Buckle up, BOTpeeps! Today’s strip marks the beginning of the Next Big Storyline which will answer questions many of you have been asking since the beginnings of this comic. I’m not going to spoil anything by revealing exactly what’s going to be covered in this arc, but I will say that a lot of the seeds that have been planted over the past 500 strips will come to fruition and I’m extremely excited to finally share them with you. So excited that, if all goes according to plan, I’ll be ramping up production of JEFbot from two strips-per-week (Tuesdays and Fridays) to three strips-per-week (M-W-F). I’m hoping to make that announcement before the end of the month so keep an eye on the blog space.
Anyway, kick back, relax and enjoy the start of this storyline! It’s gonna be a fun ride that I’m hoping will expand the BOTiverse and deepen the characters before the end. If today’s strip started things off on a solemn note as jefbot continues to dwell on his current situation, come back Friday for a turn of events that will certainly give him more pressing issues to mull.
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Er, did #502 get passed over or does this count as a two-parter?
no, i accidentally numbered this strip incorrectly when posting it, Insectoid, so the url will have to be #503 for the time being until friday when the actual #503 goes up. but good eyes!
and check you out – i haven’t seen you in a while and here you go achieving the Shades of Firsting! wear them well: these will help you sort through any old storage boxes you might have hanging around:
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Oh, and happy belated 5 hunny! Would’ve commented then, but I’ve had things to do.
thanks for the congrats! and glad to see you back here – hope you got a lot accomplished!
Let the adventure begin!! (>^-^)> ~(^<^)~
hooray! 😀
I just noticed that those emoticons I made look like one of them is tickling the other XD
and i dig that about them, DAS. heheh.
OMG YAY STORY!!!!
WOO! i know, it’s been a while, Dj. i think the last big story was the Super Scrawn/Angry Scarf arc? feels good to get back to the BOTmythology!
Is it just me or do i smell an awesome arc coming ?
i hope that’s what you’re smellin’, Jf#300! 😀
I suspect Bot will be hanging out in the garage for a bit. 😀
he might be hanging out at his apartment for a bit, but not for reasons you might think, TCG! 😉
What? No role playing with old costumes?!
Maybe he’ll find his long lost hamster?
heh. i don’t think jefbot can resist at least dabbling with the costumes, TCG. 🙂
Good luck with going up to 3 times a week!
thanks, Saeed! it’ll be a challenge, for sure. 🙂
YAY!!!! I think I foresee some old characters returning! At least I sure hope I do! Woot woot! Looking forward to the excitement and some answers I’ve been waiting (im)patiently for. Way to build the suspense with your commentary. 😀
heheh. glad my little blog post was effective, Shanna! and, yes – we’ll be seeing some familiar faces from the past and some not-so familiar ones, too. lots planned!
Yay!!!! I can’t wait till Friday now! (well, more than usual, I mean)
YAY!
Been a while since we’ve had a big story line, looking forward to seeing where the goes.
glad you’re looking forward to it, TPC. i’ll try not to disappoint! 🙂
I sure hope Cel and Musashi make a prominent comeback in the coming arc, I miss them 😉
hmmm… no guarantees, waterpistolriot, but i’m fairly confident you’ll enjoy the upcoming events. 🙂
Too funny! You could always donate all of it to a children’s theatre company?!
very true, FunnyShaffer. might have to do that IRL, too.
there had better be a storm trooper helmet in there….
for sure, Maesonic! possibly a Boba Fett helmet, too.
So excited about the new arc!
Too excited to post anything besides sentence fragments, in fact!
glad. you’re. excited. Soul Man! : D
Wow, three strips a week! That’s a huge and stressful step for comic writers I hear. I am definitely one pleased reader. Good luck with the extra work, and don’t forget to relax once and a while if you need it!
i was able to do it for a few months last year, Rebecca, and it was super stressful – especially with a full-time job. but now that JEFbot is my job, i’m hoping it goes much more smoothly! fingers definitely crossed. 😀
Doesn’t that make it hard to type? What if you sprain something and can’t draw for a couple of weeks? That would be bad… very bad. (And now I’m hearing that in Sean Connery’s voice.)
I just read the Twitter post about this strip and I swear I heard it in the voice of Don LaFontaine.
“A new storyline begins today in JEFbot! Old characters will return. Questions will be answered.”
ha! exactly as it was meant to sound, Mephron. 😉
Hmmm . . . What costumed arc lurks in the hearts of men?
The Jefbot knoooooows!
heheh. not even bot knows everything evil or costumed that might be lurking about, Sarah W! but he will. he willlllll….
A storyline that the entire webcomic has been leading up to? Is the angry scarf coming back? The aliens? The Cornfathers birthday job? I’m looking foward to Fridays comic to see what it is.
mayyyybe. just wait, GB! this storyline will be the biggest one yet!
Is the sword a hint to one of the old outfits? Cause Samurai Jack is coming to mind, Samurai Bot. Oh, I am good.
Jeff, I have terrible news. :c My PS3 is dead, so. If you want to play the new Bioshock you can borrow my pre-order. Won’t be playing that for a while. xD
looove Samurai Jack, Nat! as far as the samurai sword goes… well, it may be nothing or it may be something. you’ll just have to wait to see what happens w/ bot’s old stuff.
ooh, cool! i still haven’t pre-ordered Bioshock Infinite, yet, so i might just take you up on that offer. sorry to hear about your PS3, tho. 🙁
Exciting news! Cant wait for the new story arc.
As for Jefbots less than stellar mood, Im sure there are some memorable costumes in those boxes to cheer him up. Cornfathers Darth Maul costume perhaps?
woo! glad you’re excited about the new arc, Maryz!
and, yes – i’m sure bot will be shaken out of his mood very soon…
If this is going to be a big arc, I can only imagine exactly what you have planned for it. And I can only imagine what you’ll do when you hit 1000 pages.
aagh! i can’t even think that far, Fijiman! hard for me to even wrap my head around the past 500 strips, much less the next 500! although there are some story points i have in mind that won’t be touched on in this arc, so it might take a few hundred strips to get to those. hmmm…
Hmm indeed. And I wouldn’t try to stress yourself out with three updates a week. Maybe doing three every other week would be an option to keep in mind.