort of universal avatar that can be used everywhere, but this is the only place mine seems to show up.
after i drew Wil’s pose (which i was trying to visually parallel with jefbot’s pose from the previous strip) i thought it looked kinda suggestive too, o0Edit0o. he’s supposed to be giving a little wave, not grabbing for anything grabby. 😉
and yeah, as Shanna mentioned, check out Gravatar.com if you wanna customize your avatar.
Is anyone else reminded of the Seinfeld-Newman Rivalry? ‘Hello, Newman.’ | ‘Hello, Jerry.’
yeah, that Seinfeld/Newman delivery would work perfectly with, “Hello, Wil.” i approve, o0Edit0o! 🙂
Is Jefbot even old enough to have a rivalry with Wil Wheaton? I pictured him in his mid to late 20’s at best, but if Wil Wheaton is his contemporary, that puts him in his mid 30’s.
Jefbot certainly looks good for his age. He pickles well.
yep, i’m totally old enough. seems us half-asians age well, Jules. 😉
… uh oh. and the lol-missles & or hellfire rockets are for comedy emergencies. like Rosie o Donald.
cool. good to know, Anime fan; i have comedy emergencies all the time.
Best way I can think of to describe Jefbot’s movements between panels 2 and 4 is: NINJA POOFING POWERS GO! Why? Because he totally pulled a ninja and we all know it.
Awesome work Jeff, can’t wait for Friday.
hey, Fijiman – yup, jefbot was totally rocking the NPPG! 😀
and thanks, see you on friday!
OHMYGOD! Jefbot’s a ninja?! XD
nerd rage + power of scrawn = ninja skills, apparently, rinthia. 😉
oh snap! I smell a donkey kong showdown!!!
Really? Because I smell a hamster ambush. The little guy’s still missing from back at the end of the beach arc.
Mu’s story will be told eventually, Ryurei. for now, all i can say is this: Mu Lives!
your olfactory sense serves you well, Steve!
Nice rendition of Wil’s face; a touch skinny, perhaps, but recognizable! 😉 I love how bot managed to scare Cel, who ought to have been able to track his movements. Since she’s goth!ninja, after all…bot’s glarey-face in panel 2 is amazingly funny.
glad Wil’s recognizable, Tiana! i think i draw all the characters in JEFbot skinnier than their real-life counterparts. except for the Cornfather; in real life he’s lost over 70 pounds! but he’s funnier (in the comic strip at least) chubby. 🙂
The Cornfather cannot lose the Power of Chub! The balance would shift to the side of Scrawn! The balance must be maintained!
I agree! Those of us on the side of the Chub need all the help we can get! And I’m trying to recruit others. Y’all are too SKINNY! Let me feed you!
Pernil with onions and mojo. Rice and beans! Gorilla Bread. Must fatten up the scrawn!
“Cel! So great to see you AGAIN.”
AGAIN?!! Oh, this gal is gonna have to answer so many questions.
I can “feel” Jef’s hatred in the second panel and the despise in the last panel. Works for me. Still hoping for blood, jef. Someday you’re gonna have to do it. I’m the puertorican victorian goth you got in this place.
*evil laugh of doom*
Or perhaps I’ll get more if I just offer you some evil hugs?
*manical smile of doom* <– this one is scary. trust me 8D
How in the world can I get an image for my avatar?! I’m getting bored of the anonymous face!!!!
head over to Gravatar.com to get an avatar, Sonitan. if you have any probs with it, lemme know.
yup, Sonitan: again. *diabolical laugh of doom*
glad you can feel bot’s dark emotions flowing through the panels – let me know if you can still feel them in the next strip…
hmm… maybe jefbot will have to hire a puertorican victorian goth assassin, so as to avoid getting his hands bloody. 😉
*maniacal smile of doom* <- what the heck!? i was just starting to get comfortable with your *evil laugh* and *diabolical laugh* of doom! *shivers*
…I’m starting to think that I should ask the diabolical Ms. Sonitan to join me in forging my villainous empire.
I will join you if I get to have my very own county or castle of doom for me to rule over in all maniacally and evil ways.
Absolutely! I would consider anything less to be an insult to us both!
I’m up for hire by you if you’re interested 8D
I also have a huge inventory of weapons of doom at my disposal. We can always arrange a “meeting”.
*diabolical laugh of doom*
*ponderous stare* … I like you. You are awesome. *nods*
why thank you so much!
HAHAHAHA! Wow We PR’s are a blood thirsty bunch. I would do an evil laugh thing but it’s much more disconcerting if I just giggle.
People learn to beware my Cute. When I Cute, it means I am or have been plotting.
^_^
Indeed we are.
*utterly proud and not ashamed to admir it*
:O
I wonder how long until he tries to murder him…
Awesome