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		<title>RSS stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/02/rss-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ON TODAY&#8217;S EPISODE OF BUG DID A THING&#8212; Just a general news update thing, pretty much for people who follow the comic via RSS&#8212; I&#8217;ve made an update to the RSS feed, which means that it might stop working for you. (Hopefully it won&#8217;t!) If it does, delete it from your reader and re-subscribe and it should be ok. If <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/02/rss-stuff/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ON TODAY&#8217;S EPISODE OF BUG DID A THING&mdash; Just a general news update thing, pretty much for people who follow the comic via RSS&mdash;</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve made an update to the RSS feed, which means that it might stop working for you. (Hopefully it won&#8217;t!) If it does, delete it from your reader and re-subscribe and it should be ok. </p>
<p>If you follow via the feedburner feed, use this URI: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/messenger_comic">http://feeds.feedburner.com/messenger_comic</a></p>
<p>And if you subscribe via email, you <i>may</i> have to sign up again since I have no way to port existing email subscriptions to the new thingamabob:</p>
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<p>There&#8217;s supposed to be an automated warning coming to feed readers in the next two weeks to remind you about the switch, but we&#8217;ll see if that actually happens or not. Meanwhile, I&#8217;m warning you. :B </p>
<p>Sorry for any confusion! D:</p>
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		<title>Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/02/wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Wednesday/Saturday schedule! From here on, Messenger will update on Wednesdays and Saturdays, pending disaster and/or artist burnout. It seems about as evenly spaced as you can get doing two pages a week, anyway. If the next update seems too far off for you, registering for the forums will unlock preview panels for upcoming pages! A couple <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/02/wednesday/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the new Wednesday/Saturday schedule! From here on, Messenger will update on Wednesdays and Saturdays, pending disaster and/or artist burnout. It seems about as evenly spaced as you can get doing two pages a week, anyway. If the next update seems too far off for you, <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/forum/">registering for the forums</a> will unlock preview panels for upcoming pages!</p>
<p>A couple of other bits of interest:</p>
<p>- My friend Pomp of the sometimes-a-comic <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/Lunavis/">Lunavis</a> is doing <a href="http://pompolic-b.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-open-257936944">crazy dirt cheap commissions</a>! If you&#8217;re looking for custom character art or almost anything else, Pomp is your artbro. </p>
<p>- I&#8217;ve updated the links list to include a relatively new comic made by two of my friends: <a href="http://withinamileofhome.com">WaMoH</a>! I helped put the site together, so you should check it out. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s basically it for now. Check back on Saturday for more, and thanks for reading!</p>
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		<title>Oh, hello there.</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/01/oh-hello-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.messenger-comic.com/?p=4233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back! No, I&#8217;m not dead. No, I haven&#8217;t quit. I just needed an extended break I didn&#8217;t realize I needed, nor did I realize how extended it had actually gotten. Last year I got a job doing pretty much exactly the kind of work I&#8217;ve always wanted to do. This is good. However, being a creative sort of work, <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2012/01/oh-hello-there/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I&#8217;m back!</strong> No, I&#8217;m not dead. No, I haven&#8217;t quit. I just needed an extended break I didn&#8217;t realize I needed, nor did I realize how extended it had actually gotten. </p>
<p>Last year I got a job doing pretty much exactly the kind of work I&#8217;ve always wanted to do. This is good. However, being a creative sort of work, it made it so that the last thing I wanted to do after I got home every night was do more creative work. This is bad. I&#8217;ve half started new pages about a dozen times over the past few months, and gotten nowhere. What changed? I&#8217;m not sure. But I&#8217;m tired of <i>not</i> doing comics and artwork for myself, so I&#8217;m going to make time and start again. </p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t decided what the schedule will be yet, but probably once a week for a while until I can knock the rust off my comic-drawing hand. </p>
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		<title>This is important.</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/11/this-is-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys! Comics are on the way soon, but in the meantime, I have something I&#8217;d like to share, which is especially important if you&#8217;re American. This video does a pretty good job of summarizing, so I&#8217;ll just leave this here: Have a couple of articles as well: Ars Technica: House takes Senate&#8217;s bad Internet censorship bill, tries to make <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/11/this-is-important/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi guys! Comics are on the way soon, but in the meantime, I have something I&#8217;d like to share, which is especially important if you&#8217;re American. This video does a pretty good job of summarizing, so I&#8217;ll just leave this here:</p>
<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31100268?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p>Have a couple of articles as well:<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/house-takes-senates-bad-internet-censorship-bill-makes-it-worse.ars">Ars Technica: House takes Senate&#8217;s bad Internet censorship bill, tries to make it worse</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-internet">SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet</a></p>
