To me this comic is funny not because Jared doubts Tom’s story about being assaulted by an anthropomorphic piece of audio/visual equipment. Instead he finds the story questionable because Tom’s injuries are not consistent with the length of his beating.
Hate to spell it out for you, but it makes me smile.
I’m coming to a close on this little story line, so I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Not much for me to talk about except that Cami and I saw neither Moon OR Food, Inc. Saturday night as my parents had Henry stay over at their place. Neither of us could muster up the enthusiasm for Food, Inc. and we missed the only showing of Moon that evening before we left my parents house.
Instead we watched my review copy of I Love You, Man on Blu-ray. I’ll be reviewing it for the site and you can expect to find it here tomorrow. I’ll be sure to remind you on Twitter in case you forget.
I’m sure my lack of commitment to new movies will get me in trouble with Joe and Gordon tonight during our recording of The Triple Feature at 9:00 PM CST, but we’re probably going to talk about 500 Days of Summer, which isn’t even in wide release here until Friday. So what can you do?
I’m kind of annoyed because both 500 Days of Summer AND Funny People come out here on Friday and I can’t see either of them because Cami will be out of town with her Mom and Sister celebrating my Mother-in-Law’s birthday. I guess I’ll have to get caught up in the week before the Chicago Comic Con.
If you’re looking for something to do between now and The Triple Feature at 9:00 PM CST, I encourage you to swing over to my good friend Zach Miller’s web comic which you might remember is called Joe and Monkey.
I’ve been talking to Zach lately and he’s been drawing panels like a fiend preparing for JaM’s return. If I’m not mistaken, he’s already several weeks ahead and plans on updating every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the foreseeable future.
It brings me great joy to make this announcement because I am constantly being approached by Zach’s fans about when he is going to bring Joe and Monkey back. Zach and I are friends and speak on a semi-regular basis, but I’m usually as much in the dark about this subject as the rest of you. So I always feel like I’m disappointing the person asking the question when I can’t give them a definitive answer.
But Zach is back on the horse and updating again. So be sure to swing by Joe and Monkey to see what he’s up to.
Incidentally, Zach and I will be sharing a table on Artist’s Alley at Chicago Comic Con August 6 – 9. You can find us at table #3414. If you plan on attending the show, it would mean a great deal to both of us if you came by and said “hello.” We are both very friendly and will likely chat your ear off.
Cheers!
I woke up in the hospital 5 days later with 11 stitches in my left hand.
Owie.
That's a fascinating story, Tom.
Just one thing bothers me:
If you were savagely beaten by a two-ton robot for 40 minutes, should you be - y'know?...
...DEAD?!
You just made my day – I’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of Joe and Monkey for AGES! Thanks for the heads-up!
I’m glad I could improve your day with news about someone ELSE’S comic, Joe… ;D
How about this – I’m sure glad that strip Tom survived a 40 minute beating like that.
I just saw 500 Days of Summer on Friday and it was one of the best Romantic/Comedy/Drama movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’s hard to really fit it into a catagory. I usually don’t go for hipster indie flciks but this one really caught my interest. The cinematography along with the preformancesand story make this movie a masterpiece. I think everyone should see it.
Hipster indie… hah, sorry, but anytime I see hipster paired with another word, I can only think of “hipster doofus’ from Seinfeld.
Good to hear about Joe and Monkey coming back too.
As for your comic storyline I’ll admit I was expecting Tom to have had his hand savagely chewed on by getting swallowed by the DVD player’s disc reader. Still fun storyline and look forward to seeing how it turns out.
In an ironic twist of fate, I probably won’t be able to go to 500 Days of Summer because my wife knows I’ll be lusting after Zooey the whole time.
Loving the return of David. I’m eagerly anticipating Wizard World where I get to see my fav web comic creator…JOE DUNN! Plus I heard the guys from his Monday podcast are going too 🙂 See ya there
You guys are just messing with me now, right? 😕
I saw Moon last night and have to say I was more than happy with it. I found it entertaining and had good pacing. It’s also a very good story and script and Sam Rockwell does a brilliant job I think.
It was a refreshing change from the usual stuff that I go and see. I would recomend it to most people I speak to.
Also saw Moon yesterday. Along with The Hurt Locker, probably my favorite movie of the year so far. The Hangover isn’t far behind! 🙂