By Steve Purcell November 2, 2006
"Sam & Max - Chapter One: The Big Sleep" Issue #10 Digg this entry Send this to a friend 68 Comments
Woo! It's back!
Comment by Metallus November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
I am filled with an odd sense of foreboding!
Comment by jesstech November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
*sniff* Sir Kenneth Blattodea, we hardly knew thee.
Comment by Tique November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
This comic better be lasting another 30 pages.
Comment by Syntheticgerbil November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
Aww... I wanted him to fall 25 stories and go splat!
Comment by Guy November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
ummm.... is Sam braindead?
Comment by pheeph November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
-reads second panel- YAY! GRATUITIS VIOLENCE!!!
-reads on- Damn >_
Comment by William November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
haha! poor Sam
Comment by Hero1 November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
The earwig...blew up itself.......
...nice explosion, man!
Comment by November 6, 2006, 2:39 pm
Oh, Sam & Max. How I've missed you!
Comment by Trent November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
This comic is freaking awesome! I've missed Sam & Max for a long time, It's great to see them back.
Comment by SNY November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
A beautiful sacrifice. You ever killed a cockroach before? It ain't easy...
Comment by Pvt._Public November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Are those comics folowing one to another or this is just 1st page of comic that u can buy in America?
And is Steve Purcell really writing those, or it is someone else from telltale comics?
Comment by aaa November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Thanks on answers.
Comment by maky November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
I'm ripe with anticipation.
Comment by Scepter November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Ooh, updatealicious!

Unlike all those other whiny bitches in all the previous comments sections, I just can't bring myself to stop checking the site. Every now and then, it pays off in glorious fashion. Yet again, all my annoyance at a long wait is wiped out in a few sweet panels.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if it happened every day, right?


(Oh - could anyone at Telltale Webquarters add in a pre-loader for the rollover images as well? Just load them as 1px square images at the bottom out of the way, as at the moment I have to rollover all the panels before reading the comic so I can see the timing as intended. Thanks!)
Comment by Matt Dovey November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
New Sam & Max just makes me happy.
Comment by Randall Brown November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Thank, thank you so muck telltale games! And really thank you Steve Purcell !!! The comics is great and more importantly - the new game sam and max culture shock was magnificent. From the start to the end. The humor...the tragedy...the hypnosis :D
Thank you, people!
Comment by Grim Reaper... November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
please anyone?

Are those comics folowing one to another or this is just 1st page of comic that u can buy in America?
And is Steve Purcell really writing those, or it is someone else from telltale comics?
Comment by aaa November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
aaa,

This is about the 10th comic on the website look at the top bar for directions to the previous pages.
And yes Steve Purcell is writing these, really!
Comment by Darynth November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
oh thanks!
Comment by aaa November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
hey maky (also known as aaa) - Steve Purcell is drawing this series just for Telltale's site, and we're putting them up almost immediately after he draws them. Also, they're not available in print anywhere yet, because the story is only up to page 10!
Comment by Jake November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Thanks on answer Jake! I just wanted to ask does comic book "Sam and Max - Surfin' the Highway" includes all Sam & Max comics in history? If not can u write down the names of missing ones, please? And is Steve Purcell drawing just this series for Telltale's site in recent times, or there is more(web comics I mean)?
Comment by maky(aaa) lol :) November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
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 :)).
Comment by Jake November 6, 2006, 2:40 pm
Thank you very much on your answers! Just one more question :-D Do u know exact names of that shorts that Purcell drew for Fox Kids magazine, 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 of a 3 page Sam & Max Halloween comic which appeared in Wizard magazine sometime in the late 90s? Of course if they even had specific names. And do you know where can I buy it? Or download it if it is legal...
Comment by maky November 7, 2006, 2:29 am
My, I think Bonesmasher missed an opportunity to post his usual negative, useless comments here. Hurray!

