Joe and Monkey will return at 3:03 PM CST. Sorry for the delay.

On Wednesday I’ll be back in the drivers seat of JaM now that Ryan Estrada’s wonderful arch is over. However, there will be a few changes. I’m changing the release schedule of the comic to three days a week. This will allow me to occasionally sleep during the week, which I have found to be a great help over this past month. Upon my return the comic will be in full color rather than just black and white. I am doing this because if it’s only three days a week I will have a bit more time to spend on the comics and color seems to please people, and I want to make the comic more pleasing. I am also going to turn JaM back into a gag strip and focus more on jokes rather than story.

However, I do have a lot of story to tell. That is why I am starting an entirely new endeavor. I will release Joe and Monkey graphic novels featuring completely new stories. Although the first will just retell the Joe and Monkey origin story along with Kleptobot’s origin (at least that’s the plan for now). The graphic novels will only be released in print. That way you won’t have to wait a whole day for a new page. You’ll only have to wait a whole year for a new part of the story! BAM!

In other, more interesting news take a look at the cover of an upcoming issue of Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Oeming’s wonderful series Powers. Notice anything interesting on Deena’s shirt (character on the bottom right of the cover)?



The image is pretty small, so you might need help seeing it. Here’s a closeup.



I hope you have a happy new year. I sure plan on enjoying the new one.

I’ve fallen a bit behind lately, but I’ve been trying to get caught up. Eventually the five strips that were supposed to appear this week will be up, and I’ll tell you when they are. I had to put up the filler images in order to keep the archive from imploding because the entire month of December is already done and ready to post.

Like last December I am handing over the strip to someone who is better at making comics than I am. This year the reigns go to Ryan Estrada.

Ryan is an amazing artist and adventurer. I highly recommend checking out his comic work and video work.

Next week I’m raising the price of original art. Half-page strips, like the current Monday through Saturday comics will go for $100. Full-page strips, like the current Sunday comics will go for $200. Right now you can buy them for $50 for a half-page and $100 for a full-page.

They’re the perfect Christmas present for fans of the comic, so if you’d like one please email me and tell me which strip you’d like. If I have it, and you have the money then it’s yours. No rain checks.

Today is the last day you can order the Caution shirts. So if you want one you better pick one up now.

UPDATE: The sale is over. If you want a shirt you’ll have to wait until next time.

Since the new shirts went up for pre-order I’ve gotten a lot of questions about if the Caution shirts could go on sale again. The answer is, YES. Right now I am offering a one-week pre-order. After that the shirts will not be on sale again for a while. So order them while you can.

And while your at it, check out our stock of other shirts, books, hats and toys.