Now that jefbot has learned he can control the Scarf, what will he do with that power!!? Find out this Friday, but in the meantime, feel free to speculate.
And for those new to the strip, here’s the beginning of this storyline:
• There Will Be Scarf
We’re pretty deep into this storyline already and it’s only been two weeks! Yeah, it’s been a bit crazy here at BOT HQ getting used to this month’s MWF schedule, but all-in-all, I’m enjoying being able to tell the story at a quick pace. And no, I haven’t forgotten about the 4-Year Anniversary Contest/Celebration, but it’s taking more time to prepare than previously thought. Hoping to have details posted this weekend and everything ready to go by next week. Fingers crossed!
That’s way too cool! Sorry, nothing brilliant to say today…Monday hasn’t let go of me yet. It promises to be a long week. 😉
i understand, T – i feel like i’m still recovering from the weekend (maybe still recovering from last week, even.) anyway, we’re almost over the hump!
and, hey! you just achieved another pair of the Shades of Firsting to add to your collection. wear them well, during the long march toward the weekend:
😎
Ditto, we just finished our state fair here, where I work as a volunteer superintendant and a building watcher. Even when I had five days off, I don’t feel like I got any rest. (Doesn’t help that I was finishing moving and arranging things in my room when I wasn’t at the fair…) Thank God for the upcoming weekend!
saturday can’t come soon enough, T! 😀
Jefbot looks like me trying to train our new dog. Only I guess the scarf doesn’t smell half as bad after getting wet…
i don’t know, Flame Fingers – the Scarf’s made of fabric, evil, space microbes, dirt and soda, so chances are it might not smell all that great when wet.
Jeffbot see, Rageknit do.
would be nice if more things in life were like this, Maesonic.
This will lead to so many awesome possibilities…. Scarf based superhero? Cool party tricks? Saving kittens from trees with minimal scratches to his arms?
i like your thinking, nobodyhatesyou – Scarf possibilities will be explored in future strips!
The facial expressions are awesome. Being possessed however, is not
are you speaking from experience, dj?
Holy CRAP that’s cool! Man, you are drawing this SO WELL!! That whole hand/scarf duplicate is CRAZY!!! I can’t even imagine where this is going…
thanks for the kudos, Laynie! glad you’re enjoying this storyline. as for where this is going – stay tuned!
Hmm, so this means he can get the co-op trophies/achievements by himself now right?
funny you should mention that, B13…
Back scratches and shoulder massages on tap. Niiiiice!
we are of the same mind, Sarah W! shoulder massages = heaven.
with great fabric power comes great softener responsibility.
heheh. awesome, jf#300.
and so it begins… does he get a cool costume though? Another query would be… what looks good paired with orange?
we shall see, jiro. bot might just appropriate his Scrawn costume if he ends up superhero-ing.
Cool! Now I have several questions, though. Has he become one with the scarf? Can he take it off or is it attached? If he can take it off, can he still control it when he is not in contact with it? And finally, is the scarf good, bad, or neutral?
I can’t wait to see what you have planned! Nice rendering of scarf-as-hand. 🙂
good questions, shanna – and all will be answered during this storyline! my lips are sealed. 🙂
and thanks, glad you liked the scarf/bot/hand!
Wish I had a scarf I could control, I have no one to play Co-Op Portal 2 with. 🙁
don’t we all, TPC, especially us gaming geeks! and you just know bot’s gonna have to give the Scarf a whirl on a console sooner or later…
Morning Exhaulted One and Fellow Boteers, Harem Members and all the others!
WHOA! This made me think of The Abyss. If the scarf arranges it’s threads to makes Jeff’s face, I will flip! So it necessarily (SP) doesn’t want to hurt Jeff but perhaps just to learn our ways? But what if it then learns our ways enough to learn our weaknesses and overthrow us?! Oh look, there goes my imagination LOL.
morning, Pixie!
if the Scarf recreates jefbot’s face i think he’ll let out a scream that tops all the others produced in this storyline! i can’t say whether it can actually rearrange itself to that extent, but you never know. 🙂
keep that imagination running!
nah, the scarf will never rule the day. It’s got no thumbs. Thumbs are the only reason my cat likes me. opening doors and cans of food. Bot should be able to wear the pants in this relationship…
thumbs are pretty necessary for most lifeforms Hairba11, but since the Scarf doesn’t have joints, one of its fabric flaps can basically act as a thumb — which means bot might not be wearing the pants after all! (well, hopefully he’ll still be wearing pants, but you know what i mean.)
I LOVE the strip! Can’t wait to see what happens!
thanks for the love, KS-Warrior! i’m happy you’re diggin’ it!
GREAT STRIP! I’m going to give you more material to work with TODAY!
Stay tuned….
This intrigues me greatly…
*sob*
bot needs to turn the situation to his advantage. I’m thinking he could take back the streets as a reborn Scrawn with a brand-new superpower.
this is a definite possibility, Striker. question is, will he bring along the Cornfather with only the Power of Chub?
Sure. Just have your sister make him another scarf. Or, failing that, a knit cap or a pair of mittens.
With the Power of Chub he’ll need something that will augment his powers, I’m think a Christmas sweater or maybe some booties.
heheh. if Xinda knitted more items, they’d definitely have Anger in ’em, Striker, but they’d still need the other ingredients (mostly the space microbes) for them to have any power, sadly. if jefbot only knew what made the Scarf come to life, he could have a whole army of sentient accessories! (i’d love to see what the Angry Booties could do, TPC.)
