It appears jefbot just needed the proper “motivating factor” to shed the funk he’s been in, and get to jumping barrels. Many of you predicted and/or requested this action in the comments, probably because it is universally known that smoochin’ is the most recommended and effective remedy to stressin’. At least 9 out of 10 doctors recommend it, last I heard.
Speaking of comments, can I get a “what what” and then congratulate all of you commenters for hitting over 200 comments two strips ago, and nearly 300 comments in the last strip!? While I understand not all the comments are about the comic strip necessarily and my replies make up a good percentage of those comments, I still say it’s quite an achievement and give you all virtual fist bumps and high fives. Maybe even a chest bump or two.
Oh, and lest I forget: Merry Christmas Eve today and Merry Christmas tomorrow! And if you don’t celebrate those occasions, I still wish you Merry something, whatever that may be. Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? Winter Solstice? Festivus? Wookie Life Day *shudder*? Let me know!
waaa troll 1st
WOO! congrats, Eddie – Shades of Firsting are yours! i hear they go well with Santa Hats this time of year. 😎
THX Bot, the shades really come in handy these days, the sun really reflects from all the snow around 😀 ( just kidding, all the snow has melted yesterday )
Your first First?
No dude, I was first before, just a few times though.
Thx to Maros AKA Supersonic Cucumber for telling me new strip is on.
And yeah Jeff, a kiss of a beautiful woman will make you do almost everything, even if it means teaming up with your arch nemesis 😀
Go Jeff the puppet and Cel the puppeteer
And he couldt call me because…?
Go Pinocchio!
because bear
oh and hey.. I’ve sent you an email. Check it out!
supersonic cucumber could’ve just claimed the Shades for himself! what a pal. 🙂
anything for a friend. But next time the trophy will be mine! muhehe 😀
OMG! *loooooovvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeee*
panel 3 is my fave and needs to be a shirt! Something like “Nerd Love” or some such thing.
Uhh Second? Yay! Wait if it’s 7 am here that makes it what? 4 am in California? Go to bed Exhaulted ONE! unless of course you are off today then Rock on and do what you want baby.
*Sucks down another batch of airborne* FML
And now…From the entire Pixie Familia, we wish you, yours and all the Jeffbot familias a very Happy Christmas. Please remember to be safe in your travels cause I expect to see ALL of you back here on Sunday.
thanks Pixie! yeah, that image would make a pretty funny tee, what with jefbot’s arms at his sides while cel plants one on his kisser. heheh. i’ll put that in the Suggestion Box.
i hope you’re feeling better. sucks being sick during a holiday. i take Emergen-C as soon as i start feeling under the weather, and it seems to help.
thanks for the Happy Christmas wishes! i’m sending merry and safe wishes back to you and the Pixie Familia!
Oh, hey! Only a few comments in! Well then, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Jeff, his family, the Cornfather, Cel, and all my fellow JEFbot commenters and fans (you know who you are, right?) Happy Holidays and plenty of great comics and postings in the coming year!
merry thanks, reynard61! and Happy Holidays right back at you and your loved ones!
I HAVE THE POOOOOOWWWEEERRRRRRRR!!!
leave it to cel to bring out the POOOWWWWEEERRRRR, t_d! now bot just needs a sword and a battle cat. 😉
Wow, you’re up late. Taking on my hours these days? 😉
Yay, the nerd kiss! I was hoping for something like that…I’m a romantic at heart. Go Cel!
Also, I love the varying colors in the background. Just finished my theatre lighting class, so I appreciate that sort of thing far better these days…
i’d love to get the strip done at a decent hour, Tiana, but with the move and the holidaze in full effect, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen until after the new year gets here. *buh* glad to see i have some peeps awake when i’m working on these strips, though.
yay for nerdy kisses! (and yay for romantics, too.)
i’m happy you dug the lighting, thanks!
