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WMU
appeared every weekday in the Arizona State University State
Press newspaper from 1/2002 to 12/2005
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| May
14, 2006 |
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I'll be honest with
you: I haven't updated this site in a while because I've been busy, and
I feel horrible about it. If you're visiting this site, then you are a
WMU fan and I'm sorry I haven't kept you informed.
So... for the time
being, I've been updating my MySpace
page and my MySpace
blog relatively regularly, so that's probably the best place for
WMU news.
Also, I just printed
up a new Fish comic book. It's 24 pages of Fish-tastic action,
and there are more on the way. There are details on my MySpace page about
how to get one.
Peace,
JOE
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| February
3, 2005 |
| *Well,
I'm finally back (apologies for the delay). I'll never be gone that long
again, and that's a promise. Interestingly enough, I have a few pieces
of news to report. |
| (1)
There's a new (small) WMU-related project in the works, and soon
I will have more information on that. |
| (2)
If you have the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4 dvd, you can
find this drawing
of mine in the "Special Features" menu under "F-art"
(fan art). It can be seen around the nine-minute mark in the slideshow.
I honestly don't know how it got in the hands of the Aqua Teen people. Plus,
someone added a lame background to it. I am under the impression that someone
may have been trying to pass this drawing off as their own. Scandalous!
The image used to show up on the first page of Google image search for "aqua
teen hunger force," and i got a lot of hits thanks to that. Weird. |
| (3)
I am currently unemployed... yeah....... |
| -JOE |
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| P.S.: Remember to sign up for the special
WMU newsletter! The first one will be emailing soon! |
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| December
6, 2005 |
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*Well, it's over.
The last WMU comic ran in the State
Press today (with the exception of a goofy one that will run on
Wednesday). Numbers-wise, it's been 4 years and approximately 600
individual comics.
*It's been a really
fun time. That's the best way I can sum it up. Writing and drawing 5 comics
per week never even resembled work. In a school with like 800,000
people (isn't it something like that now?), I think drawing a daily newspaper
comic really gave me an identity and it truly helped me feel like I had
a place at ASU.
*If you consider
yourself a fan of WMU, I dedicate this series to you. If
no one liked this comic, there would have been absolutely no reason to
keep doing it. Comments from readers (be they positive or negative) made
the whole deal worthwhile. It floored me when I started this website and
a very nice girl actually linked to it from her blog!!! I had an
internship over the summer and one of the dudes I worked with was a fan!
People actually bought my t-shirts! Some people told me the only
reason they read the State Press is for WMU. Thank you all so much.
I am truly unable to describe in words how much your support meant
to me.
*Any of the people
who joined my deceased fan club, you guys totally rock. Any of the people
who joined my friends list on MySpace
purely because they liked the comic... you guys totally rock. Anyone who
ever posted in the guestbook, you guys totally rock.
*Also, big thanks
to my family, my friends, my brother, my girlfriend (who greatly influenced
my original application to the State Press), my girlfriend's family, and
anyone who ever had a kind word for me or the comic. Oh, yeah... and Ross.
*It's been a true
honor to work alongside Guray Alsac, Tony Carrillo, Alexander Karlsson,
Shaun Capeheart, Carson Mell, Joey Porter, and the dude who drew Bill
the Onion (I hope I didn't forget anyone). All of them did
awesome jobs and I would truly consider myself a fan of each of them.
I read every student comic every day and I was always impressed.
*I will be at the
graduation ceremony for the W.P. Carey School of Business next
week (listen for my name!), and then my time at ASU is over. In January
I start at my nice little office job. Working during the day and bettering
my drawing during the night. Sounds like a decent life.
*But, you may ask,
what becomes of this website? That's a good question. I'm definitely
going to keep up with it. I may start an entirely new web-comic, or
I may take the WMU characters in an all-new direction. As of right
now I'm still counting my options. If you'd like updates through email,
you will hear about big changes first.
Sign up here:
*If you sign up,
you will be the first to know when this site undergoes changes and when
decisions are made.
*That's all I have
for you now. Please sign
the guestbook if you have any comments about the end of WMU, or
feel free to email me.
I'll be clutching a copy of the newspaper soiled with my tears.
See you soon.
-Joe
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| December
2, 2005 |
| *Comics
from the past week are up, as usual. |
| *Kiss
Kiss Bang Bang was a movie not seen by many people, but it was totally
cool. I highly recommend it. |
| *I
had two killer tests this week (Finance and International Business).
