So it would appear that the new Scrawn and Chubman aren’t quite taking to their powers (or maybe their powers aren’t quite taking to them) as had been expected. Will our stalwart heroes give up on their new roles? Will they make another REVERSAL!? Will they give up superhero-ing altogether!!? Stay tuned, dear BOTreaders – all will be answered (or, you know: stuff will happen) in the very next JEFbot!
Power reversal. It’s never a good idea!
true that, TCG. not unless you’re prepared!
and check you out – you bagged these Shades of Firsting crazy fast. the strip was only up for a minute or two! as always, wear them well: these Reverse your sight so you can see into your own head:
😎
There’s nothing to see in my head. Just saying.
And yes, working nights has created opportunity for me to get said shades. I wasn’t expecting the new strip up when I checked. 😎
Exactly what I was afraid of :/ no one listens to me.
Cold in Southern California, you’re funny
happy you caught that callback, dj. 🙂
your fears have become realized, dj! maybe the nerdgods (or nerddemons) were listening?
Your powers don´t suck, you need MORE power to get the full effect. 😉
heh. yes. i wonder if jefbot will come to realize this, CE?
You’re absolutely right!
To be fair. I’d rather have the powers of scrawn. Since I tend to sit on hand rails, counters and anything 4 feet or higher from the ground. Actually the higher I am from the ground? The happier I am..
Southern California… For that even have a cold season? What would JefBot do in 0 degree( Fahrenheit) weather? I remember a strip from early on where JefBot is dressed for winter, and Michael explains that it’s 60 degrees outside.. That makes me laugh every time I read it..
Don’t get me wrong though, the power of chub did give me a bit of protection from pain, it was very useful. Now a days I can’t even fall down a few steps without being in pain for a week.. I tend to miss al that protection
I couldn’t remember the Cornfather as his name.. Forgive me oh great and powerful Oz!
no sweat! he’ll answer to both “Michael” and “the Cornfather”! (at least his real-life counterpart will.)
while the Power of Chub is tempting, i’m with ya, Satoshieyes – i’d rather have Scrawn Powers! but maybe that’s because i’ve had ’em all my life (up until recently. heheh.)
and yes, bot’s comment about the cold weather is definitely a callback to that older strip. glad you still get a chuckle out of it. 😀
Strange you should mention pain from falling because I just recently found the time to get back into my exercise program between setting up my new computer, preparing to post my new webcomic and working two jobs. When I ran and turned corners, pain shot up from my left ankle to my knee via the bone in my left leg. I injured my left knee and ankle back in September of ’06 by falling 23 feet off a rocky cliff and landing on a rock. I walked funny for two days afterwards. My knee healed completely but my ankle never fully healed. To this day, certain ways I turn my ankle send a sharp pain up my leg bone. I never thought falling only 23 feet could produce such a long lasting injury but it did.
ouch. here’s hoping that your ankle will undergo some miraculous self-healing, Rainey. needless to say: pain sucks.
Well, since they kind of still look scrawny and chubby I’m guess their powers are in the middle stages, in a few weeks, if they keep things up, it will be a true reversal.
yeah, if bot keeps gaining weight and Corn keeps losing it, i think you’re right, TPC! we’ll see if either have the patience to stay on the path.
I dont know about the winters in California, or wherever you live, but here in Finland it is about -15 degrees C all day. even -25 if it is really cold.
Also, If I had to choose between a guy ho is on the chubbier side and a guy on the scrawnier side, I would choose the guy on the chubbier side. Mostly because they are often very happy and nice. No hard feelings jefbot.
-15!? -25!!!? and here i was thinking it’s been really cold here in SoCal cuz the temp dropped to 45 fahrenheit at night last week, DAS! in today’s strip, it was probably upper 60s and bot was still cold, but he has L.A. blood so you’ll have to forgive him. see JEFBOT.26 for reference. 🙂
no hard feelings about choosing chub over scrawn! since “cuddliness” is one of the Powers of Chub, i think your reasoning is sound.
I meant -15 CELSIUS. I just have no clue what it is in Fahrenheit. And we do not get snow days, ever… because we just looove the cold.