Loving the new Sam and Max: Culture Shock game, by the way! Took me about 15 minutes to adjust to the new voices, but it's superb, so far.
Comment by Jimmus November 15, 2006, 1:58 am
omg! huzzah! fiinnnaalllyyy! i've been waiting since the early 90s for anouther sam and max game... all those horrible nowhere attempts... but yes!!!!!

****however... i need to know! can a cd of all the games of the first season (once all done... please keep it up!) be bought without now pre-ordering it in that special thingy? also... will you all at tell-tale... or anywhere, be makeing anouther full leangth game? because as wonderfull as it was to play a game again... it was far to short.... and i loved the first game so much.....

thank u for your time! and esspically for sam and max!!!!
Comment by Juliette November 16, 2006, 6:59 pm
Next Please :D
Comment by Stew2000 November 17, 2006, 3:29 am
It's like that little bit of belly button fluff you foget about and then years later you rediscover it only to find it's even better than you remember it.
Comment by Andy Dave November 20, 2006, 4:39 pm
I love this comic.
Comment by ayamemaiden November 24, 2006, 6:24 pm
I've known about Sam and Max for over a decade, but I never got the chance to see what the hype was all about until a couple days ago (with Sam and Max Hit The Road, and Culture Shock). Anyway, I'm loving it! Rarely does a game make me burst out laughing like those did, and this comic is no different. I'm dying to use the phrase "That's my favorite kind of feasance!" in a conversation now.
Comment by ShaggE November 28, 2006, 12:58 am
^ Sorry, I meant "That's my second favorite feasance!"
Comment by ShaggE November 28, 2006, 1:00 am
oh Sam and Max how I missed you. These two Vigilantes raised me, Hit the Road was my favorite game as a small weak minded child. Don't worry about Sam he's survived worse things then having his brain nuked.

I have to get surfin the highway. Is there any place in the internet or Canada I can get it?
Comment by Will November 28, 2006, 5:07 pm
Gratuitous acts of senseless violence are MY forte! -Max
Comment by Kesshin Hakari December 2, 2006, 11:13 pm
Neat comic. The bunny has sharp teeth, it seems.
Comment by Anon December 5, 2006, 2:47 am
I can honestly say that all the magic from hit the road is still alive and kicking. I was starting to worry that the cia had crept out from the shadows and was knocking off sam and max fans with french bread to the back of the head. glad to see some hype for sam and max again.
And like max tied to a giant drill bit, this will take off and spin out of control, bore into the center of the earth and nearly destroy man-kind as we know it. yippie!
Comment by giant rubber-band ball December 6, 2006, 9:36 am
i really appreciate your time and effort for bringing us this awesome and FREE sam & max comic series!!
Comment by ryan December 7, 2006, 6:56 pm
i'm ripped with anticipation for the next episode :)
Comment by Dror December 11, 2006, 7:04 am
I think it should be longer but I think it's so funny
Comment by Rhys December 13, 2006, 2:56 pm
Awesome comic guys!
Comment by Landhow December 16, 2006, 12:59 pm
Yahoo! You just can't beat a comic that involves defenestration!
Comment by Calbeck December 16, 2006, 3:14 pm
he i like this game,but i am in africa.i can open gametap.com by it refuse it " what can i do my contant omary247@ yahoo.com
Comment by djommy December 18, 2006, 12:27 am
Strange, I just read all 10 episodes and it barely made any sense. Then I found out I was in "interactive mode" and there ARE supposed to be word bubbles.
Comment by anonymous December 18, 2006, 2:52 pm
i would prefer if the panels have words in them already... other than that its really good!
Comment by Tell Tale Fan December 18, 2006, 3:08 pm
I love these. I just wish this comic was updated more often. I guess your busy.
Comment by Zac V December 19, 2006, 11:42 pm
If you switch to "Flat Mode" in the comic browser, it will always have bubbles (and set a cookie so it remembers that setting)
Comment by tabacco December 21, 2006, 3:36 pm
I personally would have liked to see more buildup to the Nigel Hook character. And the low window joke never gets old, does it. Hee hee hee. Hilarious comic. How do you get those pictures to the left of your message?
Comment by Drumcrasher December 23, 2006, 4:36 am
Wow! I mean WOW!!!
I haven't seen Sam n Max since the show got axed in the 90s!
Ahh the memories of Hit the road... I used to have that in a special edition CD box with Day of the Tentacle.
Alas... all I have now is the floppy disk version now... :'<
Anyway... these comic are pure gold! And extremely well drawn!
Two thumbs up and a corn dog for telltale and steve! =D
When I get enough money I'm running to the checkout with season one of the game! =)
Comment by Ginger December 24, 2006, 2:28 pm
Lets LOL shall we Sam&Max hahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Comment by fontenotariel December 26, 2006, 7:29 pm
gratuitous, senseless acts of violence are MY forte!

