Joshworld

Joshworld is a comic series created by Peter Holmes and Zach Barone. It was originally a Flipnote series, "very much like Eddsworld." but evolved into comics. In April 2013, Holmes stopped drawing planned Joshworld comics due to JakK's departure until June 2013. On 22 August 2013, it was announced that Joshworld would become an official online comic starting after the premiere of Mini-Mizer: There vs. Home, which never premiered.

History
Joshworld's first comic was drawn on 17 July 2012 and the first animation was created on 21 August 2012. It originally starred Peter Holmes as Josh, a manly 19 year old resident in Figgleflute, Norm Henson as Noah, a rather "cool" 20 year old, based on Henson's older brother, Noah, Andrew Griffin as Andrew, a 20 year old who spoke nothing but gibberish, despite knowing a small bit of English, and a fictional man named Joe, who, as it originally said on his grave, "The guy who was a girl." Joe comitted suicide in the first comic, but based on the future of Joshworld, and its next story, "Life of Joe," he may have escaped death. In November 2012, Zach Barone found out about Joshworld by Holmes' information, and instantly became a part of the comics, starting with the Flipnote, Jak's Trip to Hell. (originally spelled "Jack") However, on 12 February 2013, Barone, according to Holmes, "kinda slid away from us, totally out of the blue." Barone left production of the comics for 6 months. "The day after he left," Holmes began. "Andrew and I had a really long conversation about what would go on in Joshworld without Jak. By now, we only had two choices: Kill him off, or end the comic. We decided to kill him off, but that lasted until about May. I got better in touch with Zach and we made his death only a hoax, despite the fact that we stopped drawing Joshworld. In about June, or so, Zach told me that I should continue Joshworld, and I was kinda iffy on that, and I didn't accept until about August." On 22 August 2013, it was announced that Joshworld would release weekly on its own WordPress site. Currently, it is on hiatus, as the comic almost got cancelled due to severe unsuccessfulness. On 25 July 2014, Holmes tweeted "It hasn't even been a year, but I've already decided to cancel Joshworld."

Allusions
Peter Holmes- Josh is the original name given to Holmes at birth, but it was changed to Peter.

Eddsworld- The name "Joshworld" is Eddsworld, but a different main name and in the first animation, the theme song was the same, but sang by Holmes

Thomas Ridgewell-  In early days of Joshworld, Josh looked much like Tom from Eddsworld. "In early comics, I had all of Tom: The eyes, the hair," Holmes stated "But one day, I thought that I looked too much like Tom, so I gave myself a fake haircut."

Pac-Man- In the first episode of Joshworld, NES Fail, the Pac-Man theme song was played in the opening titles.

Fix it Felix Jr.- The ending credits to every animated episode of Joshworld would roll to the Fix it Felix Jr. theme song, starting with "Jak's Rescue." (later Jak's Trip to Hell.)

The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)- Josh looks like he is based on Doctor Who's Tenth incarnation, who has a brown coat (Josh's hoodie/shirt) and spiked hair like Josh.

Andrew's departure, Max and Mason's introduction and departure, and Adam's Introduction
Andrew made his final appearence on Joshworld on 23 November 2013. Andrew left because he plans to go back in time to Gallifrey to start his life as a Time War soldier, but ends up in the Switzerstrailia city, where Norm is. On 10 October 2013, an introduction to the new secondary character, and also Josh and Jak's longtime friend, Max Kilter was released on the Joshworld website. Max made his first appearence on 24 November 2013. Max has a severe addiction to Star Trek. Max wore a green torso with green cargo pants and black eyes, very similar to the way Josh used to be. In the 2013 Christmas Special, new member Mason Pertwee made his first appearence at a single booth fire convention at the fireplace store. He enjoyed lighting things on fire and Aye Tickle Tickle. He wore a pink sweater or shirt and a red squid hat. On 3 January 2014, it was announced by Holmes that Mason would be killed off very shortly because the Mason jokes are found "kinda crude" and Holmes and Barone support autism and do not mean to make fun of it. In late 2013, it was also announced that Max would only appear in one story, jPhone, where Mason was killed by the Death App, and Max was sentenced to death, due to him being a dream demon and invading Mason's mind, making him autistic. Currently, there are no companions alongside Jak and Josh, but in the current story, "Merda Lesselle," a 20 year old, slightly pudgy man. He will have black eyes, a black torso, and blue shorts.

YouTube Channel
In late 2012, there was a channel on YouTube called "joshworld" that would release all of the animated episodes of the series. "After about a month or two, I had one view from myself in all on the Joshworld channel." Holmes stated. In January 2013, the Joshworld channel closed and was discontinued for five months.

Movie
In August 2013, it was announced that due to JakK's wishes, there may be a Joshworld movie airing in late 2014.

Crossovers
Doctor Who- The first series of comics, starting with #3 will be a crossover between Joshworld and Doctor Who. "While peacefully sleeping, a sound rings out and when Josh goes outside to investigate, he finds the TARDIS going out of control and sees The Eleventh Doctor, The Tenth Doctor, and The Dark Doctor fall out of the sky from it. Josh and Jak plan to help the three Doctors get their beloved TARDIS back, but there's only one problem: The Daleks are protecting it." The Arcade Addict stated on his website.

Lord of the Rings- "For Jak's sake," The Arcade Addict started, "maybe we'll do a Lord of the Rings crossover. I was just planning and I thought that Jak would star as Frodo, Josh would be Gandalf, and a guest will be Sarumon."

Star Wars- In 2017, there is a Star Wars crossover planned to be for Star Wars 7, 8, and 9, despite the fact that 2017 will be Star Wars' 40th birthday.

Harry Potter- Holmes is "strongly against" a Harry Potter crossover, so one may not happen.

Spin-off
See Jakstudios 

On 5 October 2013, it was announced that Joshworld may have a spin-off based on the character, Jak's life. The Arcade Addict plans to call it "Jakstudios." "Jakstudios is hypothetical right now and I don't even know how well it'll do." The Arcade Addict stated. "It's planned to take place before Joshworld." In March 2014, the first comic was released, and was put on hiatus, as well as Joshworld.

Joshworld: The End of the Universe
In 2019, Joshworld is planned to be either ended or "handed down to someone else," which is why Peter Holmes came up with the story to "end Joshworld once and for all." Holmes stated, "It's Josh's nineteenth birthday and he gets a letter from the CIF that he's been accepted. However, the day he is supposed to start classes, his nemisis, Merda Lesselle is planning to end the universe, and the lives of millions. Adam and Josh, not knowing this yet, walk to the CIF, just to discover that it has severe demolition. Since at that point, Lesselle isn't in town, Adam takes Josh down to her lab, just to find Jak, living again. That is all I'm gonna say, but warning: Secrets will be revealed and Figgleflutians will fall."