Just wanted to take a moment and reluctantly thank Wil Wheaton for being so cool with my “I Hate Wil Wheaton” storyline here on JEFbot. He could’ve been pissed about it or worse, he could’ve just ignored it, but instead he chose to mention it in his blog last week which sent many, many of his readers over to this site (if you had problems getting here, that’s why), and for that, okay, I thank him with no reluctance whatsoever.

So, a big “Hello!” to all of those readers who came over and checked out my webcomic. I’ve been totally blown away by your enthusiastic comments and email,  and feel giddy every time I get a new one. You all are seriously cool and I feel lucky to have you here.

Although the current “Wil” storyline is over, now that jefbot has an archenemy, I’m sure Wil will be mentioned (or possibly appear!?) within the webpages of JEFbot in the future. If you’re new here and have no idea what I’m talking about, check out these strips:
• Force of Wil
• Wil Power
• Wil to Fight

Also, if you have some time, check out the video by following the link below. It’s Wil doing the keynote for last year’s Penny Arcade Expo, and it began my inkling that Wil might not be such a bad guy after all. It’s great, check it out:
• 2007 PAX Keynote 

Thanks, Wil! You being so awesome makes it hard to hate you and really hard to create webcomics about hating you, which, in turn, furthers my hatred of you.

UPDATE: The poll is now closed and “New Kick-Ass T-shirt” wins! I’ve already begun conceptualizing what will make this shirt truly “Kick-Ass” so expect some updates on that soon. It was so cool for me to get such quick feedback from you readers that I’m already thinking about more polls for the future. Big thanks to everyone who voted!

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After putting the call out, I’ve received a bunch of feedback from readers suggesting what I should do to celebrate JEFbot’s one year anniversary. The overwhelming response so far has been for a new t-shirt design but I’ve received a few other valid suggestions (and a few not appropriate to post) which I thought I’d present here for a vote. I’ll abide by whatever gets the most votes (please vote only once), even if you choose the coffee mug.

Here are the top six suggestions you came up with. If you have any others, I can probably slip in a couple late entries before I close off voting next week.

• With a new, kick-ass t-shirt design? (33 votes) WINNER!
• With a “walk on” part in the JEFbot strip? (30 votes)
• With an original JEFbot pencil & ink drawing? (14 votes)
• With a party in Hollywood where we all meet at a bar for drinks and cake? (8 votes)
• With a “favorite character” t-shirt? (4 votes)
• With some pretty cool JEFbot stickers? (3 votes)
• With a crappy coffee mug? (1 vote)

For clarification:
• Whichever prize wins will be given away in a raffle, like I did with the t-shirt giveaways.
• The “walk on” part would consist of  me drawing the winner into a strip, either as background or possibly something more substantial.
• The “favorite character” shirt would be a shirt devoted to a single favorite character, as voted on by the readers in yet another poll.
• If the “Hollywood party” wins, I won’t be paying for travel expenses or hotel stays. I’ll supply drinks and cake for the winner, as long as they’re of legal age. Also, “bar” could be substituted with “sister’s house,” “parent’s house,” or “my apartment.”