bahaha sam and max rule!
Comment by yuvi December 28, 2006, 1:04 pm
Thanks Mr Purcell for this wonderful comic about my favorite video game heroes, Sam & Max.
I'd also thank Telltale studio: Thanks guys and girls that made our heroes living again. So much old memories from Hit The Road. I had a lot of deceptions after several studios refused to produce S&M2. You made my child dream a reality, YOU ROCK.
Comment by silkut January 10, 2007, 12:41 pm
poor Sir Kenneth Blattodea we'll always cary you in our hearts...
Comment by my name January 19, 2007, 2:04 pm
Anyone who knows when the next page of this amazing comic is out?
Comment by whiterabbit January 21, 2007, 1:29 pm
This comic is great! I didn't remember how much I used to love Sam & Max. :) Keep up the good work!
Comment by MogwaiX January 23, 2007, 4:07 am
its strange, i've never seen max actually kill someone with blood and gore involved
Comment by plah January 27, 2007, 6:09 am
The fact that you've never seen Killing with blood and gore from Max, is because this would seriously damage the image of sam&max. The whole point is the implied ultra violence, instead of the overly obvious in your face kind of violence we've grown so accustomed to to see in the present day computer games and comics.

Now I would really like to know when the next comic is going to be out, this looks fantastic, but it isn't much of a webcomic if it only comes out every 3 months :-/
Comment by PhoeniX January 28, 2007, 3:54 am
Do you know where i can get a cd of all of the episodes when season 1 is finished?
Comment by A Very Bis Sam n Max Fan January 30, 2007, 4:00 pm
Why doesn't Steve just make a website where you can you sign up for the comic for say $9.99 a year, for a new comic every other day?
Comment by AdamG January 30, 2007, 7:46 pm
http://www.roko.goe.net/~s140743/_html/d_flash.htm
Comment by AdamG January 30, 2007, 7:59 pm
That movie is also in our interim theatre archives
Comment by tabacco February 3, 2007, 11:03 am
ha! Ony just found out that there -are- supposed to be speech bubbles, oddly enough, I still got the jist...
Comment by Brice February 9, 2007, 4:44 am
Waaaaaaaaa... where is the next episode? I'm waiting for 3 months now :)
Comment by BFO February 13, 2007, 6:51 pm
So... Am I supposed to write anything of actual importance, or do I just write anything?
Comment by Bob February 17, 2007, 11:28 pm
who are you anyway? Bob
Comment by memememememememmememm February 18, 2007, 3:07 pm
Has anyone else noticed its been a little over a year with only 10 comics of sub par humor?

*sigh*
Comment by Annoyed Fan February 18, 2007, 5:58 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 mark February 21, 2007, 2:52 am
Crazy fun story. So thrilling can't wait to see the next episode.
Comment by Chris August 29, 2007, 7:48 pm
"you smell like radiator cheese" thats gold
Comment by tremor April 23, 2008, 7:49 pm
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