Grab Bag 2024

Unfinished comics finally cross the finish line!

The Comic Jam
4 min readJan 29, 2024

We are busy people over here at The Comic Jam. Sometimes life gets in the way of us making comics and projects get delayed a bit. However, we always want our work to be published, even if it misses a deadline or two. Here is a smattering of comics that didn’t get finished until now. Enjoy!

Original Theme: Week 188 — Weird Places to put a Vortex

Story, Art, and Letters by Dave Hingley

Original Theme: Week 289 — So Cute I Could Die

Story, Art, and Letters by Jack Van Thomme

Original Theme: Week 293 — Superheroes with No Crime

Story by Jarne Van Vooren | Art by Ryan “Dougal” Devine | Letters by Kevin D. Lintz

Original Theme: Week 324 — Dark Country Road

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

Dave Hingley is an artist/creator/game designer living in England. He pulls dreams out of his head and displays them to the delight of everyone who views them. Let’s just pray he never has a nightmare… https://twitter.com/hingley_dave

Tom Bevis is a lifelong comic book reader, a comic book podcaster, and former film critic. A student of the Sean Corbin Art Studio, Bevis has created the webcomic series Modern Seinfeld, Hogwash, and the Mad Libz-inspired Frankenstrips. He and his work can be found on Instagram at @tomixdoescomix and less frequently on Twitter at @tomixdoescomix. In fact, he can be found almost anywhere as @tomixdoescomix, including Red Bubble, where his drawing of a parrot dressed as the Winter Soldier was recently suspended. If you re into it, you can also find his podcast by searching for Comic Dwarves wherever you get your podcasts these days.

Fern Lamb. Writer of words. Painter of pictures. Astonishingly British. Is a fan of horror, sprawling sci fi and fantasy. https://www.instagram.com/CynicismNostalgia/

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/

Jarne Van Vooren is a comic writer from Belgium, who hopes someday to make that her full-time occupation. She dreams of creating something that would intrigue readers as well as repel them at the same time. Follow her at https://twitter.com/Jernacious

Ryan always enjoyed reading comics and copying the images, from Beano to the Real Ghostbusters to the Punisher. He joined a charity art group a few years ago which really got him back in to putting pen to paper. Now he is here at The Comic Jam and is getting to produce some great comics with other creatives.

Kevin D. Lintz is a comic book letterer, writer, and editor. He learned his skills in a Comics Experience class and honed them on the mean streets of his all-ages comic book, Team SLUG. He startles his family by making sound effect noises out loud to try and translate them into written words. He has even watched “Helvetica”, the full-length feature movie about the font Helvetica. https://lintzlettering.com/

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 Comic Jam

A group of independent artists and writers collaborating to create short comics based on weekly themes.