We’ve seen jefbot rage before but maybe not with as little provocation as we saw in today’s strip. Could it be the influence of The Scarf? Of course! It’s not called the Angry Scarf for nothing! But how will this affect his Superhero potential? Will bot try to control his Nerd Rage while under the influence of its menace? Or will he give up on the Scarf now that he’s learned how dangerous it can be to wield? Stay tuned. Same bot time. Same bot channel! (Meaning come back next Monday sometime after midnight, Pacific time.)
Another week down! While I can’t say the Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule’s getting any easier, I can say I’m getting more used to it. At least a little. Only two more weeks to go!
Enjoying the scarf storyline. Do you ever sleep?
sleep is for the weak, Greg Bulmash! (actually i love sleep and would dearly like more of it, thank you.)
and check you out: you just achieved the Shades of Firsting! wear them well – these will hide your burning red pupils the next time you get a case of Nerd Rage:
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are these your first Shades?
Yes, they are my first. Long time listener, first time caller.
Actually, I was testing energy drink recipes tonight (gonna be serving them up at an all-night geek/tech conference on Saturday) or I’d have been to bed by now. The buzz is finally starting to wear off.
well congrats on your first Firsting then, GB! 😀
“testing energy drink recipes”!? pretty awesome, man. my brain looks for any excuse to stay awake so i’m sure i’d be up all night if i had even a sip. any chance your recipe includes alcohol? have fun at the conference!
I maybe second…haven’t been this high up in the comments section in like a year lol….now that my insomnia has been almost cured! And hey, I’ve even stopped having hallucinations (like scarf arms) now that I sleep!! Lack of sleep does funny things to the human brain!
how’d you cure your insomnia, ESQ!? it’s been horrible ever since getting back from Hawaii for me. i’ll sleep for like an hour, then get up, wide awake, and then have to lie down on the couch in the living room or read awhile ’til i get tired again. sucks.
Come to find out, my insomnia was a sleep apnea issue…so now I have to wear one of those CPAP machines to bed…and I’ve gotten great sleep almost every night since I started wearing it. I mean before I got it I’d fall asleep anywhere, anytime. Just out of the blue, I’d be out like a light. It sucked. I have barely even taken one nap since I got it. I guess, when you stop breathing 100 times an hour, it takes it’s toll on you. Do you think you may have any sleep issues? I’ve cut way down on my caffeine intake, as well…
Poor JB, the Angry Scarf is turning him to the Dark Side.
Another point, JB lives in Los Angeles… Is not too hot to wear scarf? In Spain nobody in their right mind wear scarf in summer.
los angeles has weird weather, CE. sometimes it’s so hot you wouldn’t dare go out in anything more than a tee and shorts, then all of a sudden it’ll cool off or rain, and the nights will be cold again. besides, i (and therefore, bot) tend to run a bit colder than most; i just recently took off my flannel sheets and one of several blankets from my bed. i’m finding the summer much more comfortable now. 🙂
Oh cool! Glowing red eyes 😀 Of course those usually imply something evil is afoot but hey, glowy is glowy.
yep – bot’s red eyes generally means he’s tapped into his Rage, Descolada! but yeah, they look cool, so small price to pay.
We’ve seen Jefbot’s nerd rage before, so I’m not completely weirded out by his eyes in panel 3a . . .
But if “whiff” is as good as his fightin’ words are gonna get, he’s going to need some training.
I mean, he’s only on the fringe of greatness right now . . .
yeah, bot’s Rage is nothing new, but we’ll be seeing if he taps into it more often when wearing the scarf now, Sarah W. and the “whiff” was more a sound effect than a battle cry. heheh. he’ll definitely have to come up with something much cooler if he goes the Superhero route. 🙂
Please tell me the real cornfather does not wear heart patterned boxers. Scarf needs to be reinforced with something tough yet pliable… some synthetic polymer so that it can attack. And IMHO that rage slap was totally justified!
being this is a PG site, i won’t even begin to tell you what the Cornfather does or does not wear, jiro maeda! 😉
and you may be onto something with your mention of making the Scarf “tougher” – can it really be as awesome as jefbot wants it to be if it’s squeezably soft?
