I just can’t go on with it any more.  I’ve grown up and moved on.

That being said, I’ve got a new project in the works. Zombie-spit.

This isn’t always true.  Sometimes there are very well done horror movies with intricate plots and likeable characters.  This comic is about the other type of horror movie.  I guess I’ll never be a genre fan.

Creation Notes: Can anyone tell I’ve decided to try and work on my wordbubbles?  I really think that word bubble placement and design is one of the most often overlooked element of comics.  When I first started making comics, I remember thinking “I’ll make word bubbles however I want!  It’ll be my style!” Little did I realize that there are in fact rules involved, and breaking the rules on purpose can be a matter of stylistic choice, but breaking them out of ignorance isn’t.  Lately I’ve been using the blambot article on comic lettering grammar and tradition as a reference.

On the art side, too much drawing in that last panel probably.

Working on my zombie horde drawings for the upcoming graphic novel.  All this work has made me realize something though. Which brings me to the update.

JP&TM Strips WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK!

That’s right.  New strip next week. I know I said I wasn’t going to do strips any more… but the fact is, I’ve got quite a lot of writing to do on the graphic novel yet before I can even start producing pages, and I don’t want my site to go dark for that long, so I’m gonna do some strips in the meantime.  I’m only going to post one strip a week (starting next week) and probably on Thursdays.

So, on the positive side there will be new content, but on the negative side, this will slow down production on the novel.

I know I’ve been quiet for a while now guys, and I apologize, but I’ve had something in the works. There are things happening in the Jetpacks and Time Machines universe.

I don’t have much to post about it now, since I’m not exactly sure how it’s all going to go down, but essentially what’s going to happen, is at least one chapter of a JP&TM graphic novel (one chapter and a prologue actually).  I’d started plotting it out (doing some research, brainstorming, and sketching) a while back, and over the last few weeks I’ve started the writing process in earnest.

So far, here’s what I know for sure:

• This story will focus on and star some new characters
• There will be a cameo for at least one existing character (I’m trying to believably work in more)
• The world of JP&TM will be irrevocably altered at least a little
• There will be zombies

That’s all for now, but I hope to post more sketches as things progress and being posting pages as quickly as possible.

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Trouble at school for Adam and Fred. The imposing door to the dean’s office, and a bit of skepticism regarding unexplained phenomenon.

Sorry for the comic delay. I’ve been busy with stuff.  Unfortunately, these things will happen on occasion though.  There’ll be another comic on thursday though.  Thanks for reading!

As a kid, I’d never actually arrived at a house that had left the bucket out until it was too late to capitalize on the opportunity…but I totally would have.

When was the last time anyone wore a ski mask to ski?  I’m guessing that these days just buying one of those things will raise eyebrows.  Imagine going into Walmart and buying a ski mask and a crowbar…That’s got to immediately raise some red flags.  Might as well have the cops meet you as you walk to your car.

It’s been a while since I’d done any comics where Adam’s partially robotic nature was displayed, so I felt like it was past due.

Well,  things are progressing nicely here at JP&TM.  This wraps up the somewhat unofficial zombie comic storyline (more of a continued conversation than a true storyline, I know) but there are more festive Halloween comics coming.  Next week, I’ll be posting the usual two comics on Tuesday and Thursday, and a special Halloween comic on Friday too.

Creation Notes: What we have here is a classic Jetpacks and Time Machines background in this comic.  Maybe a little too much detail on the machinery that Adam is jumping off in the first panel, but this was a fun comic to draw.