Being skinny was nice. I could eat an entire hot dinner without breaking a sweat! 😛
i can still eat an entire hot dinner without break a sweat, Bill Murphy, it just takes me twice as long to get rid of the weight now that my metabolism’s slowing! 😉
One man’s superpower is another man’s Stupid Human Trick. Or something.
i think that’s about right, Sarah W.
I love this strip. 😀 Too funny. I definitely prefer the powers of Scrawn, and those are the ones I grew up with. I wonder if I would prefer the powers of Chub if those are the ones I was familiar with.
i’ve wondered the same, Shanna. but now that my Scrawn Powers are ebbing, i want ’em back!!!
You know, if a pair of villains show up set to fight their EXACT POWERS, they (the villains) may be in for a nasty surprise…
i’ve been thinking about arch-villains for our dynamic duo, Oz, and while they won’t appear in this little set of strips, they may make an appearance in the future! 🙂
This look like a job for! …Not you two.
Jefbot, chill out and Cornfather, dont let it get you down.
ha! awesome punniness, Maryz! 😀
Same Bot time, same Bot channel.
indeed, 52pickup!
That’s hilarious. Your animation & detail is OFF THE CHARTS!
awww… thanks, FunnyShaffer. i was pretty happy with the way this one came out. it’s been great having the time to work on colors/textures/poses/backgrounds more the past several weeks!
Hmmm…perhaps MAAAAGGGGIIIIICCCCCCCSSSSSSSSSSS shall be required!
Or, you know, new powers.
oooh, i love me some MAAAGGGIIICCCCSSSS, GG11! we’ll see.
Calling a role rereversal now.
good call, GB. perhaps in the future.
“Like Cornfather, Like Scrawn” Nobody else made this movie reference so I figured I would.
heh. i dig it, Rainey!
And they were both so confident!
Jeff! I’ve heard “I Don’t Love You” by MCR a good 10x’s now, and I can’t get over your mom at New Years. I just remember “You don’t love me like you did yesterday? In 2012!? This is so depressing!”
ha! we did a little karaoke-ing during my dad’s bday the other day and i thought of you, Nat! you need to come over so we can do some more MCR, soon. (i only do those songs when you’re there. heheh.)
Sounds like fun! Probably should be karaoke-ing more than once a year anyway! (:
most def. 🙂
Add 2 more rings in the eyes and we have Rinne-Kitty!
give me a link to the Rinne-Kitty reference, G.L.! (and some readers may recognize the cat as a grown-up version of the kitty in this strip.) 🙂
Ask and you shall receive. http://slow-chemical-design.deviantart.com/art/Rinnegan-Cat-326552093
oooh… freaky!
Foolish, Bot. You cannot acchieve the power of chub with a handful of ounces. They must be POUNDS!
ahhh, so true, Anime fan. bot will hopefully learn this before he gives up on the Powers of Chub! spoiler: he won’t.
Is there such a thing as the Powers of Average?
HA! did you look at my script and pencils for the very next strip, E. A. Setser (which isn’t even out yet)!!? now scouring my home office for hidden mics and surveillance cameras…
And in a Shyamalanian twist, everybody is Jeff Schuetze! Especially me. I’m an identity thief to ridiculous extremes.
i dig it! although seeing as how my bank card got hacked the other day, i could use less thievery in my life. 😛
Well that’s some crap. Strangely nice to know I’m not the only one having problems. Good luck with that.
The only reason they think the other’s powers suck is because they haven’t mastered them yet.
That and their powers weren’t meant to be swapped in the first place.
it does go against the Laws of Chub & Scrawn to swap powers, Fijiman. mayhap our team will find out before it’s too late! spoiler: they won’t.
when will cel come back!?!?!?!?
sooooon, copper490! (kinda.)
and i dig your avatar! 😀
lol sweet, cuz i read through all of em in like 4 hours and found cel to be the most awsome character, also will the scarf come back at any point (the one that was hooked to jeffbot’s neck)? possibly cel and the scarf come back at the same time?