This past week I made another visit to Comics Coast to Coast, in an attempt to convince Justin Thompson that not only can he or anybody else set up a comic website, but that it’s also a worthwhile endeavor. I’m not sure if I was successful or not.
Having set up and altered a comic press site or two (or a bunch, and sometimes dramatically altered them) I did my best to help Brian explain as many of the nuts and bolt of setting up a site as we could, and I think we covered a lot of ground. That being said, if any would be cartoonist/webmasters out there have any questions, feel free to ask. You can email me at jim (AT) jetpacksandtimemachines.com
Worth already blogged it, but I thought I might as well confirm it. It’s now official, The Panel Mammals are no more.
What it really comes down to, is that I just don’t have the time to give the PM site the attention it needs and still produce comics. From now on, my only concern is JP&TM, and anything outside of that will have to wait.
For those of you who might be at a loss and looking for a new comic conglomerate site to keep an eye on, you can always check out Tall Tale Features, where there will probably be some familiar faces.
Yeah, I know I said I was going to hopefully get production rolling in April… And I know that it’s may now… Whoops.
It also looks like the wait is going to be even longer now too. For one thing, Tyler Martin is getting ready to roll out a new version of ComicPress ! I’m sort of waiting until that gets out of beta so that I can grab it and set up a new JP&TM site (and there’s going to be a bit of a format change coming up for JP&TM as well.)
The other hold up is that I’ve decided it’s time to quit screwing around… I’ve decided I’m going to really up my game by focusing much more on my weakness (my writing) in an attempt to bring JP&TM to the next level. I’ve already begun the writing process, and I’m working out the conclusion to the kite storyline now, and hopefully as time progresses I’ll be able to get my writing on level with my art.
Unfortunately, between the new site design, the re-launch of the panel mammal site, and this writing re-focusing are all going to delay and slow down my comic production (that and my day job) so I can’t give an accurate timetable of when I’ll be back for sure. One thing I do know though, is that Jarret Osborne is planning on launching his new feature Someday Hero in late june, and there’s no way I’m going to let him return to cartooning before I do!
I’m not dead… I’m just really busy right now.
Just so everyone knows, the basic plan is as follows:
That’s about it. Unfortunately, I don’t have any solid ETAs on any of this yet. I’ve got to talk it over with the other guys… but I’m guessing the panel mammals will wait to relaunch until Jarrett is totally ready to go and hopefully, I’ll be returning to production in early april some time.
That’s right… A Sabbatical. Unfortunately, Jetpacks and Time Machines has to go away for a little bit while I focus more on working for a living and other such things.
This is not a permanent goodbye or anything… Fred, Adam, Serial and all the rest will be back, but I’m not sure when. Hopefully it will only be a few weeks.
I’m not really conquering the internet, but one thing I did just do is set up an account at comic sherpa for JP&TM… Not that anyone needs to go there to check out the comics in the smaller format (unless for some reason you have a problem with the larger JP&TM’s), but I’m just letting everyone know - I’m on sherpa now.
Of course, if anyone wanted to go there and submit feedback about how awesome JP&TM is… Feedback that the administrators over there end up getting a copy of… Well, I wouldn’t have a problem with gaming the system a bit. (Not that my plan is syndication or anything, but I might not be adverse to an eventual move up to gocomics - at least to check it out…)
I just wanted to let you all know that christmas day (or maybe a couple days later, depends on how much time I have) will be the last JP&TM comic of this year. Comic Production will resume on January 8th. I know, it’s a long time, but the fact is, I’m going on vacation after christmas, and I just won’t have time to get my comics pre-posted, what with the holidays and all. That being said, nobody worry… Jetpacks and Time Machines will be back after this break stronger than ever (which seems to be the case after I take some time off.)
Thanks for reading!
Check out the new Cintiq monitor.
As many of you know, I myself work on a cintiq, although I work on a much larger and heavier model than this new one. I have to say, the idea of having a cintiq that I could easily and comfortably hold in my lap is very appealing. In an ideal world, I’d be purchasing this new cintiq and another computer that I could have both cintiqs hooked up to in a multiple monitor configuration so that I could switch between them depending on which is more convenient. I’m not going to do this of course (meaning “yet”), but I am going to check the reviews on this product and dream. (for now)
Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to get a comic ready for today, and I’ll admit I’d been struggle the last couple of weeks to get comics up on those mondays as well. The fact is, Monday is just a bad day for me to try and post comics. Due to this, I’m officially changing the updating schedule (yes, AGAIN - sorry.) Nobody get concerned… Nothing has happened to me, I haven’t lost interest in JP&TM, and there aren’t going to be any other dramatic changes happening any time soon. There will be a new comic tomorrow, and then wednesday, and then again on friday. See you guys then, and thanks for reading.
Sorry, but it looks like I won’t have a comic for friday (nov. 23rd). Just giving everybody the heads up, there will be no post on friday since I will be out of town and not near my computer until later in the day. JP&TM will continue as normal on monday. Thanks for reading and have a happy thanksgiving.
Jet Packs and Time Machines - The Best Semi Sci Fi Comic Strip Out There. is powered by WordPress with ComicPress. Subscribe RSS: Entries | Comments