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Temporary FIJ Schedule
For the next few weeks, Fun in Jammies will drop back to posting once per week, each Tuesday. There are some crazy busy schedules going on at the moment, but we'll pick back up to twice per week once things settle down shortly! Thanks for bearing with us!
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Subway Has Something for Everyone
A while back my brother had an idea for a parody of a Subway commercial that had just started airing, so he recruited my husband to do some video editing. This morning I awoke to find that they aired it on G4's "Attack of the Show". I cannot tell you how surreal it is to watch TV hosts make cracks about my family's in-jokes. I'm proud of you guys!
The youtube video is here. (And it might not make any sense if you haven't seen Leon/The Professional!)super proud
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Haven't seen her in a while
Howdy folks!
We haven't seen Claws in a while and it was really fun to draw her again. The last time we saw her was way back in issue 163
here. Which, by the way, was my very first page as the new artist for Fun in Jammies. Here we are 43 pages later and I am having a blast. You will also notice that the general look of the art has changed since then. You know, just a little. ;p
I have been obsessed with comics and all things geeky and nerdy since I was a child. I've loved art for just as long. For a few years my brain had gotten into a MAJOR case of artist's block. I couldn't even doodle anymore. It really sucked. When our favorite Emily hurt her hand several months ago she asked me to assist her with the artwork so Fun in Jammies could keep going. I was happy to help. I admit I was a little hesitant because of my artist's block. Emily has created such a wonderful world with awesome characters that I didn't want to screw it up. But I wanted to help out and the geek in me couldn't resist becoming a comic artist (like I had envisioned since I was still in elementary school). It turned out to be really awesome to work on a comic and, more importantly, with a very dear friend I have known for many years. It was an added bonus that I felt the artist's block begin to fade.
I thank Emily and all of you for the opportunity to enjoy Fun in Jammies as an artist, a geek, and a friend.
And everyone give major kudos to Emily and Greg for being able to post the comic on time (early even!) in the midst of internet outage. How awesome is that?
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to completely geek out to some Star Trek: The Next Generation and enjoy the R2-D2 and old school Justice League shirts I got yesterday. Star Trek, Star Wars, and comics? Heck yeah!
Patrick Stewart!
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New hair and other tidbits
Howdy folks!
As you will see starting in issue 203, Gwen and Nora's hair will be a slightly different color. They are still ravishing redheads though. No need to worry. ;) I turned to my geeky heritage and used Dr. Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation (go Picard!) as inspiration. Well, later seasons of Dr. Crusher. First season Dr. Crusher had dark red hair. (Oh yeah. I'm that much of a geek.)
I also use aspects of my own life as inspiration for parts of the strip. Fun facts: The owl on Nora's desk in issue 173 is based on a marble owl statue of mine. I named him Archimedes. The house you see through Warren's window in 175 is based on my own home. Ti's backyard in 203 is loosely based on my own backyard. I don't have a an awesome wood fence though. Just chain-link (and it's set up really weird and cuts my yard in half) Although I do have some kickass bushes that line the yard which is FANTASTIC in the spring and summertime.
A little update about our schedule: we are still on a once-a-week posting schedule at the moment but I promise that we still very much plan on going back to a twice-a-week schedule. Sometimes the world can only handle so much awesome at one time. ;)
We are eternally grateful to each and every one of you for your support.
-----Jennifer
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Yu+Me: Dream is Wrapping Up
Looks like many of us will soon be looking at a very large Yu+Me: Dream shaped hole in our lists of updating comics. It is by far the most dynamic and creative webcomic I've read, and I'll miss it so!
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It's Greg's B-day!
Greetings Pajamazons! I just wanted to mention that it's Greg's birthday:-) The work that Jennifer and I do with FIJ may be a bit more obvious, but he does a lot of behind the scenes stuff that helps keep this crazy train on track. He's been nothing but supportive, and FIJ probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for him. Send him your happy thoughts!
Also, if I remember correctly, it's Online Comics Day or Webcomics Appreciation Day, or something along those lines. Whatever you want to call it, it's a good day to send a quick message to your favorite webcomics peeps about enjoying their work, or toss a few bucks at their paypal button. Some webcomic creators make a living doing it, most of us don't. We put the majority of our efforts into things we give away for free. Very often it's the interaction with our readers that makes this whole thing worthwhile. So say hi and stuff:-D I'll be doing the same with a lot of webcomics that I read as well!
Have an awesome day! I send textual hugs to you all!
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