It's customary that kids in comic strips are always getting themsleves into trouble. Jasper, the 8-year-old star of 44 Union Avenue, is more than happy to carry on that long-standing tradition, with the aid of his best friend, Clancey, and the anti-dog, Jack. Together they give Jasper's sister, Jessie, and single-mom Cheryl-Ann all the trouble they can handle.
44 Union Avenue, created by Mike Witmer, recently ended its run on Comics Sherpa to join the family of strips on GoComics. Archives are available to all members on MyComicsPage.
This is a fantastic strip. Lots of fun. Great mix of family humor and outlandish nuttiness.
Posted by: Franklin Airey | June 11, 2007 at 11:22 AM
I agree with the last comment. This strip is great! Reading it is part of my daily morning routine!
Posted by: Kelly | June 11, 2007 at 11:49 AM
I met the creator of the strip once a long, long time ago. He definitely puts his own nuttiness into the strip which makes it even funnier knowing that a lot of the stories are actually true!
Posted by: Jen E | June 11, 2007 at 12:00 PM
I love the smart-aleck dog, always stirring up trouble. A comic strip for the skateboard generation. About time.
Posted by: Ernie | June 12, 2007 at 08:26 AM
My, my. What an obvious assortment of self-serving "comments" from well-meaning friends and family. Do you really need this type of scripted validation?
Posted by: Walter Wayne | June 13, 2007 at 09:25 AM
Hmmm. Nice. I never realized having "fans" was a bad thing. I read this blog daily and I'm amazed at how many negative posts there are when a new comic strip is announced. I had never read 44 Union Avenue until today but I can honestly say that Mr. Wayne's idiotic post actually made me go check the strip out.
Of course, maybe this was a scripted validation designed to do just that. Again. Hmmm.
Posted by: Tim Fry | June 13, 2007 at 10:46 AM
So, you've NEVER read this strip before, Mr. Fry? Don't you work with Mike Witmer? A quick Web search revealed some interesting information from the creator of 44Union:
"Just for the record, Fry is a co-worker of mine so if he offends anyone, let me know and I'll hit him over the head with a chair. But on the fliipside of that...you don't need my permission to post junk on here. Post away! Oh...and stop using the company network for personal internet usage you b*****d."
Posted by: Walter Wayne | June 13, 2007 at 02:38 PM
Hey Walter,
Why don't you vent your negativity into some art, then take that art, hopefully a sculpture, and bash it off your head. If you come to, do it again, you haven't swung hard enough.
Please have a look at my strip if you feel like it, my mom reads it everyday and thinks it is hands down the best strip ever.
www.thepursuitofmandy.com
Posted by: Jarrett | June 13, 2007 at 03:14 PM
Okay, everybody, play nice.
Posted by: Alex Hallatt | June 14, 2007 at 12:49 AM
Sometimes, I read this comic, and I ALMOST laugh out loud. I would guess my co-workers would wonder why I was laughing at random, but I'm pretty sure they all have herpes. They're too busy with that to worry about me. They smell like peanut butter and sardine sandwiches.
I'm going to spit watermelon seeds at them, and hope some of them get stuck in their collective ear canals.
Also, I like cheddar cheese.
Posted by: CBeck | June 14, 2007 at 06:56 AM
I have to come clean. The creator of 44Union put me up to this lame PR "hate" stunt. Apparently, Mike Witmer thought the buzz would help to generate more traffic to his strip. Sorry, man, but I don't want to be a part of this deception anymore. If you have other marketing plans, perhaps now is a good time to implement them. Good luck.
Posted by: Walter Wayne | June 14, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Seems to me that Mr. Walter Wayne has an agenda. Not so very well hidden. Could it be jealousy? Sounds like it to me. Or is that you just hate other people who are getting fulfillment out of doing something that brings them joy. I can't figure out why else you would go out of your way to post something so negative to someone you've never met. Is your life that joyless? If you don't like the strip, don't read it. End of story. Save your negativity for someone else. No one here wants you or your crappy attitude.
And I disagree with Jarrett about bashing yourself in the head with a sculpture. That would be a waste of the sculpture. Just get a baseball bat. If you want I can swing it for you.
And let me save you the research. I'm Mike's sister. That doesn't change the fact that I think for myself and enjoy the strip. I enjoy the older ones before he changed the characters around, but I still enjoy it none the less. See? I can think for myself and not just mindlessly say I like it because I'm related to him.
Posted by: Jessica | June 14, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Ok, I gotta come clean also. I am Mike's brother from another mother. HE bet me $5 when we were 6 yrs old that a talking dog could outsell a floating dinosaur...ha ha ha...whose laughing now, Jerky?
Wait a minute, you got the talking dog. Shit.
Jessica, tell Mom I'll be late for dinner.
Jarrett
The Pursuit of Mandy
www.thepursuitofmandy.com
Posted by: Jarrett | June 14, 2007 at 12:30 PM
To Mr. Wayne
OK. If this is true, I'm sorry my brother thought this was a good idea and put you up to it. He needs to take a PR class or two. There are better ways of creating traffic to your strip than that.
And to Jarrett, another illegitimate brother? AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!! Not again! There are way too many of them in this family.
Posted by: Jessica | June 14, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Lots of things flying in this post. All the silly junk aside and shucking off the fear of being attacked, I wanted to say that 44 Union really is a fun comic strip. I've enjoyed it for about a month. It's not earth-shattering but it usually delivers a giggle or a laugh.
Please don't hurt me.
Posted by: Steve R. | June 14, 2007 at 12:59 PM
I have to come clean. Walter Wayne put me up to this lame PR stunt. Apparently, Mike Witmer doesn't exist, he's just a figment of my imagination, and I had hoped that the buzz from this fued would eventually help to generate more traffic to my own strip.
Sorry, Walter, but I don't want to be a part of this deception any more. Besides, now I have to go think of new stuff for Jasper to do and blame it on Wit.
Posted by: Pab Sungenis | June 14, 2007 at 02:41 PM
I have never met, written to, or talked to Mike Witmer.
That said, I would like to say that I love "44 Union Avenue" and it is a pleasure to read it every day.
Posted by: Comics reader | June 14, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Those damn kids need to keep it down. I'm trying to sleep over here!!! Come get yer dog!
Posted by: 43 Union Avenue | June 14, 2007 at 06:39 PM
Good site! Good resources here, All the best!
Posted by: Michel | July 29, 2007 at 03:28 PM