“It’s on like Donkey Kong!” *snicker* I love that that’s actually what it is on like 😀 😀 Literal nerdness!
Also, the cornfather seems to be a messy eater – how do you screw up eating popcorn??
“literal nerdness” is right, Maia! i really couldn’t resist having bot say that. it was just too perfect to not say it. heheh.
yeah, the Cornfather needs some lessons in popcorn manners.
Yep, I do believe ‘bot needs to make panel 3 a Geek Love Tshirt…I’ll buy!!
Dude, he looks like he’s going to wet himself when she puts her hand on his shoulder *Omg, she’s touching me FTW*…and then she kissed him….ROOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!!!! I’m surprised he doesn’t have the Braveheart facepaint on in the last panel LMAO!!!!
another vote for a Geek Love tee? hmm… i’m giving it serious thought after hearing from you and Pixie, ESQ. 🙂
and yep, bot was quite surprised by the touch and the kiss. if he had face paints on him, you could bet he’d be leading a charge right now! (he is part Scottish, after all.) heheh.
Oh and on a serious note…Dork King and I passed a majorly serious car wreck on the way home last night. It’s left me quite shaken. (But not stirred, and I’ll still take the olive)…Everyone please have a wonderful Christmas/Yule etc…but please please please be safe! I want to continue to “LOL” with you for many Jefbot strips to come 😀
{{{{{HUGS TO ALL OF YOU}}}}}
i saw SO many accidents the past week, ESQ, so i’ll gladly second your message: be safe out there, folks! especially during the holidays, and especially during this wet/snowy season.
*return hugs*
Oh…and someone please explain to me what this Wii Friend’s Code is….
We just got the Wii internet adapter and will be setting it up on Christmas Day…
Does this mean we can play with some of you? Not “play”…but “game”…yeah that’s a better word!!! HEHEHEHE Ok I shall stop posting now and go do something productive for awhile, I suppose…before all of the hoopla beings!!! You know, shine the tiara, press the cape, tranquilize the husband….
yep, when we exchange Friend Codes we can “game” over the ‘net with each other. not a lot of Wii games support this, but we should compare games and see if if we share any that have the feature. email me your friend code and i’ll send you a request when i (finally) get my Wii hooked back up to the ‘net over here.
I will do that, once I figure out how to get one LOL, thanks!!
you know….
if jeffbot scores higher the will he can still, technicaly, beat will in the contest.
like a silent victory.
he could win and not ruin his chances with cel
just a thought
true, andrew D., but (although not specifically explained in the strip), Wil and jefbot are basically sharing a quarter, so bot would have to keep track of his own score when he’s up, then subtract Wil’s score when he’s up, and so on and so forth, so even if bot came out ahead, it would be kind of a hollow victory, especially when they’re on the same team.
but i like you thinking of angles where jefbot could keep cel happy and get his revenge! 😀
Early Xmas present for the bot?
I’m sure he loved it.
yes and yes, Pako!
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! A Joyous & Prosperous New Year to all! Thanks for being so supportive of Jefbot through his real-life challenges! 🙂
Merry Christmas Mombot! We are happy to support Jeff. You’ve got one heck of a kid there. 😀
(Keep your eye out for a package from me coming your way)
THX Mombot, and Merry X-mas 2U2
TY Mombot…Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the ‘bot family, as well!! Thank you for letting us abuse your son!! 😀
And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mombot! We’re delighted to support your son; he seems like a cool cat. 😉
Merry Christmas Mombot and family. And of course the entire jeffbot community. We had to support him Mombot he gives us too much joy in our daily lives not to.
Of course we’re happy to support him – he’s utterly lovely (he’d have to be to put up with us lot *chuckles* Boredering on “saintly”, in some cases)You’ve certainly raised a good’un. ^_^
Happy holidays and best wishes to you and the whole family, Mombot. ^_^
Happy Holidays Mombot…Did I mention you are my hero? Much Love for the Matriarchal Bot.
