By Steve Purcell February 21, 2007
"Sam & Max - Chapter One: The Big Sleep" Issue #11 Digg this entry Send this to a friend 57 Comments
Finally =)

Now keep 'em coming... please?
Comment by fajerkaos February 21, 2007, 12:50 pm
hehehe, i love the 2nd frame where sams running about with only a wee towel :D
Comment by Welshy February 21, 2007, 1:28 pm
Yes! A new one! Great :D
Comment by JK1985 February 21, 2007, 1:42 pm
Sexy barkeep! :P
Comment by Erwin February 21, 2007, 1:54 pm
w00t only 4 more monthes for a few frames and no jokes.
Comment by someone February 21, 2007, 2:12 pm
Jake wrote:

"Surfin the Highway is missing a few 2 to 3 page shorts that Purcell drew for Fox Kids magazine when the cartoon show was on the air. It's also missing a couple one page stripes done at the very end of the LucasArts Adventurer magazine which LucasArts put out a couple times a year until around 1997, and a 3 page Sam & Max Halloween comic which appeared in Wizard magazine sometime in the late 90s.

As for other Sam & Max comic appearances on the web or otherwise, there was talk of a Sam & Max strip to be syndicated in newspapers, but that didn't end up happening in the end. There's also one short Sam & Max flash animation which can be found across the web (and it will soon re-appear on Telltale's site) featuring Sam & Max dissecting an alien.

So, to summarize, yeah this here webcomic about Sam & Max in England is the only actual running Sam & Max storyline in years (aside from the new games, of course :))."

So my question is: where can I buy those comics which are missing from Surfin the Highway?
Thank you!
Comment by please_answer February 21, 2007, 2:23 pm
haha! that was well worth the wait.. those complaining should be thankful for every panel we get from Steve.. he is hard at work at Pixar..and uses his free time to help the guys out at telltale..and he has to write and illustrate this comic..and he has a family! cut the man some slack.
Comment by Hero1 February 21, 2007, 2:58 pm
Yeah! Hear hear! Give Steve some slack!
Steve, you're doing one hell of a job!
And those complaining about your output are nothing more than whimpering pussywillows!
Comment by Smollie February 21, 2007, 3:25 pm
Hooray! The first brand new Sam and Max comic I've seen since I became a Sam and Max fan! ^_^

(I'm a newb, but I know everything there is to know about the games. Still working on half the cartoons and all of the comics.)
Comment by Kedri February 21, 2007, 4:31 pm
Dear please_answer,

You can probably find them on eBay if you search very hard. Otherwise, you're out of luck. There were versions of many of them online at www.samandmax.net - my old site - but that site's currently not all online after a server explosion. It should be back sometime this year.

Hopefully that was helpful, though I doubt it. :(

Your friend,

Jake
Comment by Jake February 21, 2007, 4:48 pm
I wonder what's left of the roach
Comment by pheeph February 21, 2007, 7:02 pm
> I wonder what's left of the roach

At least he may enjoy a final guiness! Who wouldn't want to decease that way?!
Comment by TheSilentOne February 22, 2007, 1:16 am
Cheers! Now pull up your bleeding knickers, Caligula! This is a family establishment!

Funniest line ever.
Comment by Kroms February 22, 2007, 1:23 am
Jake, thank you very much on your answer.. But I still do not know >NAMES< of that comics which are missing from Surfin the Highway...
So please can you write down their names(titles)? I hope I can find them somewhere to buy...
Thanx!
Comment by please_answer February 22, 2007, 3:18 am
Fun for a few seconds...another couple months wait and then another couple seconds of fun...*SIGH*

A whole book would be nice. Guess Steve has other responsibilities now. Pixar and kids and wife.
Comment by mikdog February 22, 2007, 3:35 am
I love it! Tell Sam to quit showboating.
Comment by zubisman February 22, 2007, 7:13 am
Jake, I found 3 page Sam & Max Halloween comic ("belly of the beast")
I also found some comics from Fox Kids magazine: first one is just one page long("action figure surgery"), second one is two pages long("kids take over!").
And finally I found "Sceptical Investigators in Oni Double feature issue 10" which is one page long...
So please can you confirm that those comics which I wrote are that comics that are missing from Surfin the Highway? And which else comics am I missing?
Can you describe me that couple one page stripes done at the very end of the LucasArts Adventurer magazine which LucasArts put out a couple times a year until around 1997? Do they have specific titles?
Thank you...
Comment by please_answer February 22, 2007, 8:04 am
That bartender is a right hot number.
Comment by UberMan5000 February 22, 2007, 11:50 am
Brilliant! Keep it coming! I just read the whole thing from the first episode and it's great! I love it! I can't wait to find out where this is going... It seems like it could go on for a while yet! (Yay!)
Comment by Johnny Walker February 22, 2007, 3:23 pm
thanks again for the free comic!

