So this probably isn’t the way jefbot rehearsed confronting Wil Wheaton after all these years. Maybe bot should have stuck to the Donkey Kong Jr. challenge he proposed oh so long ago instead of talking it out. Now that it’s out there though, will Wil be cool with it? Or will he have some Nerd Rage of his own?
First?
yup! the strip went up a little later than usual, Shanna, so i was wondering who would get the Shades of Firsting this time. wear them with pride: 😎
Oh yea! Oh yea! I only stand a chance on the days you are REALLY late.
I was waiting for something like this to happen between Jefbot and Wil, and I knew it had to be coming. Jefbot couldn’t possibly NOT broach the subject that was eating him. That’s very mature of him to say he’s over it.
I love the contrast between Wil and Jefbot here. It is almost to the point of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Wil is very realistically drawn and Jefbot is a total cartoon drawing. It makes for an interesting contrast.
that’s the power of the beard/mustache combo, everything looks realer with a beard!
yup, yup!
doesn’t matter how or when you get the Shades, Shanna, only that you get ’em!
and you’re right – jefbot couldn’t not broach the subject with Wil sitting right there. sure, he could’ve just held onto his Nerd Rage by keeping it secret, but then again, this might be his only chance!
and glad you like the contrast between Wil and bot. if i were a better caricaturist (i’m working on it!), i could probably convey WW with just a few lines in a very cartoony way, but until then, the Roger Rabbit contrast stays. 🙂
YAY SHanna!!!
Thanks, ESQ! 😀
Oh dear. I hope the relationship doesn’t go backwards :S Jefbot did say he was over it though, so hopefully…
it’s possible their friendship could slip, Maia, but you’re right – jefbot did at least say he was over it, even if he was a little too forceful in saying it. 🙂
… rly?
yep, rly!
now that’s a serious grudge!
indeed, t_d! bot’s been holding onto that grudge for a loOong time! probably so long he doesn’t even remember why it was so important for him to hold onto it to begin with.
bahaha
heheh.
Well…..I…I just don’t know what to say.
Something is going to happen. I feel it in my lil Pixie bones.
Excellent drawing and storyline as usual Jeffbot dahhhlink.
Mayhaps they will be come good friends and it will take up a lot of his time and Cel will do the smack down? I dunno…I’m kind of….I dunno.
I’m hoping for blood, Pixie. Not for happily ever after!!!
BLOOD!!!!
Yeah…I’m feeling a little… Dissatisfied? Not that I hate the strip or anything (Your biggest Cheerleader here) it sort of feels….Anticlimactic I guess is the word I’m looking for. But I just KNOW Jeff will not let us down. He loves his Harem Girls
i can’t guarantee there will be blood, Sonitan, but i’m not saying there’ll be a “happily ever after” either!
don’t worry, Pixie, the climax of this storyline hasn’t happened quite yet, but it’ll be here very, very soon! i’ll try not to let the Harem down. 😉
…but are you? I love the last frame! Zero to rage in under 20 seconds! Grudge on… Great strip Jefbot!
thanks, Funnyshaffer! i think if bot worked at it, he could go 0 to Rage in 1 second, flat.
…Love the strip and the whole storyline…but was beginning to worry when I didn’t see it earlier! Is it okay now to admit that I love WW? 🙂
HAHAHA Jefbot’s mom is a Wil Wheaton lover!! WOO HOO!!! You go, Mombot!!
Is your mom a closet geek or what?
MomBot FTW!
She is my hero!
If I wasn’t a Mombot fan before (and I was), I am now! That’s too awesome.
it’s not okay, Mombot. it’s not okay!!!
that said, i believe “the Harem” has spoken, so in a complete reversal it is, in fact, okay.
🙂
hehehe I’m part of “the Harem” I feel like I belong <3 yay! Don't forget AdM she's part of it too 😀
most def, ESQ!
