I'm doing 24 Hour Comic Book Day tomorrow!

Tomorrow (Saturday, October 2nd) I will be participating in 24 Hour Comic Book Day!

http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/

The idea behind the event is twofold. Creating a comic book in a single day to see what deadlines can do for creativity, and having a social appearance for interaction with fans and other creators.

Well, I won’t be making a new comic from scratch. I’ll be working on Jimmy and the Hammer (though I may wander off and work on the Moongazer a bit). And I likely won’t be there for the full 24 hours. But I should be able to do enough that I can get ahead again.

But the second part is what really appealed to me. I will be hanging out all day in the Lets Draw Stuff chatroom at: http://www.letsdrawstuff.com/draw along with many other talented creators. And the genius of it all is you can come watch us draw, hang out, talk with us all, and have a generally awesomesauce time!

So once again, come hang out with me and watch me create the strip, tomorrow, October 2nd, at http://letsdrawstuff.com/draw ! I’ll be there as much as I am awake for, but I should be there at least from noon to midnight. I’ll also be twittering my experiences throughout the day, so if you can’t make it in person, be sure to follow me on twitter: @jathevan.

See you tomorrow!

Excuses

I have MANY valid reasons why I haven't been posting this month. And by "reasons" I mean "excuses". And by "valid" I mean "sort of valid". And by "MANY" I mean "a few".

-Jimmy and the Hammer has transitioned from once a week back up to twice a week, which, surprisingly enough, takes more time.
-Gamestop had a "Buy Two, Get One Free" sale, and I got a bunch of games for the 360, including "Dragon Age"
-Additionally, I decided I should play through all the single player missions of Starcraft (though with cheats, to speed things up) so I'm up to date on the story before I eventually pick up the sequel (not on launch day)
-My car died and I had to replace the fuel pump in it (800 dollars)
-I've also been watching a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm almost at the point where I've seen every episode at least twice.
-You know, work and sleep and stuff.

Are some of those valid? Yes. Are some of them lame cop outs? Also yes. Will it affect my ability to get 5 posts by the end of the month? Not even a little.

The Riddles - SOLVED

...but not by any of you mooks.

1) Michael's snack is bad for the super-thin

The Michael in question here, is Michael from Burn Notice, who fans of the show will know, has a fondness for yogurt.
So what does yogurt, being bad and the super thin reference? A recent xkcd (newest as of the riddle's posting):


2) A very hungry monkey completes the future

The monkey in question is Jimmy, from THE GREATEST WEBCOMIC EVER


But just how hungry is he? Hungry enough to Eat a World?

Jimmy Eat World has an album called Futures, the last track of which is "23":



3) Green, though not my favorite, is often referenced

This one was just a reference to my phone number.

Overall riddle solution: Today is my 23rd birthday.

Really, the whole thing was just an elaborate way for me to say "How could you forget my birthday, Matt? I even reminded you ahead of time!" but then he had to ruin the whole thing by REMEMBERING. WHAT A JERK.

Jimmy and the Hammer is 50 strips old!

Today's Jimmy and the Hammer marks the 50th strip, and also my 6 month anniversary of doing the comic.

To commemorate, there is a special double size comic packing some pretty major plot revelations.

To view it, head over to http://www.jimmyandthehammer.com !