though, i have to say i was disapointed : \


not too funny, and what's up with the last line of dialogue...? "belly full o' you" ? is she mad? her expression doesn't look mad, though she doesnt really even have any kind of expression

anyway you probably did this really quick as to get another comic out (hopefully)

i'm sure the next one will be better
Comment by ryan February 23, 2007, 12:18 am
anyone know any details about this sam & max comic: http://cgi.ebay.com/Critters-19-rare-Sam-Max-Freelance-Police-story_W0QQitemZ170080244182QQcmdZViewItem
Comment by alen February 23, 2007, 3:03 am
@Ryan:

Translation: "I've had it with you!"
Comment by Erwin February 25, 2007, 3:23 am
He must have forgotten his underwear...
Comment by Vom February 25, 2007, 5:57 pm
faris_zoro
Comment by faris_zoro March 1, 2007, 11:43 am
Jake, I found 3 page Sam & Max Halloween comic ("belly of the beast")
I also found some comics from Fox Kids magazine: first one is just one page long("action figure surgery"), second one is two pages long("kids take over!").
And finally I found "Sceptical Investigators in Oni Double feature issue 10" which is one page long...
So please can you confirm that those comics which I wrote are that comics that are missing from Surfin the Highway? And which else comics am I missing?
Can you describe me that couple one page stripes done at the very end of the LucasArts Adventurer magazine which LucasArts put out a couple times a year until around 1997? Do they have specific titles?
Thank you...
Comment by Please_Answer March 4, 2007, 2:22 am
...Is it just me or does that bartender-ess' face look like a guy's?...
Comment by Sumgirl March 4, 2007, 10:05 pm
One can never tell when the British are upset. :-| But yes, she is. ;) After all, dear Sam just committed Alcohol Abuse. And with something analgious to Guiness no less. Regardless, hooray for this spiffy form of comic featuring the demented coffee-achiever Max!
Comment by LD Feral March 6, 2007, 4:15 pm
I love this comic!
Comment by Kalem March 7, 2007, 4:45 am
People who harshly critique free webcomics are among the worst people on Earth.

Keep up the great work, I grew up loving Sam n Max, now I'm grown up and love Sam n Max.
Comment by Drobile March 7, 2007, 7:12 am
very good one, hehe. thanks for the work
Comment by jamie March 8, 2007, 2:19 pm
It's Tamsin Greig!
Comment by Pete March 15, 2007, 1:49 pm
eu gostei muito desta piada do sam & max

obrigado sam & max
Comment by pegador March 16, 2007, 8:57 am
WoW. The art itself is just stellar. But the story was so adorable. So glad to see Sam and Max making a comeback! Now if only they'd release the Animated Series in a DVD Box set!
Comment by Nash-Bash. March 17, 2007, 6:52 pm
"People who harshly critique free webcomics are among the worst people on Earth."

First of all my critique was not harsh, it was honest. Just because this webcomic is free does not mean that it should be free of criticism.

I love Steve Purcell's work & I love Sam & Max. I am also extremely grateful for this webcomic. Sam & Max are hilarious and I feel the comic medium best utilizes their style of humor (which is dialogue heavy).

This particular comic had little to no dialogue and the dialogue that it DID have was, in my opinion, not very funny.

But aside from that, my main gripe was with the bartender. We are supposed to believe that she is "upset" or about to be upset (judging by her "belly full of you" line), yet neither her expression OR her body language tells us this. On top of that, she looks like a man. This just struck me as lazy since I know for a fact that Mr. Purcell is an amazing artist and easily could have done better.

Now, like I said before, I am assuming this particular installment was weak because it was done quickly (in order to get another comic out for the fans) which is fine. I just hope the next installment will be drawn & written with a little more love and attention.

On a side note, I am an animator and artist myself and I bust my ASS making FREE web animation all the time; and guess what? negative reviews & criticisms are plentiful and I can totaly handle them as I'm sure Mr. Purcell can as well.

