Holy cripes on toast, this is going to be amazing!

Hooray! This is the greatness!

I may weep openly.

Does this mean Bruce Cambell will be playing Max?

Cool, looking forward to the next ones! :)

It's great to see some new Sam and Max material after so long. We've missed these guys.

Sam and Max be back! Is there more than one frame in chapter one??? I'm clicking around and nothing!

At last! Huzzah and pass me the fish sauce.

as an animator and game developer myself, i have been waiting for so long to see the guys again :) great to know that we will be seeing loads of them, well hopefully:)
welcome back and best wishes...

All I can say is wooooooooooooooo!

Oh my dear sweet bippy.

I think I might just die of happiness, ressurect, die of happiness again, and then settle down for a while until I fall over from excitement.

Words fail to adequately express how pleased I am to see new Sam and Max from the mind of Mr. Purcell. I would make up my own word to express my joy, but I can't come up with one snappy enough.

I need to change my pants now. Thank you Steve!

Dude.

I wanna have like 10,000 of your babies.

Welcome back, S&M. You've been sorely missed. :)

I like Sam & Max and all but there needs to be more nekid chicks at my house.

Yes, a RSS feed would be most appreciated!

Not to be pedantic, but one frame? The lack of an RSS feed or a mail-list specifically for this strip is also a problem: if this is to promote the upcoming game and extend the fan base, these pages need to come out often, else it won't grab the generally fussy webcomic reader. Granted, Sam & Max is very popular (I own all the comics, after a lot of searching), but the site version will have to keep momentum to maintain an appeal with the web audiences.

Yes, it's awesome that more S&M strips are appearing, but this will really just be an idea in the midsts of execution for now. I can't refer protential readers to a single page - they won't get it and they won't come back.

This is just one page, right? It does sound like there's more than one from the comments...

Wish we had more than just one page with a hand, but at least it's a start to more S&M, right?

haha, goes to show how popular S&M still are, when people are celebrating "the new style" of drawing, even claiming that this quick sketch is an improvement over the originals, which is some of the best comic art out of America.
Oh, I'm a rabid fan too, so I'm excited about any new material, really. Just don't hope we'll be seeing quickly made sellout strips, that's like the opposite of what Sam n Max are about

I want more!!!!

Woohoo!!!! Sam and Max are finally back!

"I'm with Lodril on this one. Internet Explorer's image options ruin the mouseovers"
Tools>Internet Options...Click on Advanced tabUnder the Multimedia heading uncheck"Enable Image Toolbar"Besides, is it really that hard to download Firefox or any other browser?

This is a damn well-placed foot forward, although I think that there may be something that Mr. Purcell might be missing:

A) Where is the DVD of the series?
B) I really like the fact that, although to many this is a detriment, I like the "scroll over panel" effect. Primarily since I read so fast and catch things, comic strip punchlines rarely make me laugh. To me as a reader; this is a definite boon.

Congratulations, Steve! I'm happy to see you're doing them again!

I, too, may weep openly. To give you an idea, I acquired two stray cats a few months ago and, after weeks of hard thought, had a brilliant flash of insight to name them Sam and Max. Max is pretty darn hyperkinetic, too.

Oh yeah, this comic is gonna be suh-weet!

"what the hell is phloof?"

Rofl!!! AAAHh.. I love Sam & Max so much!! I almost forgot about them. i'm so glad they're coming back!!

Steve... welcome back. Can you hear the sound of millions of Sam and Max fans weeping openly? That's for you. That's all for you, man.

I am too pumped - sam and max are my heroes.

Holy jumping mother o' God in a side-car with chocolate jimmies and a lobster bib! I can't handle this!

So glad Sam and Max are back. Good luck, Purcell!

Keep on running guys... never believed they could stop you

Welcome Steve!!!
Sam and Max once again!!
Waaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuu

It's sheer coolness, it feels great, I'm so glad you're at it again...
WELCOME BACK PURCELL, hi again SAM & MAX!!! legendary...kick ass... unique... bring it on!!!

Steve Purcell is a God-send. Sam N Max friggen' rules! Oh, and this game BETTER come out on the Mac as well!!!

Wow, I never thought I'd have the chance to see my old friends again... I think I'm going to play through Sam and Max Hit the Road again for good measure. Hopefully Mr. Purcell can keep up with the demand for the zany duo while still providing the intelligent and wacky humour we love the characters for.

Ohh - the excitement. Can't wait for more --- a handful of panels is torture.

Sam, is "Phloof!" a real word?

You better believe it li'l buddy....... Oh man, it's been a long wait. I openly weeped when freelance police got cancelled at 95% complete. 95! Why for the love of God would the publisher of the best adventure games drop such a game when it was so close to completion? It doesn't make sense. I look forward to the new games, but would have loved to have seen Freelance Police. What happened to the code for that anyway? Is it tied up in a giant ball of legal rights twine?

This is the best comic news ever. EVAR! I wish there was more! ;D

how often will it be updated? cuz it's been a week already..?

Steve, do the comic the way you want to man. Don't listen to these naysayers that bitch about the mouseover effects. Although, personally, I think theyre sweet.

I'm just glad to have something to look forward to.

NEVAR!#@$

It's been quite the year, eh? A new Sam n Max game, now new comics; I'd start schrieking like a cheerleader if that weren't so damned unmanly. I'd complain that it's only one page, but that would be just plain churlish. Alls I'm saying is, maybe slightly more substantial update might make a good xmas present to one and all. Regardless, much love to the new comic, looks beautiful, maybe put a bit of a delay on the pop-ups, just to make it flow better.

The very heart of my being rejoices!

I've waited for this moment for years. I think i'm gonna cry.

when more?

When?


WHEN!!!!?

Glad to see them makin a comeback! Also like the way that you use flash to keep each strip a surprise.

That's no moon! I mean - That's not Flash!

There better be blood in the next comic. Otherwise the wait isn't worth it.

Wow, Sam & Max return! Who would have thunk it?!

I like the rollover revealing, add's a nice touch to the comic. Although perhaps there should be a way of disabling it so that everyone will be happy?

Praying for an update soon. Keep up the good work!

Woo! Lemme get the popcorn.

It would appear the graveyard is a very fitting setting regarding how dead this strip became right out of the gate :P

life of a fanboy: "woohoo! sam&max rules! i love you!!!" (one week passes) "boohoo. where's my comics. meanies. I HATE YOU!#@$". no love lost, i just find it amusing.

:-D Good to see the guys back in action! Thanks Steve - keep up the good work!

Joy of joys! Steve Purcell and Sam & Max. Life just doesn't get any better.
Thanks Steve!

nice cartoon but why dous sam allways wins

I like the cartoon of sam and max!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did that guy just say "holy cripes on toast?"