Congratulations to the winners of the Free JEFBOT T-Shirt Contest II, and a big thank you to everybody who sent in an entry!

It was an interesting group of winners - we had our first one from outside the USA, we had two “Pauls,” and we had a return winner from the first contest whose husband also won (what are the odds!?)! Oh, and if that sounds like too many winners, it’s because, swept up in the chaotic fun of randomly picking the winners, my mom decided to donate an extra shirt to the contest (thanks, mom!).

Without further ado, here are the champions, my friends:

General Contest Winners
• Paul, Dracut, MA
• Paul Zeidman, San Francisco, CA
• Kurtis B., Northridge, CA

Mailing-List-Peeps-Only Contest Winner
• Kellee B., Northridge, CA

Bonus MOMbot T-shirt Winner
• Shan M, Ottawa, Canada

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.”

The contest is officially over! Names are being extracted, tabulated and dropped into hats as we speak. I’ll be posting the results here during the first week of December after contacting the winners. Thanks to everybody who entered!

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Edit: Extending the contest through Saturday, November 29, due to all the craziness surrounding Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

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The new JEFbot t-shirt is almost here! But first I’m having this contest to give a few of them away as a “thank you” to you readers. This time, there are three chances to get into the drawing for these sweet, luxurious tees. Check ‘em out:

Chance #1: This one’s easy. Just shoot me an email letting me know the number or title of your favorite JEFbot strip. If you can’t name one off the top of your head, check out the archives, find one you like, and email me. Simple.

Chance #2: You have to be on the JEFbot e-mailing list to find out what to do for this one. If you aren’t on the mailing list already, it’s not too late. Just email me and I’ll put you on the list and instructions will follow when the next email goes out. Pretty simple.

Chance #3: MOMBOT’s Bonus Round: As in the last contest, my mom’s generously donating a shirt for an extra chance for someone to win a tee. Since the symbol on mombot’s character is a dragonfly, find the dragonfly (and not the one on her shirt, for reals) hidden in one of the strips mombot appears in (you’ll know it when you see it). Then email me with the strip number or title. A little harder, but there’s a way to keep this simple too, if you put your mind to it.

So that’s it! You have three chances to win (please submit only a single entry per “chance,” though), so do one, two or all three. The contest starts today and goes through next Friday, November 28, 2008 Saturday, November 29, 2008. After that, I’ll be putting names in hats and someone trustworthy will draw out the winners, who will be announced soon after.

Let the contest begin… NOW! Good luck, everybody!!!

Oh, and if you want to just buy a shirt, I’ll start doing pre-orders once these festivities are over.

I’ve been meaning to put out a JEFbot wallpaper for several months now and due to a couple requests and some nice comments about JEFBOT.157 from some of you gamers out there, I finally put one together and made it available for download below! If you need a different resolution, just shoot me an email or leave a comment with the size you’d like. I’m also thinking a BOTton with this image would be a good idea, so let me know if you think so too, and i’ll make it happen.

JEFBOT.Gamer

• 1920×1200
• 1680×1050
• 1024×768
• iPhone (320×480)

To slap this wallpaper on your monitor, just left click on a link above, then right click on the image and save it to a folder. After that, right click on the image in the folder and select “Set as Background” if you have a PC, or right click on your desktop and select “Change Desktop Background,” then navigate to the image and select it, if you’re running a Mac.

If you have an iPhone, just navigate to this page using Safari on your phone, click on the iPhone (320×480) link above, then hold your finger down on the image and select “Save Image” when that option comes up. Go back to the main menu and select “Settings,” then “Wallpaper” and finally select it from your Camera Roll. Voila! Now you can share in jefbot’s gaming rage every time you use your iPhone!

Peeps on the JEFbot Mailing List got this early, but now that it’s out for mass consumption, what better way to celebrate the last few weeks of summer than with a summer-y JEFbot wallpaper adorning your desktop? Okay, yes, hanging out poolside in the actual sun with a drink in hand would be a better way, but can you capture that and put it on your computer? Again, okay, technically, if a friend takes a picture, that would capture it for your computer, but I digress. This way’s quicker and easier and won’t cost you the amount of a Dr. Pepper or Corona. So there.

Enjoy!

All the standard sizes are below, but if you need something special, just let me know. Speaking of special, if you’re rockin’ a PSP, notice that there’s a PSP version of the wallpaper below, which makes complete sense since jefbot is actually playing one in the image, and is something that I should’ve instinctively thought about while I was drawing it up. Didn’t happen, though. Thanks to reader CheddarMan for the idea. And thanks to all the other readers who either commented or emailed me requesting this strip be turned into a wallpaper!

JEFBOT.Oasis

Instructions

For computer monitors, select your monitor resolution by left-clicking on the corresponding link above, then right-click on the wallpaper that pops up and save it to a folder. After that, right click on the wallpaper image in the folder and select “Set as Background” if you have a PC, or right click on your desktop and select “Change Desktop Background,” then navigate to the image and select it, if you’re running a Mac.

The Chubman and Scrawn wallpaper’s up! It took a bit longer than expected to get this posted, especially when readers on the JEFbot Mailing List got this weeks ago, but it’s up now and just as with the previous wallpapers, it’s free! So I’ll quit with the gabbing, so you can get to downloading.

Enjoy!

Thanks to everybody who requested this wallpaper. I was thrilled with how you guys embraced the “Power of” storyline (which began with JEFBOT.204_Unhappy Meal and ended with the strip that inspired this wallpaper, JEFBOT.211_The Legend Begins). Can’t wait to start working on the further adventures of this super duo! And anytime you see something in the strip that you’d like put on a wallpaper, BOTton or tee, let me know.

JEFBOT.The Chubman and Scrawn Wallpaper

Instructions

For computer monitors, select your monitor resolution by left-clicking on the corresponding link above, then right-clicking on the wallpaper that pops up, and save it to a folder. After that, right click on the wallpaper image in the folder and select “Set as Background” if you have a PC, or right click on your desktop and select “Change Desktop Background,” then navigate to the image and select it, if you’re running a Mac.