Thanks to everybody who supported the Valentine’s Day Quality Time sale! It’s over now but I’m saving up to get to the Emerald City Comicon next month (not to mention still being unemployed, so money’s extra awesome right now) so pretty much every purchase is going toward getting me there. Thanks again, and I hope you all had a fantastic Valentine’s Day! (Even if you had no one to celebrate with, I sent you all some heart vibes so I hope you felt ’em.)
And in between shipping stuff off and scouring job boards, I was able to get this strip out, so enjoy! Like I mentioned previously, I didn’t mean for this storyline to get so huge, but it had a life of its own so I could only comply to its whims. And while it’s been all sweetness and honey (well, somewhat) for the Peppermint Elf making magic and cookies so far, something tells me those times are about to come to a bitter and teeth-filled end. See ya next time!
Previous tales of the Christmas Bat:
The Christmas Bat I • The Christmas Bat II • The Christmas Bat III • The Christmas Bat IV • The Christmas Bat V • The Christmas Bat VI
Don’t fall to the temptations of misusing magic little elf! Noooo
you’d think an elf of all things would know not to misuse magic, right f_f!!??
and check you out: you’re continuing your record-setting firstings with the 8X Shades! insanity, man. INSANITY! wear them well – these have magical recipes built into the lenses, of course:
😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎
I hope I don’t have to resort to high magic to keep it going!
HA! there will be consequences if so, flame_fingers. consequences.
Hope you can make it to Emerald City Con. Got my passes ordered early for the whole family this year and I might be on a panel too.
Good luck!
ooh, sweet! what panel might you be on? and as of now, i’m fairly certain i’ll be there, even if my booth might not be as robust as last year’s (due to the fact that i’ll probably fly, rather than drive up this year.) if there’s anything you want me to bring, let me know, GB!
Don’t have a copy of “All Dysfunctions Normal,” so I think an autographed softcover’s going to be my goal that day.
So…..can we order stuff from the Botshop ahead of time and pick it up at ECCC? I one thing from you I need and another I just really want 🙂
Couldn’t say until the program was officially released this weekend… “So Your Kid Wants to Make Video Games” on Sunday morning at 11.
Poor little elf. See you at ECCC!
see you there, Kris!!! *fingers crossed*
Mysterious…
Headcanon! Delete this if I’m correct. 😛
Santa put a spell in this area, turning the Christmas Bat into an elf.
His sense of smell was taken away so he doesn’t revert,
then he actually enjoys being an elf.
Years pass, he returns and does all this weird stuff.
good guess, ROM! we’ll just have to wait and see, though i like where your mind is going with this. heheh.
So uh… That moment when the spell doesn’t work because the elf is silent from the Cave of Whispers clay.
that moment when you realize Yuxrier totally should’ve been in that room before the Peppermint Elf made a tragic mistake!
Eh… who said I would’ve stopped him?
heh. good point.
Baked elf in a flaky crust, anyone?
mmMMmm… tasty, i’ll bet!!!
Oh yeah, nice to see you’re still kicking, J-boy.
Ooooh the plot, much like Santa’s waistline, thickens!! DUN DUN DUUUUUN
DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN!!! methinks the elf could use Santa’s help right about now, Erebus!
ECCC! I can’t wait!
hope to get back there one day, DJ!
I’m glad your back Bot. =]
heh. thanks, unumbra.
Dang it, Man! You can’t keep leaving us with unfinished stories! “Something tells me those times are about to come to a bitter and teeth-filled end.” And then nothing for almost 4 months? You are too cruel. Think of your fans!!! And I still want an end to the Jefbot Epic Story Arc you left us in the middle of.
I know, I know. You are working hard to get your career where you want it to be. That is awesome and I have all the faith in the world that you will get there. But you are giving me a sad. :'(
I don’t mean this post to be a scolding one. I just want you to know that there are people who still think about you and your strip and WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!! 😀
I must agree, you have to come back to us!
i’m gonna try, HitS!
hoping to get back and finish the unfinished, Shanna! just wrapped up a big work project so should have some time to come back to the strip. definitely need to finish this Bat storyline up so i can return to bot & pals. thanks for letting me know you’re still interested in what happens!!! 🙂
Hey jeff i hope everythings been going okay its been awhile since weve seen a comic. missthe flow dude. Hope you and the fam are ok!
sorry, Val – yeah, everything’s been going (mostly) well with me and the fam. just been extremely busy with career stuff. hoping to get back to the strip soon!