-Ryan
Comment by ryan March 19, 2007, 5:01 pm
I love Sam & Max as well as classic adventure games but I have also just come across this particular web-series. I have just read it from the beginning to now and I must say I wish I had waited until it had concluded. I don't know if I can wait another few months for the next page. At this rate only a few more pages will be released by the time the new episodes hit retail.
Comment by MrKlorox March 19, 2007, 8:15 pm
Complaints about freebie stuff on the internet get ignored about as fast as you can make them.
Comment by Justinpie March 24, 2007, 8:57 pm
I know S&M too many years before. Hit the Road game was very fun. The new games are not bad. But i dont like Sam & Max comics. They have good quality of visuality but stories are not well enough. Maybe Mr. Purcell give the professional writers to write the stories.
Comment by The Magician March 28, 2007, 5:36 am
"Complaints about freebie stuff on the internet get ignored about as fast as you can make them."

constructive criticism should never be ignored; and all of my critiques were valid unless someone would like to prove otherwise?
Comment by ryan March 30, 2007, 1:13 pm
You didn't offer any constructive comments, only a simple opinion. A lack of argument doesn't prove you right, even if you had said something that was objectively provable. The condescending tone really sticks in my craw, though. Craw. Craw. Is that a word?
What was your website again?
Comment by beafdog March 30, 2007, 3:29 pm
EU SOU LEGAL,TRABALHO E ESTUDO E QUERO JOGAR ESSE JOGO AGORA
Comment by LUANA April 1, 2007, 8:01 am
QUERO JOGAR
Comment by DUK April 1, 2007, 8:04 am
Purcell makes this comic here in his spare time, for charity, on a make by make basis. How can you make a complaint about that and ask for more? Purcell must be extremely irritated. Everyone should just tell Purcell thank you.

Thank you Purcell.
Comment by AdamG April 2, 2007, 3:06 am
By the way, I think the bartender is supposed to look like a guy. If Purcell wanted to make her attractive, believe me, he would have. ; )
Comment by AdamG April 2, 2007, 3:08 am
Have none of you been to England?

She doesn't look like a GUY, she looks like a HOT BRITISH WOMAN.

Trust me.

- j
Comment by Bird April 2, 2007, 3:50 pm
Hehehe,Cool!!! Thanks for comics :) ^^
Comment by Vladimir April 8, 2007, 12:41 pm
Jesus, Steve, if ur reading this, know one thing - UR A GOD, MAN!!!

I find my self drawing too ana I might add, that ur style is soooo unique... it's just amazing! However if you or somebody who knows, could tell me - how do you do ur COLORING? Is it pecils or paints!

10x in advance... ;)
Comment by Chris from Bulgaria April 12, 2007, 4:33 pm
juhu
Comment by zzz April 14, 2007, 11:04 am
Hey Steve, when are we getting another strip?
Comment by Cooldrew April 14, 2007, 9:14 pm
oddly enough I've seen people order in pretty much exactly that state at my local.
Comment by Alter Alias May 30, 2007, 7:03 pm
"The Frog and Peach"? What an incredibly obscure (and awesome) Derek and Clive reference :D
Comment by Holrusk July 14, 2007, 5:25 pm
That is brilliant! I love Sam throwing that beer (or root beer?) Through his ears. But wouldn't that feel cold? Like a syringe through your ears?! ROFL!
And that bartender is hot.
Comment by GamerErman2001 August 25, 2007, 12:10 am
man theres a lot of love on this page for steve, and i can only say he deserves every bit!
*gives two thumbs up and smiles*
...........*can see that no one is returning the gesture, instead they're all giving him looks*
*slowly backs out of view... then runs*
Comment by kgoodies September 6, 2007, 3:26 pm
ugh srry thats my stupid roommate, he wrote that while i was in the other room, he thinks hes funny
Comment by kgoodies September 6, 2007, 3:27 pm
well i wrote the stuff about Steve.... that guy is awesome
Comment by kgoodies September 6, 2007, 3:27 pm
that he is kgoodies..... that he is
Comment by samsandwhich September 14, 2007, 10:21 am
The drink pouring sequence is beautifully done!
Comment by SandM_fan February 21, 2008, 10:34 pm
I demand more sexy bartenders.
Comment by Coolgamer December 2, 2008, 11:59 am
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