Just wanted to wish all JEFBOT readers, friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving. A couple of the biggest things I’m thankful for this year are (finally) getting JEFBOT up and for having an audience who comes to the site and reads the strip, which makes doing it so much more fun than if I were just drawing it for myself. Special thanks to those that have left a comment or emailed me with feedback letting me know what they thought about the strip or the website. I truly enjoy getting these responses and it gives me a little thrill whenever I see a new comment has been posted.

So thanks everybody! Eat lots of food and drink, hopefully with loved ones and family, and with any luck I’ll be here next year giving thanks for a whole 2008s worth of strips. I’m sure you all have lots to be thankful about this year, too. If nothing else, be thankful Hagryphus giganteus, the 75 million-year-old prehistoric turkey who stood 7 feet tall and could run over 25 mph, won’t be dining with you this year, as the turkey in that case would definitely be stuffed. With human. *insert scream here* Happy Thanksgiving!

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

I was on the phone recently for an interview with Bryan Mashinter of Just Another Game Site. Check out the transcription of it by clicking here: justanothergamesite.com.

Videogames have been a huge part of my life since I first discovered an old Pong-playing console in a closet of my parent’s house when I was a kid. As you can surmise from many a strip, they still play a big part. So when Bryan contacted me about possibly doing an interview for his site, I jumped at the chance. What ensued was an epic, 2 hour conversation about videogames and the JEFbot webcomic, which Bryan has thankfully distilled into more manageable chunks, the first part of which can be found here.

If you’re a videogame fan (I know there are a lot of you readers who are), bookmark the Just Another Game Site. In addition to Bryan, whose reviews I’ve found I can trust, it also has a very enthusiastic staff posting reviews, comments and opinions about videogames, and I think you’ll enjoy it.