Happy Halloween everyone! Make it awesome and make it safe!
A special thanks to the magnificent Emily Chan for this wonderful holiday card! Be sure to check out her delightful StupidFox comic – as if you hadn’t already 
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Writing Zoey is always fun. She’s not a… erm… “sucker” (as Fribble would say), but she’s a person who knows herself so well, that she will never allow the negativity of others to ruin her mood. I think I knew all of one person like this in high school. She was the only person who at that age knew exactly who she was and who she was going to be throughout her life, and she never fell into the trap of putting down others to make herself feel better. Out of all the characters, she’s the one that the phrase “Hot Mess” applies to the least.
What about you guys? Do you think the majority of your friends are “Zoeys” or are they Hot Messes?
UPDATE: As you may have noticed, we swapped out this week’s comic with a new version… one done in our old (and IMO way, way better lettering style). What do you think? Wanna see the difference between the two? Click below to see the one originally posted.
This was the original lettering for #73
Which one do you like better?
UPDATE 2: The new version of #72 is now up! Just click here or the back pointing arrow below the comic!
Three in a row! We’re on a roll 
See you guys next week!
My favorite part of a long week is when I get to step back and actually evaluate how tired I actually am. It’s always at that very first moment, when things calm down just enough, that I self-evaluate and really take stock of how much energy – both mental and physical – I have left. Quite often I find that when I reach that point I’m running on fumes, and the only thing I have left in me is to get together with friends and unwind.
Here’re two of the most draining periods in my life: Final exams weeks (all 8 times I went through that in college); the first TV production I worked on (3 weeks of 18 hour days, no days off, and I lived on set and never went home. It was like summer camp, but without the outdoors part).
I’m sure there are many more I’m not thinking about. What about you guys? How did you recoup?
About the strip schedule: Yes! Look, it’s a new strip! Also, I have more good news. There are 2 more strips completed and scheduled, so there’s no way they won’t be on time. In addition, I have three more that simply need to be lettered. So we *should* have six weeks of an uninterrupted schedule! I cannot tell you how excited I am to get these up or thank you all enough for continuing to check us out. We love making Hot Mess, and though we can’t do it as quickly as we’d like, we intend on making the comic well into the future.
Again, much thanks, and without a doubt we’ll see you soon!
I sometimes find it pretty crazy what hostesses and wait staff can get away with when their managers aren’t watching. Being a former waiter myself, I know exactly how frustrating the job can be, as well as the impulse to act out. Not that I ever did… much. But some of the people I worked with were downright mean to their customers when they felt they weren’t going to be held accountable.
Any of you waiters out there have funny stories about the “abuse of power” at work? Or any customers want to share your most unbelievable eating out moments?
Hi everyone, wow… back after the Week of Winners – hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as we did.
So, thanks to you, we’re still number one! I hope we can keep it that way (with your help, of course). Just click here: Remember, you can vote once a day
It’s Day 6, and we’re almost to the end. After today, we’ve only got the Grand Prize Winner to go!
Today we’re spotlighting the First and Second Prize winners in Category 2 of the contest – where Emily asked you to come up with your own take on the Hot Mess characters. We had some really fantastic entries (as yesterday’s post on the runners up in this category indicated), and we’re proud to present to you our top two winners.
First, here’s a few links to the other winning art we’ve announced:
CATEGORY 1: ARTISTIC:
Honorable Mentions
First & Second Place.
CATEGORY 1: CREATIVE:
Honorable Mentions
First & Second Place
CATEGORY 2:
Honorable Mentions
The second place ribbon goes to incredible cool and unique “Hot Elephant” by The-wandering-path.
And first prize goes to the magnificent Untitled work of art by Jullith. The water effects look amazing!
Ok, only the Grand Prize Winner left to honor, and then we’ll be back with new strips!
Oh, and not to brag or any thing, but because of you, Hot Mess is still Number 1! It’ll be fun to see how long we can stay on top. Remember, you can vote once per day. Just click here:
It’s Day 5 of the Hot Mess Week of Winners, and this one’s a doozy. We loved lots of entries in this category, but only had two prizes to give. It was a tough problem, so we decided to honor six runners up!
Before we get to the winners, here’s a few links to the other winning art we’ve announced:
CATEGORY 1: ARTISTIC:
Honorable Mentions
First & Second Place
CATEGORY 1: CREATIVE:
Honorable Mentions
First & Second Place
Remember, to see the full resolution versions of these entries along with the artist notes for each, click through the pictures below:
What better way to start than with an old to Emo Bunny himself, Slumper. The piece is called “Smile Slumper Smileee” and it’s by HTFbyOTTO:
Next is a fun peek inside the head of Anna’s friend Ashley in “Hot Mess-Ashley” by MWRuuRuu:
Then we have an Untitled piece by Pochi-Saku-Hime. Very cool concept.
The next Honorary Mention is a look inside the head of the person who seems determined to ruin Anna’s life. It’s “Bethenny De Luca” by Pota-toes. Not quite as scary in there as I’d have imagined
xMidniteStarz has a very cool, original take on the voices in Anna’s head in her great piece, “The Hot Mess Crew“. I for one have definitely known a person or two like Slumper. And probably a few Fribbles as well.
And rounding out the Honorary Mentions is this colorful work from Cherrysamachan called simply, “One Hot Mess“. Momur looks like Pete’s Dragon – way cool.
Congratulations to them all for their outstanding entries!
We’re still at Number 1 on Topwebcomiclist.com, so thanks to all of you who voted! But keep those votes coming – tt’ll be fun to see how long we can stay on top. Remember, you can vote once per day. Just click here:
In the next couple of weeks, the Art Contest winners will be announced, so keep an eye on the site for more details.
I love that Slumper is always referred to as Emo Bunny in the comments. That actually sums him up perfectly. Now for nicknames for the other animals…
If you like what we’re doing here, we’d love your vote!
And be sure to take a look at the incredible entries in the art contest! Click for Category 1 (personal avatars) and Category 2 (riffs on the Hot Mess characters)! We’re busy at work picking the winners.