2000-2003
I was in fourth grade when I first created Jeff. I guess he’s a caricature of me, but I tend to put a bit of myself in most of my main characters. A year later, I created Taylor—who isn’t based on anyone I knew, he’s 100% fictional. I made different books with the boys going on different adventures. Like going to another dimension and finding treasure in New York City back when I called the series, “Two Big Idiots”. They were random and fun, but it lacked supporting characters.
2004-2007
November 16, 2004. That’s the date where I decided to put the boys in an official series, simply called “Jeff & Taylor”. I made a whole bunch of new characters. Many of which are based off of my friends and some are completely made up. At first, I wanted J&T to be an animated series, but after reading a manga of my favorite anime, “Case Closed”, I decided to make J&T into a comic series. In 2006, I made my first attempt to make a comic—the original “G-Station”. It was crude, but I was proud that I finished a comic myself.
2008-2011
I gone to Northwest College of Art and Design in Poulsbo, Washington, and I still worked on J&T. Continued making the comics and coming up with story ideas. Around this time, I made a Youtube channel to show off my drawings. Throughout all these years, I slowly built a fan base. Before I knew it, I had followers from different parts of the world. So it was time to share my comics online. And with the education I received from NCAD, I designed my own website, jeffandtaylorcomic.com.
2012-2015
The Jeff & Taylor website launched on January 5, 2012. I released each episodes once a month and posted “Quickies” (short strips), twice a week. Everything was going smoothly until I had to move back home and worked at my dad’s body shop. Because of my full-time job, I lost momentum and released a new issues like once a year. But it’s a blessing in disguise, because it made me get more time to really think about the overall story arc.
2016-2018
I was in a smooth, yet frustrating groove. I continued making new episodes and Quickies, but slowly. I self published J&T volumes through Ka-Blam.com, but I didn’t get a lot of sales. I went to different comic conventions and sold my books at artist allies. The word was going out and I was gaining more readers. I kept on working and saving money so that I could move out of state and work for myself.
2019-Present
I moved out of state and now working for myself. J&T is now my full-time gig and I’m very happy. I decided to remake “G-Station” again and give the comic a soft reboot, introducing it to a bigger audience. That’s why I now want to publish J&T issues in Amazon. It’s an easier way to distribute the comic internationally. It’s a big dream of mine to have this story reach millions and get popular enough to get an animated series. J&T is so personal to me. It’s my baby. This is a comic with wonderful characters and villains. It’s what I’d want to see in a story. And I’m positive it will be a huge success!