The year three Joe and Monkey collection is now on sale. That’s right! It’s on sale BEFORE the JaM year is even over. If you order now you may receive it in time to see what happens before it happens!

The book contains the entire third year of Joe and Monkey, including strips by Mitch Clem from the Battle of the Bands story arch, plus an introduction by DJ Coffman.

The book is only $13. Pick one up for you and your friends today!

You can also snatch books one and two (Totally Boned and The Definition Of Awesome) for $10 each!

Here’s what Joe would look like if he were on The Simpsons:

I just saw the fourth movie in the Die Hard franchise. When I saw the preview I thought to myself, “Wow, that movie looks WAY over-the-top.” I was right.

In my opinion, Live Free or Die Hard is the single best action movie ever made.

Has anyone noticed that Nothing Nice To Say is back? Because it is, and it’s awesome.

A couple things today. For those of you who visited Sunday only to find there wasn’t a comic then you’ll want to check yesterday’s strip. I finished it and got it out just in time to be late. Oh well.

Today’s going to be a fun day. It’s the day I learn who beat my book in The Lulu Blooker Prize.

If you read Afterstrife you might notice a familiar character in today’s comic.

I received this email from comic artist and adventurer Ryan Estrada:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Recently, when moving to a larger format, Joe and Monkey went from REALLY GOOD to REALLY TOTALLY GOOD.

Ryan Estrada expressed fear and trepidation (to himself) when said comic moved from it’s new larger format to a newer, much smaller format. However, despite all rational possibility, Joe and Monkey got EVEN MORE REALLY TOTALLY GOODER, a classification which it should be known is even more awesome than AWESOME.

Ryan Estrada offers a high five to Zach Miller on the accomplishment of reaching this most prestigious classification.

Ryan Estrada is one of the coolest dudes in Webcomics, so that’s a pretty impressive compliment.

On April 29th I will be attending MNCBA’s MicroCon in St. Paul. It’s located on the State Fair Grounds and it’s fairly easy to find. Admission is only $6 with $1 off if you bring a canned food shelf donation. It’s one of the cheapest cons I’ve ever been to, however, the attending talent is enormous.

I’ll have books for sale, along with hats and posters. I’ll also have original art for sale. So if you have a favorite comic strip from the JaM archive (assuming I haven’t traded it to James Turner for a piece of his original art) you can buy it. However, if you aren’t able to make it, and you still want some original Joe and Monkey art please feel free to email me and we can work something out.

In other news, I don’t know how much truth this holds, but it seems pretty damning to me.

I am fairly politically conscious. When I’m at home I read political blogs all day. I check various news sites at least every half an hour. Today I came across something that made me flip out in anger. Time Warner has proposed a rate increase for postage and the Postal Regulatory Commission has adopted that rate increase. The rate increase directly benefits a large publisher like Time Warner because it lowers bulk shipping, while increasing rates for for smaller publishers who have smaller shipments.

This is absolutely unacceptable. Why is the government accepting proposals from a major corporation who will be the only one to profit from this proposal? It is totally unfair to small publishers, small business and to EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.

Please, sign this letter and tell the Postal Board of Governers and your Congresspeople that you find this rate increase unacceptable.

They are tearing down everything that makes this country great.

Joe and Monkey is entering its fourth week on GoComics.com, and you want to know something exciting? If you read Lio, FoxTrot, Opus or Calvin and Hobbes and you look at the top of the page you’ll see that GoComics has a new comic. MY COMIC! For the past three weeks JaM has enjoyed a HUGE advertisement on the top of every single GoComics page with the BLOG ALERT proudly proclaiming, “New Comic: Joe and Monkey!”

I have no idea how much traffic that actually drives to the JaM page, but it’s awesome nonetheless. I won’t learn how many people are reading the comic until June or July, however that doesn’t bother me. It’s there, and it’s awesome. Frankly, I can’t help but feel excited by the fact that JaM is along side some of the best comic strips ever made. Besides those already mentioned GoComics is an online home to such greats as Candorville, For Better or For Worse, Liberty Meadows and Doonesbury. On a side note, the past few weeks of Doonesbury have been particularly AWESOME.

So what are you still doing here? Go check out JaM at GoComics.com and read a week ahead of the strips at JoeandMonkey.com. You won’t regret it.

If you enjoy my comic and are in Nebraska, or Western Iowa this weekend you might want to head over to Wayne, NE where I will be sitting around at Willycon trying to act like I’m not affraid of the person sitting next to me. I’ll have books, posters, drawings and myself. So come early and often. This is the chance of a sometime.