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Fanart Friday (and some other stuff)

Bugbyte — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:53:42 +0000

First off, some new fanart I meant to post earlier! Thanks so much, everyone! Remember that you can always submit fanart on the forum, on the MonsterHive deviantart group, or straight to me at bug@messenger-comic.com!

In other notes, Messenger will be updating on Sunday this weekend due to some personal weekend holiday shenanigans.

If you haven’t heard about it yet, MonsterHive has its own podcast called The HiveCast which goes live every other Friday. I appeared on a recent episode to talk about fictional creatures like the Chios, so be sure to check that out.

This weekend, my comic-making bros out west will be taking over Phoenix Comicon at tables 1947 and 1949! If you’re attending the event, be sure to stop by and grab some free zines, a Messenger card, and check out their stuff. At the table will be Arborwin from Grayling and Chu from Slightly Damned. Find out more over on Monsterhive.net.

Thanks for reading!

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Bugbyte — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:59 +0000

That hill should look familiar by now. Flashback time~

There’s a new page of the incentive minicomic up! Vote for Messenger to see page 8. Remember, if we can stay at or above 100 for May, I’ll post May’s pages at the end of the month!

Chios in Space!

Bugbyte — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:28:46 +0000

Do you play Stardrive? One of Messenger’s readers is currently working on a mod that adds the Chios as a playable race in the game!

If you are interested in trying it out, or possibly even helping work on it, check out this thread on the Stardrive forums!

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Bugbyte — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:23:24 +0000

There’s something hidden in this page. All I’m saying.

Please vote for Messenger at TWC! There’s a new page of the “Light” mini-comic up today. If we can stay at or above #100, I’ll post this month’s incentive pages in June for everyone to read!

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Bugbyte — Sun, 05 May 2013 02:27:19 +0000

Remember to vote for Messenger and help keep us above #100 on TWC! You can also read the back pages for the incentive minicomic at DeviantArt or Furaffinity!

Fanart Friday!

Bugbyte — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:28 +0000

I received some nifty little doodles of Messenger-related stuff in the past couple of weeks, so here they are:

And this video by Gabe, which was inspired by some Brave Chios.

As always, you can view the whole fanart collection on the Fan Stuff page. If you have something you’d like to submit, drop me a line!

And thanks for reading!

Comic Feature: Star Cross’d Destiny (and other news!)

Bugbyte — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:25:19 +0000

Star Cross’d Destiny Creator Blair (@junobean) and I agreed to swap blog posts about our respective comics, which I was rather excited about since I remember reading it “back in the day,” not too long after I started Messenger. She’s taken a long break from working on her comic to do some other awesome things like, oh, I dunno, be part of a band, go on tour, and release a couple of albums. But now that she’s back, SCD is more epic than ever, with new art, a new look, and lots to look forward to.

SCD is a sci-fi/action comic started in 2003 as a black and white, manga-styled webcomic. The story follows Juno and a band of her misfit companions, each of whom has a hidden power based on a particular element – Air, Water, Fire, and so on – in a dark future New Orleans. The comics were later colorized and updated with fresh art, which really brought a new dimension to the story. Blair often works in bits of photography as part of the background, which lends a really slick, authentic look and feel to the comic, especially since many of them are from real locations in and around New Orleans. The comic’s art has a really neat grungy-yet-stylized aesthetic, and many of the elemental visual effects are simply gorgeous to look at on their own. One of my favorite parts of reading any webcomic is watching the evolution of an artist as it happens, and SCD is no exception. Blair’s art has really matured over the years, and I personally am looking forward to watching the rest of the story as it unfolds.

I can really only recommend checking it out for yourself, as you certainly won’t be disappointed. Read the whole comic at starcrossd.net, or check out Blair on Twitter and DeviantArt. I wish her tons of luck in getting her comic started up again! (And thanks again for the opportunity to swap posts! If there are any other comics out there interested in doing a news swap, drop me a line at bug@messenger-comic.com!)

In other news, I’m still working toward my goal of making it into the top 100 comics on TopWebComics! If you vote for Messenger, you’ll be able to view the latest page of a short minicomic I’ve been posting as an incentive for voters – it’s a short story about a Chio named Teir from the same village Eldora and Finn came from. Teir is a very curious Chio, and is about to discover something not seen by her village before. If we can get into the top 100, I’ll post an archive of all the previous pages (4 so far!) of the minicomic for everyone to see. Let’s do this!

Other than that, Chapter 12 of Messenger begins today. Stuff is gonna happen. I’m excited.

Thanks for reading!

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Bugbyte — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:23:05 +0000

Zavier’s back.

Take a moment for vote for Messenger on TWC?

Chapter 12: Forged

Bugbyte — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:05:09 +0000

Starts Saturday! In the meantime, vote for Messenger! If we can get into the top 100, I’ll post all the previous pages of the minicomic for everyone to read!

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Bugbyte — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:14:12 +0000

It’s baaaaaaack~ This page marks the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 12 starts next Saturday!

If you’ve enjoyed reading Messenger, please give me a vote on TWC and help me try to get into the top 100!