Whiff? Come on Angry scarf, you can do better than that.
Love the colloring on this one. The colloring of the background that set atmosphere of deep scary night, glowing water – Im assuming thats refridgerator light – and Rage sight. Kudos
PS: Who knew Cornfather was such a romantic soul.
thanks, Maryz! i’m using that extra shading to give an ominous feeling to the panels, so i’m glad to hear it was effective.
PS: heh. most likely he just appropriated those boxers from one of his clown outfits he uses at kid parties.
Wiff is a great sound effect, I think that made me laugh more than anything you’ve done in a while, and I always at least chuckle.
thanks, TPC! the “whiff” makes me chuckle, too. especially with the Cornfather having his eyes mostly shut and being half asleep. i don’t know why i find that funny, but i’m glad you do, too. 🙂
Y’know, Cornfather’s comment is almost exactly what I say when people wake me up in the middle of the day…people just have no respect for sleep these days! Bah, humbug…crawling into my den now.
Jeff Bot Doc Oc…though you are missing a few appendages to be Bot Oct. Spider-Bot, Spider-Bot. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Bot. Knits a scarf, any size. something something…Look out! Here comes the Spider-Bot!
WOW! BOT SMASH! I love it! More later. I need to get my thoughts together.
Jefbot a superhero? Nah he’d totally go rogue. XD
Finally. I just binged like every comic of your blog within a span of three days. And I can’t wait for the next one. Is there a way to get auto-notifications or something? I honestly can’t even remember where I saw the web ad that led me here in the first place. It’s kind of a blur now. And in all honesty, I think you just inspired me to start my own webcomic/blog. Keep the geekery comin’ Jefbot, or whatever your real name is. I’ll definitely be gunnin’ for at least one first sometime soon.
PS You said you were just going to put in a FEW panels to “cleanse the palate” before getting back to cel! Come now man. Such is hardly just.
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If you use twitter, follow @jefbot ; he usually sends out a few tweets when he posts a strip.
Reason two of why I’ll probably never get the shades of firsting: I do NOT use Facebook and Twitter.
Reason one is that I’m asleep at 3 am and usually don’t get up until 7am.(EST)
I have it in my RSS feed.
I see red eyes!!! A sure sign that you may not be a Superhero, but alas a Super-EVIL villain! I LOVE the third panel! Your eyes are amazing!
at that range the slap must not feel like anything
It wasn’t that it was a scarf. I’m sure the scarf has some force behind it. That was just the Cornfather’s power of Chub showing through.
I’m digging the storyline, Jeff. Keep it up!
I love Sleepy Cornfather and Contrite Bot. 🙂
Better watch it – that scarf has a lot of stored up anger in it! And things didn’t go so well for Doc Oc – let that be a lesson to you!
I just realized my comment came out as Anonymous. I must not have been logged into my Yahoo e-mail at work when I posted it.
Look at his eyes….I KNEW IT!!!! The world is coming to an end! Though I got to admit, I can’t wait to see the super hero costume he makes.
It will probably involve many knitted items.
Either that chip in the back of your neck broke, or you’re going into the Avatar state!
Power corrupts… again…
Yeah I went to sleep at 11 and woke up at 11. Love sleep. Perhaps one day if I can pry my eyes open long enough I will get the shades.
And I see that Jefbot is going down the dark path with his newfound powers. If the scarf starts talking to you Jefbot you need to chop the thing off with hedge clippers and burying it in the yard.
If he’s plans on using the scarf arms to punch people, he’d better put some metal bars in the ends. Awesome strip Jeff. Wonder how the Cornfather will take this when he’s awake enough to notice the scarf arms.
WHAT THE FREAKING HELL IS THAT SCARF MADE OUT OF?!?! KRYPTONITE AND PIECES OF SYMBIOTE FROM SPIDERMAN?!?!?!?! O_O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Loving the octo-scarf storyline.
Chubman vs Scrawnscarf.
The epic battle commences.