So…did this encounter…you telling Wil Wheaton this..did something like this happen? I’ve seen Wil Wheaton actually tweet you and stuff…
OMG over 20 years ago…I feel…old…
OMG YOU could have been Wesley Crusher…YOU could be the one Sheldon Cooper hates on “Big Bang Theory”… YOU probably want me to shut up right about now LOL
*sigh* Argument by Atari screen light…
i never had as much Wheaton Rage as jefbot does in this webcomic, ESQ, but i probably did have some traces of it when i did that “I Hate Wil Wheaton” strip from a couple years back. it was Wil’s response to it: posting a link to the strip in his blog, tweeting about it, and generally having an amazing sense of humor about it, that completely changed my opinion of the guy. i’ve exchanged e-mails and tweets with him on occasion since then, and while we aren’t as chummy as bot and him have been in the past couple strips, we do have a rapport now. in fact, before i started this storyline, i emailed him the basic synopsis to get his approval before i began drawing. approval was attained, thus the strips you see before you.
and when you put it the way you did in your “OMG” paragraph, my Wheaton Rage now exceeds jefbot’s! AAARRGGHHH!!! WHHHEEEAATTOONNN!!!
Here we go. -rolls eyes-
On a side note, check out the reply I made to your comment last page. You shall lol till it huurtz.
i’ve actually played a character billed as “Friend #2” in a movie i did a long time ago, Anime fan. heheh. and i have no problems with “Gerrard.” send the contract to my agent. 😉
Do yo mind if it show up in the form of a rock through your window? Here at F.I.R.E. are kind of stuck with Ghetto tech. At least in your area. lol
no rocks or ghetto tech if it can be avoided, Anime fan. thanks. 🙂
God! Why does WW have to make a big deal out of nothing! JB SAID he was over it! What is with this guy!!??
totally, Slave1! bot needs to snap out of it and go OFF on WW!!! or continue playing Atari. whatever works. 🙂
Hey, sorry it’s been so long since I commented, but there’s this truly epic game that’s being developed by fans, featuring almost EVERY arcade game ever made, and I thought I should share a link to the most current trailer I could actively find. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7VWxHGU4o if that doesn’t automatically parse, then just copy and paste into your browser URL. It’s called Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, and it is the most epic game ever conceived. There’s a link to the most recent demo on the youtube page.
hey, nice to see you back here, NeoDarklight! and i just took a look at that link you posted and WOW. you weren’t exaggerating when you said this game was “truly epic.” i couldn’t even count how many game references were jammed in there but they pretty much had me just mashing up Super Mario / Mega Man / Ghost ‘n Goblins. sweet.
XD Grudges are funny years later
it’s true. i have a bunch of ’em i still hold onto, rinthia. 🙂
And here I thought that Jefbot was gonna leave things be. For shame. Granted WW is at fault for pushing the subject that JB brought up…..
Donkey Kong anyone?
if there’s one thing we’ve learned in this strip it’s that jefbot can never leave things be, TCG! …unlike myself, of course. *ahem*
Loved the Jefbot tone in this one.
thanks, uh, “Anonymous.” is that you, sis?
Well that answers that question. Can’t wait to see what happens next, but I’ll have to because I wont be anywhere near the computer for the rest of the week. It is going to suck.
no prob, Fijiman. i’m going to be moving to a new apartment next Monday, so that in combination with thanksgiving is gonna make for some late strips. see ya when you get back!
YES!!!!!!!
Feel the RAGE!!!!!!!
*diabolical laugh of doom*
I’m a happy clam now. Utterly happy. BLOOD!!! THE GODS EXPECT BLOOD!!!! Die Will! DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!!!
*runs away laughing maniacally*
I just can’t stand the dude. Augh!
Darn… I was trying to be first… but then I had to go to work at 12 and just got home (it’s 10pm right now)… Oh well. Maybe some other day I’ll make it to first. I’m still happy. 8D
you must calm your blood lust, Sonitan!!! i fear if you don’t get the blood you’re expecting from JEFbot, you might seek it out from other sources. namely, the creator of the strip… 🙁
i’m sure you’ll get First someday! keep the dream alive!!! heheh.
Hmmmm… IF I get the so needed blood from you… will I be able to make a clon?
*evil laugh of doom*
Duel to the death! doooo eeet! dooo eeet now!
dat wood be fantahstick, Prophet!
I’ve so totally done that… And it went pretty much the same way. 😛
hey, Eptha! glad to see you back here. 🙂
and glad you could relate to the strip today!
