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some forewarning, the forums, other stuff

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I am possibly losing internet for the weekend and into the beginning of the week due to various new-house-related circumstances. The comic will update as usual this Monday, but if by some disaster it doesn’t or something strange happens function-wise on the site, I’d appreciate it if you’d drop me a note at bug [at] messenger-comic.com so I can make time to take care of it. Does anyone care? Not really, but it’s either this or I wake up Monday morning to HEY BUG YOUR COMIC ISN’T WORKING WHAT GIVES I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS STALKING ELDORA COME ON YOU BIG JERKFACE I’VE BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK. Forewarned is forearmed or some other crap like that.

I’ve also been asked to try and get more people to join the forum, so this is me saying that if you read and enjoy the comic and have ever found yourself making comments or possibly having questions, then the forum might be the place for you! It is but a small and new-ish forum, but you can help increase its greatness forever by joining and making some posts! And then coming back and making more posts! A grand time shall be had by all, I guarantee it.

That’s all I have for you on this fine Friday evening. New page and other stuff coming Monday, obligatory spam about the February page drive (we’re so close to another page!), blah blah blah, etc. In short, have an awesome weekend and a Happy Valentine’s Day!

above & beyond

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Whoops, looks like I accidentally posted this week’s page a day early. That’s what I get for not double-checking the post date with my calendar like I normally do. :X You lucked out this week, comic readers!

So who exactly is stalking Eldora, anyway? You’ll have to wait till next week to find out, tee hee. (Or sign up for the forums! I usually post panels from upcoming pages in a secret members-only forum!)

Just a couple of news bits this week:

The first (and most awesome) is that the February page drive is a success so far! $54 was reached in the first week, and the first bonus page went up on Friday. The count currently stands at $74.50 – just about halfway to a second bonus page! You guys rock.

I’m not sure what the heck is going on, but I’ve getting HUGE numbers of new readers over the past few days. So, um, hi, and welcome if you’re new! Please drop in on the forums (which are eerily quiet) and make yourselves known! I haven’t even done anything special in the way of advertising lately. This is kind of cool!

The second new-ish thing is an article – About the Chios. I keep a planning notebook (basically a small-scale universe bible) full of ideas and details about the world of the comic that helps me keep the story on track. Sometimes my brain is full of swiss cheese, and I’m always afraid of leaving out a key point or not closing up a loop when I get to it, and this helps out massively. One of the most major parts of the notebook is the story of the Chios, so I thought it would be interesting to do a little writeup about Chio physiology and where they came from. It’s fairly non-spoilery as long as you’ve read through Chapter Two. I made a couple of little illustrations to go with it, and I have a few more on deck to add later. (Which are also sketchblog fodder…)

Votes have also been up for the past week! Messenger is at just about the highest it’s ever been on TWC, breaking into the low 300’s! Thank you all for your votes and your support, I really appreciate it! (Now if you could just do it again and keep voting, I’d be ecstatic!) There’s a new incentive image this week as well, featuring outtakes from the set of Messenger!

That’s all for this week… Remember the February page drive is going on all month! We’re still early in the month, so there’s plenty of time to get in on the action and tons of opportunity for extra pages!

Catching Up

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One more page to go and I’m back to where I “should” be with comics, hooray!

In addition to that, I’ve been doing a little general maintenance in my spare time and the following pages have been updated:

  • Q & A: Old answers updated, new questions added, and added a form for quick and easy question asking!
  • Links: New links added, as well as a new link section for comics and art resources.
  • Feeds: a new page for all things feedy. Quick RSS links for Google, Yahoo!, AOL and other popular feed readers, as well as Twitter and E-mail updates!
  • Sketchblog! Back before I moved, I started up a little sketchblog for miscellaneous drawings. Then I moved, and never had time to do anything with it. Now I do have time, and I’m back to posting once in a while!

I’ve been playing around with offering advertising on the site in order to help make it more self-sufficient. The ad provider I have chosen will display some graphic ads in addition to text ads. If at any point, the ads become too obnoxious or if they are offensive, please do not hesistate to contact me so I can take care of the problem immediately! Although the ads are important to help keep the site running, my readers are more important and your opinion matters. I’ve also added a page about buying ads on the site, should anyone run across this who wants to or something.

I also wanted to thank the batch of new followers I’ve acquired this week on Twitter! It’s been Follow Bug Week or something, I swear. Might I point you in the direction of Messenger’s facebook fan page as well?

Don’t forget the offer for extra pages that’s going on this month, and the new donation wallpaper that’s now available!

Now, to blow off the rest of my weekend playing Pokemon Platinum… Anyone up for trades? ;D

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