To anyone who endured these tests as well, you deserve a pat on the back.
Good show! I studied long and hard (ha ha), but I doubt I did my grade any
favors. Oh well... |
| *As
you may have guessed from the new graphic above, I am graduating
this semester. This means that the last WMU comic will run this Tuesday,
December 6th. |
| *I
have many conflicting thoughts about the whole end of school thing, so check
back on Tuesday for a long, rambling, over-emotional post from the
J-man, as well as a status report on what will be happening with this website
in the future, and how to stay involved with WMU. |
| -joe |
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| November
25, 2005 |
| *I guess
"Happy Thanksgiving" is in order. |
| *Anyway,
the comics for the past week are
up and most all of the comics now have my commentary (with some of the comments
more exciting than others). |
| *Just
Friends was really dumb, but pretty funny. Rent was
annoying. I enjoyed Walk the Line, and I have yet to see this
Harry Potter film that everyone's talking about. |
| *Very
few WMU comics left. Time to wind things up. |
| -joe |
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| November
19, 2005 |
| *All the
comics for the past week are up! Yay! |
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*And what the heck
is up with this
guy?
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| *Have
a nice week! |
| -joe |
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| November
14, 2005 |
| *See?
Everything works out in the end. |
| -joe |
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| November
11, 2005 |
| *It's
Veterans' Day. |
| *I put
up all the comics for last week. |
| *I just
heard that Arrested Development
is going on hiatus. This saddens me. |
| -joe |
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| November
7, 2005 |
| *I
noticed a few more hits than usual in the past couple days. To any new people,
WELCOME! :) |
| *I'd like
to stress once again that the comics for this week are flashbacks.
Suppose Fish's life on Earth were flashing before his eyes... this is the
stuff he might see. Now, these are still new comics, but I drew them in
my old style, so the look different than most of the stuff from this semester.
Next week will bring with it the resolution of the "Fish Gets Stabbed"
storyline. Stay tuned, so to speak. |
| *The semester
is winding up. That sucks. |
| *The
Weatherman was enjoyable. |
| -joe B |
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| November
4, 2005 |
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| *You will
have to stay tuned to the State Press to find out whether Fish lives
or dies. Killed by his worst enemies? How ironic. On a similar note,
all the comics for the past week
are up, so you can relive Fish's supposed death as many times as you wish. |
| *Also,
I guess I should tell you that Fish's condition is not directly addressed
next week. Next week is comprised of "flash-backs" (new
comics that I have drawn in my old style) that are intended to give a little
more substance to all the emotions that the WMU crew may feel now
that Fish's life is in serious jeopardy. |
| *In other
news, Jarhead is a very entertaining movie, and Chicken Little
is strictly for children. |
| -JOE |
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| November
3, 2005 |
| *Probably
the most dramatic moment in WMU history occurred in the
comic today. I'll have the comics for the week up on Friday, but check out
the State Press
website if you can't wait. |
| -Joe |
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| October
30, 2005 (part 2) |
| *Comics
have been updated for your pleasure. |
| *This
coming week is quite odd and has changed shape and scope many times in my
head before being committed to paper. Hope you will enjoy it. |
| *More
to come. -joe |
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| October
30, 2005 |
| *I promise
a full and proper update later today (Sunday). PROMISE! |
| *Also,
it must be said that Saw 2 was incredibly weak. I have never been
so close to walking out on a movie. Capote wasn't bad and Philip
Seymour Hoffman is quite good in it.. |
| -joe |
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| October
25, 2005 |
| * I made
the column of text skinnier!.... I'm so lame. |
| -joe |
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| October
23, 2005 |
| *A preview
of the upcoming weeks... |
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| Oh yes, there will be blood. |
| -joe |
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| October
21, 2005 |
| *The rest
of the comics for the previous week are up. Peace. |
| -joe |
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| October
18, 2005 |
| *Humor
me, please. This entire post has nothing to do with W.M.U.,
and I'm simply using it to put off my International Business extra credit
assignment. I should actually be concentrating on it because I'm doing poorly
in the class and I dearly need to do well so I can graduate in December.