Nice! I know exactly how that goes…I’ve had to broach subjects like that before with people I’ve had problems with. Sometimes it went better than that, with them laughing it off or us talking about it in a rational way. Sometimes it didn’t, and the friendships never recovered. I’m glad Bot and WW seem to be managing better than the second option…
yeah, it’s so hard to know how people are going to react sometimes, Tiana. sometimes i’ll assume it’s not going to be a big deal and the person explodes, while other times i think the person’s gonna lose it and they take it in stride. ah, well. i guess that’s why people are interesting. heheh. we’ll find out if the situation between Wil and bot escalates in the next strip!
aye, he’s about to blow… so i Stand By Me theory floated in me comment on strip no. 292… it’s long-simmering Thespian Rage more than nerd rage! all ye have to do is look at the faces: to mr. wheaton, it’s ancient history, but to mr. bot, it’s still a fresh wound!
“…Stand By Me theory…” heheh. nice, Kim. yes, the Thespian Rage still simmers! whether it will come to a boil or fizzle out will be revealed in the next strip! oh, and good read on the faces: that’s exactly what’s going on with those two. 🙂
JUST STAB WHEATON ALREADY!!! DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!
Agreed!
JB is a chicken, thats why he wont stab WW. or maybe he’s a turkey? happy thanksgiving.
or it could be that bot doesn’t want to go to jail! especially on thanksgiving. 😉
what would you have jefbot stab Wil with, John? the Atari joystick? maybe there’s a replica of a Covenant Energy Sword in there somewhere! 🙂
On a completely unrelated subject…….
Happy Turkey Noming Day Jeff and the entire Bot family from the Harem and Mancubs!
Hope everyone gets thier absolute fill….in time for black friday. Anyone else braving the craziness? Other than myself and the #1 Mancub? (That would be Hubby Bubby)
*dashes off to finish working, decorate the office, drive home, make candied yams and put it in the fridge for baking in the morning. Then going to experiment with my new instyler to see how straight I can get my hair.*
I braved the crazies once….Never again! That’s what the interwebs is for 😉
Have a safe and happy holiday!
“that’s what the interwebs is for.” my sentiments exactly, Kiltorea!
I will be far away from any stores on Friday – out in the middle of nowhere in the Colorado foothills. Any sales I take advantage of will have to be online or on the weekend.
Have a great Thanksgiving to all the American readers. Let’s just hope that nothing happens at Lor’s house this year like the great chain reaction of 2007: http://www.jeffschuetze.com/2008/11/28/jefbot98_chain-reaction/!
ha! well, that didn’t happen again, Shanna, but other stuff did. i can’t even go into it, cuz it’s so crazy and dramatic and you probably wouldn’t believe me anyway. let’s just say Thanksgiving was very much a sitcom this year. not really in a good way, either.
hope yours turned out better than the Schuetze family’s! 🙂
I’m sorry it wasn’t sitcom-in-a-good-way. But at least that sounds like fodder for future Thanksgiving Jefbot comics! I can’t imaging the whole chain reaction thing was a lot of fun at the time, either. Well, ok, maybe it was funny then to those not coming in contact with the napkin. *snort*
Just answer me this: Was Xinda the perpetrator of the craziness? She does have a bit of a rep for such things (even when unintentional – I can’t imagine even her fiendish brain planning the whole barf thing). 😉
for legal reasons, i probably can’t put the subject matter of this year’s Schuetze Thanksgiving into the strip. -not kidding- but you’re right, next year we’ll probably have a big laugh about it! well, maybe not, but one can hope, right?
and to avoid escalating tensions further, i’ll diplomatically say that “Xinda” wasn’t the sole perpetrator of the craziness, but she was a big factor. heheh. i guess that wasn’t very diplomatic. all is good now, though (mostly). she came over today and helped me plan my monday move to the new apartment! 😀
*whimper* alas due to priorities I will not be part of the black friday fiasco T_T. Instead I will be in the wilderness camping and conserving the battery life of my phone,psp,itouch,netbook and camera. Spare batteries and portable chargers are ready.I’ll be looking at the specials if I can get a signal out there only to lull me to sleep at all the things I wish I could buy *BIG SIGH*
out in the wilderness with all that tech – sounds like my kind of camping trip, Prophet! plus, your pocketbook will thank you later. 😉
yes, i hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving!!! especially all you JEFbot readers! you’ve given me a lot to be thankful for this year, no doubt!
i’m not venturing out into the Black Friday madness – unless you count me logging into Amazon to see what deals they’ll be giving. sadly, most of the day will be spent moving tons of stuff to my new apartment in prep for the movers coming on Monday to move all my big stuff (refrig, couches, bookshelves, etc.)
