Back in Japan! Hello 2012 :D | January 7, 2012

by Joe

Little late, but Happy 2012, everyone! :D

2011 went by in a flash, but when I think back on it, it was definitely the most challenging and lesson-filled year of my life. It started off with the cries of my newborn son, Nathaniel, as he came into the world on January 15th. Three months of raising a child with our parents and family halfway around the world wasn’t easy, but with the help and support of our amazing friends, care packages, and late-night Skype calls (and Google! ;D) we survived and learned how to be the best parents we could be.

Then, on March 11th, Japan was hit by the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – the disaster that reminded me just how small and vulnerable we all are. Followed by the Fukushima nuclear scare, March and the following few months were the ultimate test for us new parents. Bombarded by conflicting news reports and wild rumours, we didn’t even know if the air we were breathing was safe or if the water we were feeding our child was clean. But, against all odds, my family pulled through. We stayed strong and held our ground, despite the entire world beckoning us to flee. I will never forget those few months. I will never forget the support we received from my family, friends, and all of you. I am a stronger person now and I know that I can handle absolutely anything that the world wants to throw at me. Everything always works out and I will never forget that.

Raising Nathaniel continued as normal as everything cooled down in Japan. My wife went back to work and I was left to babysit, run The Pocalypse, and make indie games with my friend, Rich, who was awesome and understanding enough to work with me, even with a 14-hour time difference separating us. Green Pixel was born, we made The Pocalypse’s first flash game, and we developed our first iOS game, BlockHopper (which is coming out soon, just waiting for Apple!).

A lot of seeds were planted in 2011. Now, imbued with all the lessons and experience gained from a wonderfully challenging 365 days, I have the confidence, inspiration, and motivation to make those seeds grow into something great. The future looks bright as always and 2012 is shaping up to be another year to remember. Don’t end yet, world, there’s still so much to do ;D

We made it safely back to Japan from Canada last night and we’re recovering nicely! My batteries are charged and my food cravings have been satiated (I sound pregnant), so, as the crew said, the next scene should be up on Monday! Thanks a lot for waiting!

Please continue to vote and check out the new Scrufflebeck’s sketch! :D Thank you for voting everyday!

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Alex apocalypse
Alex apocalypse
12 years ago

Pit idea… Genious!!!

Alekzander
Alekzander
12 years ago

Except… how would it fit in a plane?!

DramaNoMore
DramaNoMore
12 years ago

Well, it would have a protrusion at the bottom, just like… a pregnant plane!

Happy Vampire
Happy Vampire
12 years ago

YEEEEAH! THE POCALYPSE IS BACK!
Jess,Bernie and Joe now seem three brothers.. at the beginning,they seemed only friends,now they appear to be brothers – even if it’s not true.

Idunyken
Idunyken
12 years ago

Google ‘Airbus Beluga’ – if all planes were like that this idea could be easily implemented ;)

Nicholas Huang
Nicholas Huang
12 years ago

OK I must say, the pit idea is awesome. Obviously there’ll have to more thoughts put into it, but gosh, Author Joe, I agree with you fully!

Baby pits with milk sprinklers for the win!

yinello
yinello
12 years ago

Yaaaaaaaaaay! I can’t wait!

sh4d0wfl4re
sh4d0wfl4re
12 years ago

For the pit, it can be right next to the emergency exit seats where there is already a bit of extra room.
Having regular seats is totally worth watching little ones crawl all over each other instead of constantly screaming; dinner (maybe..?) and a show!

Decifer
Decifer
12 years ago

@Happy Vampire, Jess a girl, so include sister somewhere.

ComicGourmet
ComicGourmet
12 years ago

I especially liked the “copyright 2011” part. A great parody of all the lazy copyright updaters in the world.

luigi
luigi
12 years ago

awesome i’ll be back monday

luigi
luigi
12 years ago

…. wasn’t there going to be a new comic put up yesterday?

ME
ME
12 years ago

can’t wait for the next comment, amazing job so far. its only been a year and you’ve done over 100 comics, you are a hard working man :D

ME
ME
12 years ago

Um, there was a typo, i meant comic.

ME
ME
12 years ago

Also I completely agree about the babies, do they even belong on planes?

ph4ntom s33ker
ph4ntom s33ker
12 years ago

good to know that post-pocalyptic airlines still take suggestion lessons phew

lionel
lionel
12 years ago

hi, just wanted to wish you a very happy new year, already loading every chapter i have missed so far, so im on my normal pocalypse dosis, so happy you have those optimistic thoughts, hope life brings you more happines and you will keep sharing your talent with the world, my good wishes from uruguay, latin america :D