Three Years Ago, On May 27th....

.....the JGT website was born!!

Before this site, JGT existed only in our imaginations, and in piles and piles of printer paper and sheet protectors....and I am so glad that we decided to take this scary leap of faith and publish JGT on the web!

In honor of this anniversary, I wanted to share 2 things with you all! 

First, I actually wrote a small JGT essay for one of my creative nonfiction classes. It's called "Confession of an Amateur Webcomic Artist." It delves into the journey of Jocey, Taylor, and I, and the eventual creation of JGT.

So, here is a small excerpt from the essay :) Hope you enjoy!

     I drew alone in the comfort of my dorm desk, and I knew very well how bad the pictures looked. At one point, I wanted to stop the story. The comic wasn’t going to take me anywhere. I was wasting my time. But I got attached to the randomness that was JGT. As the serious one of the trio, I was having fun. And I just felt like I needed to draw the comic in order to feel that my two best friends were there with me.

     Via many texts and Skype calls, Jocey suggested putting the comic on the web. And I told her that it was too terrible for the world. And she said no, they are not. They are funny, they mean a lot to us, and I should be proud of them.

     So we made a website. 

Yeah, I was pretty terrified of making a website. But a certain squirrel girl told me not to be :) For visual effect (and by visual I mean squirrel visual because I just tend to draw us as squirrels now XD), this is how a lot of pre-website scenes went down between us...

So, in the end, JGT and the website are because of Jocey and her awesome words of wisdom :) Thank you, Jocey, for believing in JGT and for believing in me!

Aaaand for this wonderful doodle for the 3rd anniversary!

Isn't it lwajf;jfjsd cute?? Thank you so much, Jocey, for this picture to commemorate this website (look at our outfits omg I really do want mine and ahhhh this pic is so precious) and this journey! I can't wait to see where JGT takes us next, and I will believe in every step we take :)

 

JGT forever!

Genie and Jocey