a scifi comic by bugbyte
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So since the contest has been moving awfully slowly, I’ve decided to extend the deadline from August 25th to September 1st! That gives you an additional week to get something in! I understand that it’s kind of a weird and busy time of year for some people, going back to school or moving in at college, so hopefully this will give you another chance to put something together!
You can read the contest rules in the original post here.
Not a lot to talk about, but a couple of things worth mentioning since today’s a Friday Update! 😀
Once in a while I get IMs from readers, and I’m unfortunately not always immediately aware that they are readers, which is confusing. So I’ve put together an AIM account just for comic questions! You can send them to radiochio, which I’ll try to remember to keep logged in! I am not always the most talkative person but I figured I would give it a try. (You can also send questions anonymously through Formspring!)
Jumping on the irc bandwagon, I reserved #messengercomic at irc.mibbit.net. Not that I expect anyone to ever use it, but I’ve been a regular on Slightly Damned’s channel for the past year or so and if I’ve got one open, I might as well add another. Stop in, chat, whatever.
I’ve really knuckled down and forced myself to actually get some work done on the second book this week. I wanted to have it done a while ago, but then I got distracted and lazy. I’m almost entirely through the updated version of Chapter Two, and then all that’s really left is just drawing up the second bonus comic. I haven’t really touched the cover yet beyond inking the drawing I want to use for the front, but I have a pretty good idea as to what it’ll look like. Now if Ka-Blam and Indyplanet could just work out the problems they’ve been having with malware lately, all will be awesome. It’s really unfortunate, because I think their print quality is fantastic and I don’t want to wind up taking the book anywhere else since it really doesn’t need to be more expensive. Hopefully patience will pay off with this one.
That’s pretty much all there is to mention right now. Check back for the next page and a new vote incentive on Monday!
Monday update time! Sandwich in hand, Aki is back to weighing out her options. With a cat. Cats are helpful like that.
Just another reminder that the fanart contest is still on and there’s plenty of time to get an entry in! There have only been two entries so far, so it would be worth the time to get something in before the deadline! You can check out all the entries so far by visiting the forum or viewing the contest gallery!
In other notes, one of my comic-related projects is finally in an almost-completed state! I’ve been working on putting together a mobile version of the comic site specially designed for phone browsers and other mobile devices since that’s becoming more and more common. It’s basically a stripped-down version of this site, but with a few tweaks to make it more phone-friendly. If you have a smartphone or other similar device, try it out! (And send me a screenshot if you have the capability!) It’s still kind of in “beta” mode, but hopefully I’ll have the details ironed out soon.
Lastly, there’s a new vote incentive up today! The idea struck me at the last possible minute, and it’s kind of ridiculous, so vote to take a look!
Thanks for reading, and check back Friday for the next page!