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Neil Jam Jabber:
That’s right, we’re back with a third installment of Jerry’s Journal! It’s been a while, but I think it’ll be well worth the wait, as this is surely the best issue yet. This volume’s packed with more shenanigans than ever before. The pages that I was selecting from were originally intended to amount to two separate books, only one of which was going to be Jerry’s Journal Vol 3. Seeing as how Jerry plays a sizable role in what would have been the other book, and that I was drawing all of these pages within the same time frame of one another, I decided instead to mash the two projects together into one super book. I blended it together and pared it down to the diamond form that it became. Yes, a lovely diamond.
First up for this “diamond” will be a showing at this weekend’s CAKE, Chicago’s *free* alternative comics show. It’s gonna be Saturday and Sunday (May 31st & Jun 1st), so come on out and say hello. I’ll have a table with all my crap that I’d be happy to draw on for you if you’d like.
And the week after that, I’ll get the book available online, and maybe even get back to regularly doing what I was meant to do (do you really have to ask?).
If this comic strip makes sense to you, you’ve got probs.
As you might have noticed, I had a little help in drawing this strip. The bulk of the artwork was handled by my pal Justin Madson. We cranked this sucker out this past weekend during the Chicago Comic Con. I suppose this has become something of a tradition, as we busted out the forerunner to this strip last year during the very same convention. Nothing beats making comics with friends!
Did you think I’d given up? Surely you know by now that will never happen. There are always happenings happening around here. Why just this weekend, for instance, August 10th and 11th, I’ll be on hand once again at the Chicago Comic Con. I’ll have all the usual goods with me, so do me a solid and swing on by. It’s a long multi-day show, but due to a scheduling conflict I’ll only be there on Saturday and Sunday, so please make a note of that. It looks like they’re gonna have a pretty large artist alley this year. Look for me at table M2.
Another thing I’d like to mention is this review Rob Clough recently posted about a couple of my recent books, Me and Jerry’s Journal Volume 2. It’s kinda cool how he talked about both books together, as they certainly do piggyback off of each other in terms of theme and content. He has some nice things to say, so check it out, and then contemplate whether you can continue living your life the way that you do without purchasing these books for yourself in the Neil Jam Shop.
I’ve been yapping about it for weeks, but I am happy to announce that the Me comic book is officially ready and available in the Neil Jam shop. It is a compilation of strips that I was drawing during a low point in my life– Fun for the whole family! It’s a compact lil’ 40 pager, and a must have item for the die hard Neil Jam fan (that would be you).
I’ve also cobbled together a handy lil’ three pack of my recent books that can be had at a reduced price. If you’ve been slacking on your collection of Jerry’s Journal books, this is your chance to catch up! So do me a solid, swing by the Neil Jam shop, and check it out!