<p><a href="http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html" target="_blank">And lastly, this infographic is pretty handy and easily linkable for sharing with others. Click here!</a></p>
<p>Get to it. <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">Write or call your representatives and let them know what a total load of bullshit this is.</a> </p>
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		<title>Ugh.</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/08/ugh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.messenger-comic.com/?p=4223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I probably ought to have conceded defeat a while ago on this one, but I&#8217;m taking a break. Work has been crazy and I&#8217;ve had a zillion things going on that have seriously cut into my drawing time. Maybe I ought to just take a month off from comics every summer, since that&#8217;s where I always seem to schedule slip. <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/08/ugh/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I probably ought to have conceded defeat a while ago on this one, but I&#8217;m taking a break. Work has been crazy and I&#8217;ve had a zillion things going on that have seriously cut into my drawing time. Maybe I ought to just take a month off from comics every summer, since that&#8217;s where I always seem to schedule slip. </p>
<p>New pages will start up on <strong>September 5, 2011</strong>. Sorry for the long wait! That said, if anybody wants to do any kind of filler art for between now and then, I&#8217;d gladly put it up on the main page.</p>
<p>Thanks for your patience, and see you in September!</p>
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		<title>Podcasting today on the Webcomic Beacon!</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/06/podcasting-today-on-the-webcomic-beacon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a silly reminder that I&#8217;m going to be talking about comics, watercolors, and making comics with watercolors today on the Webcomic Beacon! You can tune in live at 12 PM EST to listen in as I make a fool of myself all over the internet. They&#8217;ll also have an archived version up you can download afterwards. Should be a <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/06/podcasting-today-on-the-webcomic-beacon/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<p>Just a silly reminder that I&#8217;m going to be talking about comics, watercolors, and making comics with watercolors today on the <a href="http://webcastbeacon.com" target="_blank">Webcomic Beacon</a>! You can tune in live at 12 PM EST to listen in as I make a fool of myself all over the internet. They&#8217;ll also have an archived version up you can download afterwards. Should be a good time. </p>
<p>Also: apologies for the late pages. I have them halfway to complete, and I&#8217;m hoping to have them up tonight. Real life is awesome, but also time-consuming, unfortunately. </p>
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		<title>Mark your calendars</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/05/mark-your-calendars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey comic readers! Sorry for the delay in pages &#8211; work, real life, all that fun stuff. I&#8217;ve got a couple of pages lined up to try and fill the gap I&#8217;ve missed, so hopefully that&#8217;ll get things more up to date. Not quitting the comic, etc., etc. Hoping to try and get the schedule smoothed out in time. I&#8217;m <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/05/mark-your-calendars/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey comic readers! Sorry for the delay in pages &#8211; work, real life, all that fun stuff. I&#8217;ve got a couple of pages lined up to try and fill the gap I&#8217;ve missed, so hopefully that&#8217;ll get things more up to date. Not quitting the comic, etc., etc. Hoping to try and get the schedule smoothed out in time. I&#8217;m still planning to stick to the once-a-week updates for now. </p>
<p><a href="http://webcomicbeacon.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.messenger-comic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/468x60.jpg" alt="" title="the webcomic beacon" width="468" height="60" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4206" /></a></p>
<p>In a bit of more interesting news, I&#8217;m going to be on the <a href="http://webcomicbeacon.com" target="_blank">Webcomic Beacon</a> podcast on <b>June 19th</b>! I&#8217;ll be talking watercolor comics with (I think) Jilly from <a href="http://www.demoneater.com" target="_blank">Demon Eater</a> and possibly some other artists. That part isn&#8217;t too clear yet, but it&#8217;ll be awesome either way. The episodes are streamed live, but they&#8217;re also archived so you can always catch it later, too! I think there&#8217;s an opportunity for chat/questions if you tune in live, so mark your calendar!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for now! Thanks for reading!</p>
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		<title>April 2011 Donation Wallpaper</title>
		<link>http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/04/april-2011-donation-wallpaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bugbyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it only took me three months or so, but a new donation wallpaper is now available! April&#8217;s wallpaper features a new character we&#8217;ve only just met as of page 10-14 &#8211; but we&#8217;ll found out more about them soon enough. The wallpaper is available in widescreen and standard formats, and you&#8217;ll be automatically forwarded to the download when <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/2011/04/april-2011-donation-wallpaper/" title="Continue reading">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so it only took me three months or so, but a new donation wallpaper is now available! April&#8217;s wallpaper features a new character we&#8217;ve only just met as of page 10-14 &#8211; but we&#8217;ll found out more about them soon enough. The wallpaper is available in widescreen and standard formats, and you&#8217;ll be automatically forwarded to the download when you donate any amount. Remember &#8211; for every $25 in donations or shop purchases, an extra update will be added! (See the <a href="http://www.messenger-comic.com/shop/">shop</a> for more info.)</p>
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<p>Reader donations help keep the comic hosted, supplied, and updating regularly! Thanks for your support! </p>
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