13 Responses to “The Santa Theory”

1. MJ Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 1:04 am

   Wow! That is all I can say. Real sweeeeeet strip.

2. me! (pd guy, nitpicker) Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 6:54 am

   Nice actions in panel 2. And they got the monkey involved! Did the monkey write the sign?

   It’s amazing how much more personality and/or emotion Adam shows since you stopped making his eyes all black.

3. tyler_durden Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 7:03 am

   great ,great strip!
   next thing you know,fred will be scanning his room for ’santas spy gear”

4. Scott Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 8:14 am

   I agree with me!- panel 2 is rocks. Nice.

5. jim (JP&TM creator) Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 8:21 am

   @MJ: Thanks MJ, I do what I can.

   @me: The monkey did write the sign.

   @tyler: something like that, yes.

   @Scott: yeah, it was a tricky one to do… getting actions down isn’t that easy.

6. tyler_durden Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 8:44 am

   @jim about new cintiq…todays classic foxtrot has you written all over it!
   http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrotclassics/

7. Jon Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 10:20 am

   I love how you managed to get at how stilted Fred’s voice is supposed to sound in panel 1. The actions in panel 2 are terrific. Serial holding the sign in panel 3 is a great punchline. Jet Packs & Time Machines rarely fails to delight, but today’s is exceptional. Great job, Jim!

8. Scott Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 10:40 am

   ” I love how you managed to get at how stilted Fred’s voice is supposed to sound in panel 1.”

   Yeah, I thought the same thing when I read it- you can really hear his voice trying to cover it up. It comes through. This three panel thing you got going right now is great. The height of the panels provides plenty of room for detail.

9. jim (JP&TM creator) Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 11:02 am

   @Jon and Scott: Thanks guys! I wasn’t sure if just using the ‘louder’ font would be enough to get that across or not. Actually, I was concerned this strip wouldn’t be one of my stronger ones. (it’s taking a while for me to learn to relax and let my comic do it’s thing.)

10. Brandy James Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    My direction went a little ‘South’ with this strip. Even though Xmas and Santa have been well set up, when I first see Serial’s sign and his finger point skyward, I am thinking religion entity. Sorry about that.

11. Doug Says:
    December 13th, 2007 at 7:55 am

    Brandy, Santa basically IS a religous entity, is he not?

    Another fantastic strip Jim. Fred’s voice came across just right in Panel 1.

12. Jarrett Says:
    December 13th, 2007 at 10:36 am

    THIS IS TOP 5 JET PACK STRIP EVER. I never thought you would conquer the three panel strip so fast but you did it.

    I want this one signed…we’ll talk. I’ll pull the old son & wife card.

    j

13. Brandy James Says:
    December 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Santa Claus “IS” a religious entitiy? Doug do you pray to Santa.. .hey — wait a second - I do pray to Santa. C’mon Xmas!!!

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