So…
What happened to his hot, arcade-owning geek-girl “friend”?!?!? They are so rare as to be almost mythological, so even ONE wasted is a crime against humanity! ;-). Please tell me that she returns! Jeffbot must journey & mature to be worthy of her, goddess that she is. That, and I have seen clues that indicate that she could have tendencies slightly towards Jeff’s older sister’s temperament…. LOL.
hoping to get back to cel & bot’s adventures soon, Knorris908! just got sidetracked pretty much all of 2015. hoping to do more here in the next few months.
DUDE! Hope you’re still hanging in there. Miss the ‘Bot and and hope you’re not one of the cool comix that got eaten by “Life, the Universe, and everything.”
i did get swallowed by “Life, the Universe, and Everything” pretty much all of last year, SamuraiArtGuy. hoping to get back to the comic in the next week or so and then provide updates when i can throughout the rest of 2016. wish me luck!
*Sighs* I’m still faithfully checking in in the hopes of a return. 🙂
As are we all. It’s almost kind of sad because I still see ads for the site every now and then and am then reminded of its inactivity.
This is sadly one of MANY webcomics I keep checking in on that have been inactive for so long but I don’t hear anything about hiatus or the creator deciding to stop the comic. So *shrugs* I just stick with cause I love the comics so much.
Yeah, I agree. It’s one thing if you need to stop making a comic for a while or strait up stop it because of life reasons, but if you just outright stop without telling your fans that you’re doing so or otherwise keeping them up to date on the situation it’s practically like giving all your fans the middle finger on your way out the door. Unfortunately it’s happened with too many great comics where their creators had to stop for one reason or another and in many of those cases we don’t even know why. I’ve even seen a few comics and such pop up that looked promising, but the artist seemed to get bored and quit after just barely starting without saying a word.
sorry for the long delay, Fijiman, but i can assure you the comic’s not dead yet! hoping to resuscitate it in the next couple weeks as i’ve really missed working on it (and hanging out with y’all, too!) we’ll see how it goes as i don’t want to overpromise due to my random schedule, but i’d love to get a comic or two out in February. thanks for still checking in!
awww, thanks for continuing to check in Insane Kitsune! i can’t promise a lot, but i seriously hope to get back to the comic SOON.
AHHH! 😀 It’s great to hear from you again, you have been greatly missed! C:
thanks, IK! missed you, too!
*pokes website with a stick*
“Is- is it dead?”
*pokes it and jumps backwards*
“I think it’s dead…”
*pokes it again every two weeks*
heheheh. watch out, TF, it might just come back to life soon! keep poking and something might happen. 😀
Does that mean this stick is magical?
Great to hear from ya Jeff
I was close to rewatching Gravity Falls for the hundredth time… *stares at my laptop* no babe don’t tempt me.
i think that’s exactly what that means, TF! so keep hitting me with it. 😉
oh, and i looove Gravity Falls, too. so good. i have some episodes to catch up on in the last season but can’t wait to see what’s next for Alex Hirsch.
YES catch up so you can fret over the last episode airing soon like the rest of us.
I pray this isn’t the last we’ll hear of Mr Hirsch.
Glad you’re working miss the Botman though. Thanks for the update.
look for a new strip in the next week or so, Kris!
Whoa really? SWEET! 😀 Good luck to you in your endeavors. 🙂
So… I am guessing this is never going to happen then?
Holy crap, The Bot lives!
yep! i’m alive, E. A.! ALIVE!!!
*pries open boarded up entrance*
~cough cough~
Man, haven’t been here in a long time. Bot! You alive in there? swear t’ God if he’s turned into a feral. Bot! You better not be a feral, or I’ll owe Hancock 20 caps!
ha! better stay at arm’s length, Anime fan – i might just be a feral! i’ve been gone so long it’s hard to tell. but i’m hoping to be back soon to finish this Christmas Bat story up!
Whooooaaa, still here. 🙂
I miss the stories. So many of my favorites have failed me. It seems that the webcomic is taking it’s deathflight with the comicbook and newspaper comics. Soon it will go the way of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
hoping to get back to the stories Insane Kitsune and Random Guy! the comic’s not dead yet – just in an extended hypersleep, it seems.
Jefbot, where are you?!?! *wind rustles and a tumbleweed rolls by…..*
still here, HoboJoenME! hoping to get back to the comic soon to sweep those tumbleweeds away!