Jeff is amazing and it’s apleasure to “talk” to him. Supporting him is easy.
Happy Holidays, Mombot and thank for the merry wishes! Hope you had a blast as well.
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*evil laugh of merry doom*
aWWww… see, this is why i keep Mombot on the payroll. 😉
and yes, like she said, a big THANKS to all of you for supporting me and my strip! you all have made the entire experience an awesome one!
Awesome strip, Jeff! I love that everything cel touches is that awesome pinky-purple. And Jefbot looks too funny in the 3rd panel – you can totally tell who’s in charge of the kiss! Tee hee. It seems to have stunned him into submission. 😀
I’d love the 3rd panel on a shirt too, but there are so many panels that would make excellent shirts! You might have to make us lots of choices. I’m still waiting for the Chubman and Scrawn shirts! (Taran wears his Jefbot shirt every chance he gets.)
Merry Christmas, Jeff, fellow Harem members, mancubs, and fellow fans. May you have a wonderful, peaceful, and happy holiday, whatever you celebrate! Mwah!
heheh. yes, cel does seem to have a pinky-purple touch, shanna. it definitely got a great response out of jefbot! heheh. and yeah: cel was completely in charge of that kiss, no doubt about it. not that jefbot was complaining… 😉
shirts will definitely be in the making this january and february! i want to get at least 2-3 designs out at the beginning of the year, so putting a vote up on some designs could happen. i’m tweaking the C&S tees, but tell Taran i’ll have something available soon. (and tell him thanks for wearing his JEFbot shirt, too!)
a Very Merry Christmas to you and your family!
GAME ON!!!!!!
WOOOO!
Uh oh, this strip is going into a really fun direction, bot. I love the smooch panel and I love how it empowers bot to use a joy stick to beat that big monkey… I’m talking about playing Donkey Kong…sheesh…get your minds outta the gutter, botters. 😉
…You. Are. Awesome! ^_^
Gutter? What gutter? I know not of what you speak…*innocent eyes*
*quickly rolls brain out of the sludge and wipes it off*
Can’t get mind outta gutter Michael, your blocking traffic.
*blinks* There’s an “Out of the gutter”?
EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE!!!!!!!! *twitches*
bot’s joystick? beating a big monkey? there’s absolutely no way that could be misconstrued, MC, so no worries. 😉
Donkey Kong nothing, at least there was a KISS!!! Gene Simmons is going to be mad man.
agreed, Bl4ckw0lf! i’ll take kisses over Donkey Kong any day! well, okay, most days…
By the way, 10 of my doctors will not write me that prescription. Something to do with the TV show Fear Factor and that those producers have a contract with the State of Missouri Pharmaceutical Board.
darn. you gotta move out to L.A., Bl4ckw0lf, where they hand out those prescriptions for free with purchases of Tylenol.
Aww, nerd love, there is no stronger a love, nerd love has built and toppled entire worlds.
I love it! 😀
needs moar christmas comic. :p
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
nerd love is pretty strong, Alf, i can attest. but yes, “toppling entire worlds” is the dark side of it. heheh. glad you love it!
as for “moar christmas comic” – you may just get your wish next week! stay tuned.
Merry Christmas, back atcha!
Lol, go Bot! Kisses for hot geek girls always gives you the power to win. ^_^
And on a side note, the last time I used that line was about 3 months ago, and now its gonna me my most used phrase again. v.v
hot geek girl kisses totally amp up the gaming skillz, Red! if only i could figure out how to bottle up that stuff so i could sell it. i’d make a FORTUNE. 😉
and let us know how that phrase works out for you once you start it up again. heh.
Cute! Good Christmas strip.
yeah, smooches are great for spreading the Christmas cheer, Sharra! but Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without the return of The Christmas Bat… (hint, hint.)
