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·6 days ago

Fourth Wall Breaking

Mr. Meta…tear down that wall! — The comic format is great for new and innovative ways of story telling. Watch these comics break right past that fourth wall and into your minds!

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·Jul 25

The Middle of Nowhere

A great place to be… — Everyone thinks they always have to be somewhere. But what is wrong with nowhere? And as long as you are going nowhere, might as well head to the middle of it. Patrick Hicks lives in Minnesota and has been writing since that time he shattered his leg in 7th grade. He’s written short stories, comics, and once spent a year interviewing a former Mafia Made Man and writing a novel of his life (seriously). Has been known to drop everything and start structuring a new story at all hours of the night. He loves discussing outlines and story structure and can be reached on https://www.instagram.com/patrickhickspy/

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The Middle of Nowhere

A great place to be…

Everyone thinks they always have to be somewhere. But what is wrong with nowhere? And as long as you are going nowhere, might as well head to the middle of it.

Story by Patrick Hickspy | Art and Letters by Jack Van Thomme

Patrick Hicks lives in Minnesota and has been writing since that time he shattered his leg in 7th grade. He’s written short stories, comics, and once spent a year interviewing a former Mafia Made Man and writing a novel of his life (seriously). Has been known to drop everything and start structuring a new story at all hours of the night. He loves discussing outlines and story structure and can be reached on https://www.instagram.com/patrickhickspy/

Jack Van Thomme illustrates comics and pitches in when he can. You can see the things he likes to draw and read the things he likes to talk about on Twitter and Instagram @Real_JackVT
https://www.instagram.com/real_jackvt/

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·Jul 21

Sequels to Previous Jams

A continuation of some of our previous comics — What a lame subhead. I mean, all I did was just restate the title. You can figure it out from the title…so you don’t need the subhead….and you obviously don’t need this paragraph. These comics are sequels to some of our previous comics. Easy. Sequel to “The Adventures of Equiano…

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·Jul 12

Folk Horror II

It returns! — You thought you could escape the horror. But no one escapes the horror!!

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·Jul 6

Wheel of Death

It’s not as scary as it sounds… — We are always up for a new challenge here at The Comic Jam and this week’s challenge is called “The Wheel of Death”. We took a few themes and put them on a randomizer, then distributed then to the writers who did their thing. They had to keep the script…

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6 min read

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·Jun 29

Grab Bag 2022

Lost comics from throughout the ages We here at The Comic Jam are busy people. Sometimes our creators have to choose between making comics and living the rest of their lives, so some comics miss their deadlines. …

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Published in The Comic Jam

·Jun 21

Artificial Intelligence

Nothing fake about these smarts — The rise of AI is both exciting and scary. Our comics this week take a look at the present and future world of AI. Be sure to read the Jack Van Thomme’s note on “Collaborator”. Jack used machine learning and natural language processing tools to read over 500 pages of…

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·Jun 14

The Comic Jam Sells Out

What? You thought we were in this for the joy of it? — This week we sell out. That’s right. We were just in this for the money all along. Forget artistic integrity and “the craft” and all that nonsense. We just want the cold hard cash!

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·Jun 9

Cottagecore

A yearning for simpler times and floral prints — More back-to-basics comics this week with our cottagecore theme, which is so back to basic that many of us had to look it up to see what it means. It is a lovely aesthetic and we have some lovely comics to go with it.

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·May 31

Dinosaurs!

Even extinct creatures would like these comics. — Sometimes it is nice to get back to the basics. I mean, who doesn’t love comics about dinosaurs?

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