Sigh. |
| *Am I
the only one who thinks Curb Your Enthusiasm is very over-rated?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the show, but I just don't think it warrants
the insane hype. Best sitcom on TV? No way. That honor goes to Arrested
Development, whose third season is currently rocking hard. |
| *However, Extras definitely deserves any hype that
may come its way. The recent Samuel Jackson episode was classic and I'm
eagerly awaiting the next (and last) two episodes. |
| *The new Strokes song ("Juice Box") is currently
being played very rarely on radio stations and it rocks. But... why
the hell do you release a single for an album that doesn't come out for
3 months?!? |
| *Back to work now. |
| -joe |
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| October
16, 2005 |
| *Finished
up the commentary on all the posted comics. |
| *FYI:
Good Night and Good Luck was a very enjoyable movie. I would
recommend it. |
| -joe |
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| October
14, 2005 |
| *Added
the rest of the comics for the previous
week. Hope to change the look of the site a bit this weekend. |
| *For
the record: The film Domino is a decent way to spend 2
hours, but it is ultimately pointless and forgettable, and Elizabethtown
is very entertaining despite Orlando Bloom's and Kirsten Dunst's occasional
bad acting (and sporadic feeling of Garden State deja vu). Wallace
and Gromit is totally rad. |
| -joe |
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| October
8, 2005 |
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A handful of new
comics are up, and I took a big stab at the commentary for the current
semester. Check it out.
I feel I must also
take a moment to recommend the following entertainment products that have
enjoyed recently: Serenity is a rad movie and Firefly
(the TV show it was based upon) is awesome. Also, the new Death
Cab for Cutie album is delicious (but not quite as delicious as
the previous one). The Weezer show last week at America West Arena
was amazing and the Green Day show the next week was equally radical
(but does Billie Joe really need to drag out every song to about 10 minutes?).
The show Extras on HBO is cool because Ricky
Gervais is incapable of being unfunny. Ali G rocks (especially
Borat). The Scott Pilgrim
comic series by Bryan O'Malley shall rule forever.
That's all I have
for you right now. :)
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| -joe |
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| October
2, 2005 |
| Took me
a while, but I finally updated the comics page. I promise not to be a away
this long again, and I mean it. |
| -joe |
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| September
17, 2005 |
| FINALLY
a proper update to the ol' website. Many comics have been uploaded. In addition,
I have drastically lowered prices in the WMU store.
Pick up a shirt for nearly half price! You cannot beat this deal. Of course,
I only have Large and X-large sizes left. |
| That's
all for now. Good luck at school. |
| Peace, |
| -joe |
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| September
6, 2005 |
| A new
header. A few more posted comics.
Some added images. That's what I've been up to. More to come. |
| -joe |
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| September
3, 2005 |
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Check this
out. You may be surprised.
Anyway, we have plunged
head-first into the new semester. Like it or not, this is the FINAL
season of WMU. In December, I am graduating and going into the real world,
which means I will be winding up the whole WM-Universe once and
for all. Those who pay attention this semester will be (slightly) rewarded,
since this set of strips adds up to an entire cohesive storyline. Since
I hate loose ends, I have a nice little ending planned for the
series, which will hopefully be satisfying to those of you enjoy the comic.
Personally, I'm excited
because this coming week marks the long-awaited return of Alex Karlsson's
"Ship of Fools" to the State
Press comics page. He has been missed.
Tomorrow I'm re-doing
this front page and probably adding more content. Peace!... oh
yeah, and hit me up at Myspace.
-joe
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| August
27, 2005 |
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I just want to say
that I used Paint Shop to do the lettering for next week's comics
and it was a pain in the ass. However, the comics are slightly
above average in turns of weird-ness, so I guess you take the good with
the bad.
If you are a fan
of WMU (and a registered MySpace fanatic), then you should
visit HERE and add
yourself to my meager Friends List. It's totally the cool
thing to do.
=joe
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| August
20, 2005 |
| Just finished
the first the first week of comics for the new semester (starting Monday!!!). |
| By the
way, the final semester of WMU is dedicated to my grandmother, Catherine
"Kay" Bowen (1925 - 2005). Her love of Peanuts and
Calvin & Hobbes helped shape my young mind into the comics-obsessed
adult I've become.She meant a great deal to many people, and she will be
missed. |
| -Joe |
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| August
13, 2005 |
| Wow.
It's been 3 months. I'm surprised I still know how to use Dreamweaver. |
| Anyway,
coming soon is the final season of WMU. I picked up the ol' pencil
the other day for the first time in a long while. It feels good to be back
in the saddle. |
| Stay tuned. |
| -joe |
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| May
15, 2005 |
| Here's
a Fish wallpaper I drew up (1024x768). Wallpaper
#1 |
| And here
is a preview of what it looks like: |
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| Eventually
I'll create a "downloads" section, and all the eventual
wallpapers will go in there. |
| -Coach |
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