Hey, happy holidays, Jeff and fancrew. Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, regardless of what do – or don’t – celebrate. 🙂
I love your Avatar. I’m seriously thinking of stealing it…
thanks! Happy Holidays to you and yours, Myth! and yes, let’s all be safe out there. everybody gets a little crazy this time of year.
Adorable! Merry Christmas and God Bless Everyone! 😉
thanks, Felix N.! and yes, you definitely need an avatar. maybe Santa will bring you one if you’ve been nice this year. 😀
Merry Christmahanakwanzikah to all. And it’s a good thing the chest bumps were virtual, bot. I would worry for your tiny safety otherwise. 🙂
Really excited to see how this strip pans out. Great run, Jeff!
and a Merry Christmahanakwanzikah to you and your family too, 11TN! and yes, as a rule, i only do virtual chest bumps. (the Power of Scrawn does have its downsides.)
glad you’ve enjoyed the run so far! will try not to disappoint.
Hee hee… ’bout time the boy get his PRIORITIES clarified.
Happy Happy Joy Joy Merry Merry!
We wish you a happy holiday!
Whatever the the heck’s your holiday
Have an awesome freakin’ holiday—
And a kickin’ New Yeeeaaaaar!
B4NZ41!
it’s definitely good to have priorities, Samuraiartguy, especially for a nerd like jefbot who tends to get his priorities a bit scrambled. especially around girls and videogames. 😉
and thanks for the song! i’m already feeling Merry again! B4NZ41!!!
That was AWESOME, Jefbot!
NEVER underestimate the power of a warm, soft set of lips!
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Oh, gross!!
Yuck!
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*hides under computer desk of doom*
many thanks, DorkKing! you speak the truth about never underestimating a “warm, soft set of lips.” but who knew that would be Sonitan’s weakness!? ;D
“Get on the wire, tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down. ”
Sorry, I watched Independance Day recently.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Cel is evil. She wants to win and thats understandable but she doesnt know what she mesess with. Any geek, gamer or nerd energized by smooch like that… Lets just say the High Scores have a very good reason to be afraid.
Merry Christmas, Maryz!
and yes, cel doesn’t know what she’s unleashed with a simple kiss! let’s just hope jefbot puts all that energy into the game 😉
This made me awwwww. 😀 Merry Christmas!
sweet! Christmas is the perfect time for awwwws, Spaarfor! Merry Christmas!
Awww…. hearts and sparkles! Love it. Now Let’s WIN this thing! ;D
YEAH! *trumpets blare* GO TEAM! wishing you lots of hearts and sparkles this holiday season, Alana!
lol It reminds me of the first Spyro game for the PS1, when you got a huge powerup when the Purple fairy kissed you. XD YOU CAN DO IT MAN
ha! Spyro was an awesome game so i’ll take that as a compliment, dj, thanks! when are they gonna make that for the PS3? i hope cel’s kiss works on bot as well as the kiss in the game. 😀
They have crappy Spyro games for the PS2, but you can buy the original three for the PS1 in the Playstation store. I happily have all of them. And they have been ported to my PSP too XD
Nice one Jeff. I wait in giddy excitement both for Christmas tomorrow and for your 300TH STRIP! You’re hitting some awesome milestones, my friend. AND DON’T EVEN JOKE ABOUT WOOKIE LIFE DAY! That movie has horrible.
p.s.- My tree map is in my fileshare now. Or just type the tag: Christmas into the custom search menu.
thanks, Fijiman! y’know, i’ve been eyeing the strip numbers with some trepidation since #295, since i don’t have anything planned to celebrate #300! but no matter, we’ll do some late celebrating in January, after i get more settled into my new place and after the craziness of the holidays has passed.
and sorry for bringing up Wookie Life Day, but that’s something that can’t be swept under the rug. we must never forget lest it happen again. (although the prequels certainly came close. heheh.)
i haven’t had a chance to get my 360 online yet, but i totally gotta check your tree out! this week’s a short week at work due to New Year’s Eve/Day, so with some luck i’ll be able to get connected and logged into Reach.