Jefbot HAD to go and say it.
yup. he couldn’t fight what’s in his nature, Maryz! 🙂
Maybe we should have North and South Korea get together to play Atari 2600 to smooth things over. I hear it’s pretty new, exciting gaming technology for the North Koreans.
yes, either the 2600 or perhaps a game of Starcraft, Stan. heheh.
Jefbot needs to learn how to let things got like The Cornfather. You don’t see The Cornfather freaking out over a lost part from 20 years ago. …maybe a lost part from 20 MINUTES ago. 😉
No, really amazing strip, bot. Love the facial expressions. Especially the ones in the last panel.
thanks, MC! maybe the Cornfather can mediate the discussions between Wil and bot. 😉
I’ve really enjoyed this web comic for the past few days, it’s kept me from the daily grind of online gaming and the drawing style is something completely different from what I’ve really seen elsewhere, especially the way the noses are drawn, it almost has a Ren and Stimpy vibe to the nose style, only more subdued. I do think it’s amusing you draw a hat on Michael all the time as well, I’m sure his hairline could be a little tricky to pull off. I also did a little looking through Mike’s website and saw the Blue Twister bit along with the Terry Tate short and found them both quite amusing even though it would’ve been funny if Terry plowed into Mike anyway for littering in his rush to dig through the garbage for the can.
big thanks, Vicenroy! Ren and Stimpy was one of my absolute favorite cartoons, so i’m sure much of my humor and art was influenced by it. the Cornfather has appeared without a hat, but only in a couple of strips. let’s see if i can dig one up so you can see his hairline… ah! here’s one. way back from 2008: JEFBOT.78.
and yeah, some of the stuff Michael’s worked on is pretty funny. more good stuff to come from him for sure!
I stand corrected on the hairline/comic deal, it’s just not very often that he isn’t without a hat when he’s home, is he? Here’s a link to help keep the little island of hair seperated from the rest of his hair safer
http://www.livestrong.com/article/31899-hats-cause-thinning-hair/ .
And I do believe there are ways to fix the 360 ring of death, I talked to a co-worker over seas and he told me he fixed his by replacing a simple component from another 360 that broke for other reasons. You could also google it and find different ways of troubleshooting to fix one for next time. One last thing, I looked at your resume and michaels and even though they’re similar, why haven’t you added links to video or video altogether into your’s? It’s a little hard to find some of the work you’ve been in besides “Surge of Power”
and “A Gay Christmas”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkcUsfsHQnI
where you actually did where that outfit in http://www.jeffschuetze.com/2008/09/19/jefbot78_the-short04/
I also do not know the format in which these boards are coded in at this moment, so smaller links are not going to happen.
i know, i’m really bad at keeping my video links and resume up-to-date, Vicenroy. i’ll try and update both before the new year. funny, though, the short jefbot is referencing in that mini storyline was called What the F&#$ Was That?! we just thought it’d be funny to bring that character back for Gay Christmas. 🙂
wahahahaha. we’re over it.
hope not, jf#300; there’s still a few more strips to go in this storyline!
Happy thanksgiving!!!
right back atcha, John! hope you had a great one! 😀
AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD done. With reading through the archivd, anyways. I really need to find something more constructive to do at work. Stupid retail/tourist trap job. And yes, that timestamp is correct, 1530 eastern time on thanksgiving. I’VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY. Isnt that some bullshit?
thanks for reading through the archive, Blake! glad JEFbot could provide some distraction from work. and i hope you were able to finally get away and eat some turkey!
you jinxed me! I did manage to get some turkey, but have been responding to mva calls @ night for county rescue pretty much nonstop ever since. ATTENTION IDIOTS! THAT’S WHEN I SLEEP! STOP GETTING IN WRECKS! IM GONNA STOP CUTTING YOU OUT! …I really should, it would teach them a lesson. Or kill them. Either way there will be one less idiot in the world…
XD way to be Bot WAY TO BE
thanks, dj! hope you had a happy turkey day!
So, I’m totally camping this site until the next comic is posted…. The shades of firsting will be mine, MUAHAHAHAHAHA. On a side note, because I’m feeling so evil today…. You just lost the game. >:-)
the new strip’s up, Ryurei! go get the Shades!