I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true – I’ve been writing this comic for five years!  It’s pretty incredible to see how much I’ve evolved since my humble beginnings.  Seriously, can you even tell it’s the same comic?  I’d be hard pressed to note any similarities at all.  Evolution is an amazing thing.

OK, on a slightly less sarcastic note, thanks to everyone who’s stuck with me through the last five years and read all 250+ of these things.  I know they’re not always funny, but such is the nature of what comes out of my head.  I love you guys.

-Joe

To get everybody in the holiday mood, I’ve updated the Christmas page with this year’s batch of songs, including three UltraJoeBot originals.  Go check it out!  In addition to UltraWifeBot, this year’s compilation also features two of my brobots – LukeMoTron and BenDroid 5000.  I hope you enjoy it.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

Update your bookmarks to www.ultrajoebot.com and change your trousers, because UltraJoeBot has been given a facelift of sorts! Many thanks to UltraWifeBot, who did the actual lifting of said face.

P.S. This probably screwed up your RSS feed too, if anybody has that.

Yes, it’s becoming increasingly clear as I clack away at my keyboard that my fingernails have gone from just “unruly” to full-fledged “wild and uncontrollable.” My thesaurus would like to be acknowledged for its part in that last sentence.

Anyway, for those of you who really enjoy my quality illustrations, I’ve created four new works of art that you can check out at Myspace. Everyone else likes to have these clever, ironic photos that somehow represent each song, so I figured I would hop on the bandwagon and depict the speaker in each song as a sad robot (Sadbot, if you will). That way you can listen to the song, see what Sadbot is feeling, and then ask yourself if you really “get it.”

There’s also a new song up there (complete with Sadbot illustration) that I’m hoping to include in the movie I’m working on, called Now Or Never. It was originally an experiment to see if I could write a successful pop song without using a V chord. What? Does anyone really do that? I mean, I know he’s a dork, but … really? Yeah, I did that. I think it came out OK too, albeit short and mostly devoid of any hook (not to mention equally devoid of authentic cadences, oh snap).

I also just wanted to make sure that all my loyal readers are intimately familiar with The Perry Bible Fellowship. My favorite is obviously the one with the Automatic Barber, but really they’re all good. A constant source of inspiration when I fear my own comic may falter. What? Never! Also, I don’t feel up to writing even more CD reviews at the moment, but the new Killswitch Engage and Prize Fighter Inferno albums are both worth your time. That is all. Carry on.

I got 18 spam comments on my comics today. Part of me (somewhere in the 8-9% range) is honored that anyone (or any bot) would consider my lowly shack on the internet worthy of such attention, but the rest of me (approximately 91%) is just annoyed. And as long as I’m on the topic of percentages that annoy me, Mastodon’s drummer plays somewhere in the neighborhood of 12% too many notes. The songs are cool and everything, but come on buddy, try leaving just one hit out, do you think the world will end? I’m betting it won’t.

Speaking of too many notes, my band has a couple shows coming up. There are the aforementioned two, as well as another one – Astronaut Down is curating the first ever NYC Prog Collective show, 11/17 at Siberia. I’m really excited about this one, because it’s our first real attempt at establishing a local community around the music we love (and coincidentally, the music we play). It’s an important step that no one has really taken yet, since prog fans are usually more prone to listening to Rush and playing Live Action Role-Playing Games, than they are to getting organized into any sort of “scene.” If all goes well, it could become a monthly event, so if you plan on seeing one Astronaut Down show this year, please make it that one.

UltraWifeBot is at it again, trying to fix some crap up. Test 1 2 3.

Anything but that!