I think that, unless Lucas tries to beat more money out of us with another movie/trilogy, the Wookie Life Day movie will be the absolute worst thing Lucas has made or ever will make.
And I hope you do get some extra time this week, Jeff.
Merry Christmas Jeff and a Prosperous New Year!
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to you and yours too, Tommy G! thanks!
Well so much for Pinky and brother. With Cel able to smooch like that, no force in the multiverse is gonna stop the bot. Unfourtantly she now knows how to truly control Jeffbot now lol. (Of course that true for any of us geek boys. Hot geek girl kiss us and we willing to take on the world for another one lol)
let’s hope so, Will B! with Pinky’s brother having set the high score at DK in another arcade, Wil and bot definitely have their work cut out for them! but yeah, cel’s kiss does give Team WheatZee the edge for now.
and yeah, something tells me cel knows exactly how to control geek boys. owning an arcade doesn’t hurt, that’s for sure. 🙂
Mmm… kisses… *sighs* I miss kisses… Especially geek kisses… -_-
Cel is devious! I love her more and more!
There is literally nothing about this strip that I don’t like. I think it was perfectly executed. Bravo.
*throws hugs everywhere & scatters love over everything like confetti*
I love you all!
Happy present giving day! It’s been the 25th here for over 2 hours.
I should sleep, really. But I’m waiting up for Americans *rolls eyes* Stupid time zones… When is someone going to smuggle me into the States, darn it?
Don’t worry though, I’m perfectly safe from the Christmas Bat. I’m far away from any trees and I have a guard kitty looking out for me. ^_^
Merry Christmas AdM! (3 hrs early for me). I hope it’s a great one! And you are welcome to crash here if you can get yourself here! 😀
*Glomps* Happy Holidays! And only 30 minutes early for me. 😛
*Catches some hugs* MINE!! ALL MINE!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
Love you all. ^_^ Happy Holidays. ^_^
Feliz Navidad lil Snuggly one! *snuggles and tries not to breath on anyone.*
thanks AdM, glad you liked the entirety of the strip! (and don’t worry, from the response i see you get in the JEFbot comments alone, you’ll be getting more geek kisses in no time.) 😀
cel is pretty devious; there’s no way she didn’t know exactly how bot would react to her kiss. heheh. but although she’s devious, she seems genuine, so the sentiment behind the smooch was (hopefully) real.
*big hugs returned!* hope you had a happy 25th! but it’s all over now, so go to sleep! as for the Christmas Bat, he’s pretty sneaky (as you’ll see, soon) so, as they say, you better watch out!
Not sure how I feel about seeing this… but as they used to write at the end of an affidavit, further affiant sayeth naught. 😉
Except of course that I hope you and yours and everyone here are already having a wonderful holiday weekend!
thanks, Kim! hope you and yours had a wonderful weekend, too!
And Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, to you too, Jeff. And I commiserate with you on unpacking – ugh that’s a pain. Thanks for creating such a fun strip!
i’m happy you enjoy the strip, Angela, thanks! and Merry EVERYTHING to you and your loved ones, too!
yeah, i spent a good deal of my holiday unpacking. wasn’t fun but it was totally worth it as my apartment’s starting to actually become liveable!
Merry Christmas from Alaska!
Merry Christmas from L.A., Tiana! and: *brrrrr* i’d probably freeze to death as soon as i set foot in your state. i can barely stand all the rain and cold here in SoCal!
I’ll keep this one short as I am insanely hungover: fuuuun;merry xmas
hope you had a Merry Christmas, o0Edit0o! although, since you were hungover, it sounds like you’d already been having a very merry time. 😉
It’s on like Donkey Kong!
Just epic!
thanks! i heard Nintendo recently copyrighted the “It’s On Like Donkey Kong” phrase, Xantix, but the moment was too epic for bot not to scream it out! (of course, now i probably owe Nintendo some $$$.)
