Comics, memes and simple calculators about personal finance, FIRE, frugality, investing and office life, starring Job Jail Johnny.https://jobjailjohnny.com/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-fire-budget/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-fire-budget/Every FIRE plan has a boss fight. Mine is health insurance.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-fire-budget.jpg" alt="Two panels. 'My FIRE budget': a smiling Johnny checks off housing, food and travel and says 'Early retirement, here I come!' 'Then I priced health insurance': his screen shows $1,400/month in red, his coffee spills, and he gasps '...One more year.'" /></p><p>Every FIRE plan has a boss fight. Mine is health insurance.</p>https://jobjailjohnny.com/blog/welcome-to-job-jail/https://jobjailjohnny.com/blog/welcome-to-job-jail/What this site is, what a FIRE number is, and why Johnny keeps staring at a spreadsheet instead of his inbox.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/age-45-vs-age-85/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/age-45-vs-age-85/Just one more year. I mean it this time. 🕸️Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/age-45-vs-age-85.jpg" alt="Two panels. 'Age 45': Johnny at his desk with his JJJ mug says 'One more year. Then I'm out.' 'Age 85': an elderly, white-haired Johnny with a walker sits at the same cobweb-covered desk saying the exact same thing." /></p><p>Just one more year. I mean it this time. 🕸️</p>https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/lunch-break/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/lunch-break/$18 salad vs. $2 leftovers. One of these is a retirement plan. Which lunch are you? 🥗 vs 🍱Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/lunch-break.jpg" alt="Split panel. Left: a coworker holds an $18 salad, dreaming of a 'Work until 67' sign, and asks 'Leftovers again, Johnny?' Right: a happy Johnny holds $2 leftovers and says 'These taste like retiring at 45,' dreaming of a beach hammock and a 'Retired at 45' sign." /></p><p>$18 salad vs. $2 leftovers. One of these is a retirement plan. Which lunch are you? 🥗 vs 🍱</p>https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-honest-interview/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-honest-interview/At least I'm honest. 🦷Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/the-honest-interview.jpg" alt="An interviewer with a clipboard asks Johnny, 'So, why do you want to work here?' Johnny flashes a sparkling smile and answers: 'Dental.'" /></p><p>At least I'm honest. 🦷</p>https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/feed-the-engine/https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/feed-the-engine/The job isn't the dream. The job is the coal. 🔥Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://jobjailjohnny.com/comics/feed-the-engine.jpg" alt="Two panels. '9 to 5': a gloomy Johnny at his desk at 4:59 thinks 'Why do I do this?' under a storm cloud. 'Payday': a grinning Johnny shovels piles of cash into a giant 'Passive Income Engine' furnace with gauges for dividends, index funds and rentals, saying 'Feed the engine. It feeds me.'" /></p><p>The job isn't the dream. The job is the coal. 🔥</p>