I knew it! You’ve unlocked the power of the scarf! You were a superhero all along?
OMG! Is it a flying scarf? I would love to fly!!! Can’t wait to see what happens next.
ha! not sure bot’s a superhero quite yet, but this is the closest he’s gotten, FunnyShaffer!
Im kinda not so sure that he is realy controling the scarf. Sure it moves according to his instructions now, but it moved on its own previously and I tink it still can. What Im more interested is if it can go in reverse and control Jefbots movement.
a frightening but pertinent thought, Maryz, and one jefbot should start pondering, as well. we’ll find out soon enough!
Hmm. The new powers may be cool now, but will the scarf awaken the enemy within? Hope there’s a bell tower nearby just in case.
or if jefbot knows someone with a sonic gun, he better put that friend’s number on speed dial, Sean Luke.
And I have returned!! Just spent the last few days having a hectic time moving into my new apartment, and I’ve finally been able to reconnect my internet.
I just spent a few minutes getting caught up, and I must say I absolutely love the direction this storyline is going. Can’t wait to see where it goes.
welcome back, Maddgodd81! hope the move went as smoothly as possible, cuz generally that kind of thing sucks. glad you’re all caught up and enjoying the storyline!
Woah man. It’s like the scarf is connected to the feed from the brain to the arms. CRAZY MAN!!!
yup, yup. they’re definitely connected now, TCG. for better or worse.
Always how it starts, lets you control it for your own uses. Then once it understands how you work, the infection spreads.
you might be right, Anime fan – the Scarf could be finding out about jefbot just as much as he is finding out about the Scarf.
Ugh, I HATE how slow this computer has been recently. I Haven’t been able to do almost anything for more than five minutes at a time for the last five days. How am I supposed to keep up to date on awesome web comics like this if I can barely use the internet? Anyway, EPIC work Jeff. I can’t wait to see where this goes. 😀
Also, you know how I’ve mentioned that terrorists in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 cheat? Well it turns out that they cheat five times more in the first game. This lead to much stress and almost no reward.
sorry ’bout the slow computer, Fijiman, but happy you’re still able to get over here and let us know your thoughts! thanks for the “EPIC” words and glad you’re enjoying the antics of bot and his scarf. 🙂
and: ugh. i hate when the AI in games cheat.
You’re welcome. 🙂
It doesn’t help that they seem to have an auto aim 75% of the time, and that even with full armor you can get killed by a guy using a sub machine gun from halfway across the map in one shot. Although it is always satisfying to see one of them fly into the air or chuck their gun fifty feet when you kill them.
The adventures of…
SCARFMAN!
DO DO DO DOOOOOO!
maybe i’ll make a spinoff comic with that title, Scarvine. 😉
I know the EXACT video game thats from. Stretch panic looked insanely good…
thats a brita filter pitcher aint it?
i’m happy you remember that game, steve! it wasn’t that great, but it was made by Treasure, which always makes interesting stuff. you basically just walked around stretching stuff with your scarf. heheh.
and yep – that’s a brita pitcher. 🙂
Scarfbot/Scarfman/Power of scarf – hee hee, I am loving this strip 🙂
This will either be insanely awesome, i.e. with the powers of Scrawn and Chub they will rid the streets of evil…
OR
Insanely terrible, i.e. the symbiote will overpower Jefbot’s mind forcing him to knit an army of super powerful mini-scarfs that grab hold of folks a la “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” to carry forth nefarious deeds.
And kudos again on the M-W-F schedule -that takes a great deal of planning and you are doing great. Can’t wait for Friday!
glad you’re loving the strip, Angela! if the story takes the latter option and the Scarf overpowers jefbot’s mind, let’s just be glad it didn’t find Xinda as a host. that would’ve resulted in a terrible outcome, indeed. 😉
and thanks for the kudos! hoping this hectic schedule gets easier the longer it goes on. hoping, hoping. heheh.
jefbot the newest spiderman villain, loosly related to Dr. Octavius
remember spidy cant detect non-lethal weaponry
good to know about the spider sense limitations, drakeye. not sure bot and the Scarf would have a chance against all those other spider powers, tho!
I’m starting to think your sister should make me a scarf. (:
i bet she’d make you one, Nat. she’s already made several, actually.
Here we go…Next strip – Jefbot tries to take over the world! As Jefbots Uncle always said…”With great power comes great power”
heheh. you have no faith in bot’s potential to use his power for good, Slave1! you’ll see in the next strip…
I used to have that exact same water filter!
i’ve had these a long time but they still work great, Em!
Hrm :/ why’s everybody doing scarf powers these days? I wonder if he’ll use it like Pigment from TH? Very good gaming-sutra techniques to be had I assure you.
so what’s the other comic that’s doing scarf powers, kabutali? i’m not familiar with “Pigment” or “TH” but i’d love to check it out!
It’s called Trying Human. Pigment is a alien(somewhat of a side plot character) and having telekinesis(being an alien and what not) uses it through a scarf normally.
Heres a picture: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=pigment#/d3dedei
The comic is pretty awesome if you like ufo stories and stuff. Its also has a bit of a romance thing.