Merry Christmas, from the royal family hahahaha
Have a wonderful and safe holiday 😀
ha! hope you and yours (including the DorkKing!) had an absolutely wonderful Christmas, ESQ! 😀
“it” means his boner.
LOL
ha! and ew.
Your fist bump n high fives pleases the god. You may continue.
i’m glad the god was pleased, jf#300. *fist bump* *high five* AT YOU!!! happy holidays! 😀
Merry Christmas and a Great Happy New Year to you JB. May the Gods of Hollywoodandfame showers you with the fame and recognition that are due to you.
Just dont forget us little folks when Misstress Fortune and Lass Fame goes your way.
2011 FTW woohoo…
I think that we can actually blame the holidays for the lack of comments on this one. Too many people travel, or don’t get on the computer as much to spend time with the family. Should get back to its usual amount soon.
i remember this comic strip’s early days, Red, when getting five comments that weren’t from family or friends was cause for celebration! so anything over that still astonishes me. heheh. but yeah, holidays are the lowest traffic days for webcomics; seems people do most of their comic-reading from their computer terminals at work, and i totally approve. 🙂
Should send me a new computer for my birthday this June so I can keep coming back here. ^_^
Michael still is total WIN. Gotta love his punch lines and expressions.
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I AM… THE CHRISTMAS BAT!!!!!
FEAR ME!!!!
*flaps black wings of doom*
*diabolical laugh of merry doom*
Pulls out tranquiler gun and aims at the christmas bat form of Sonitan. “Too much eggnog.” Pulls trigger and with a puff of air delivers the much needed tranquilizer. Drags off to her bed of doom and tucks her in.
No more eggnog for Sonitan.
Uh oh…Will’s stolen ESQ’s trank gun. We’re all doomed now.
Hands trank gun to Tiana. “Your finger prints not mine. I not take nothing”
*looks at tranqulizer gun*
*evil grin*
*runs away*
*glares at Will B*
What part of “being diabetic” you don’t seem to recall?! I can’t have eggnog or anything with sugar or alcohol! You can’t mix insulin with alcoholic beverages.
*rolls eyes of doom*
Not to mention that I’ve never tried it since I can’t stand how those beverages smell. Yuck! 😛
*smacks Will B with shovel of doom*
You tuck me to bed?! StepMommy! You let a perv near us?!
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*evil glare of merry doom*
Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Shakes head from shovel hit. “Good thing have thick head. Next time use restraints and not blankets. Maybe keep her down.” Looks around grumbling. “Where the hell is that Florozine? Damn minions never leave things where they belong.” Shakes a cat treat at sonitan. Here kitty kitty kitty.
Not all of us pervs have bad intentions.
*Hides box of rubbers*
You didn’t see anything.
Where were you? I missed picking on you. 🙁
*rolls eyes of doom*
Michael definitely brings it, Sonitan!
ooh, i better get the cookies out and be off to bed if the Christmas Bat is in the house…
Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
“On like Donkey Kong”? No wonder they weren’t playing Centipede.
yeah, “It’s on like CENTIPEDE!” just wouldn’t have the same ring to it, Stan. heheh. ooh, but Zaxxon could’ve worked! 😉
Speaking of Centipede, have you seen this reset? http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/537029
Man… you’re getting so many comments lately, I don’t know when you have time to draw your comic — you must spend all your time reading and replying to them.
yep, i spend a lot of time replying to comments, Stan. not sure how long i can keep it up, but i’m enjoying it while i can. 🙂
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
i think you’ve said it all, Ep! 😀
Uh oh…She kissed him. Now it’s time for her to disappear again for 3-6 months! I know how this always goes!
they kissed in the Star Wars arcade cabinet and she’s still around, and that was several strips back, Slave1! (but still, you’re probably right. heheh.) 😉
was th scott pilgrim vibe in this strip deliberate?