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Please, read and enjoy.

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2ndshiftcomic.com

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In other news, frumph.net is hosting the Webcomic Readers' Choice Awards. Please go over and nominate the webcomics you believe deserve to get awards.

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In other news, I've got a few solid leads on an artist for Arcana. With luck, I'll be back in the tarot inspired adventures soon.

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Unfortunately, the artist I was working with (the third artist so far) had to step down. Jamie has life, work, and a growing sewing business to worry about. She's going to still help out with covers, splash pages, maybe even then tarot cards themselves.

So, the long and short is I need an artist. I want Arcana to be at least once every five days. I'd prefer twice a week. I need someone dedicated to it. There won't be money at first but I think it will grow into something bigger that will make money with care, luck, and planning. If you know someone who is interested, please get them in contact with me.

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In other news, my birthday's coming at the end of the month. I'll be 33. Positively old.

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a) Tell you why I friended you
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, et cetera
c) Tell you something I like about you
d) Tell you a memory I have of you
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you
f) In return, you must post this in your journal.

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First, Cass-Chan did this amazing picture of Zoe (see it at - [link] ) and that really lifted my spirits.

Then, today's page of 2nd Shift had as a guest star Monique Monique of the Dada Detective ( [link] ). I included her because I thought it would be neat. I wasn't really expecting a plug but the good people at Likely Stories gave me a really nice one both on their site and in their twitter feed.

So, wow. Amazing. I guess I better get Friday's page ready. Friday marks the start of 2nd Shift's first big "plot" (in such a way that a slice of life comics have plots).

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]]> ~thoththegrey http://thoththegrey.deviantart.com/journal/19080189/ http://thoththegrey.deviantart.com/journal/19080189/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:36:37 PDT I had 8 unique visitors yesterday. One of them was me. So, 7 people out there read the comic yesterday.

It was a lot of fun setting it all up. I'm looking forward to next week.

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2nd Shift @ 2ndShiftcomic.com

The webcomic explores the night shift of a copy shop and the lives of the people who work there. The art and writing are by me. Please, check it out.

I hope you enjoy it.

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In other news, I've decided that I need to work on my own art and I have another story to tell. I'm going to have a comic called 2nd Shift out next month. It'll be a more contemporary story, more akin to a sitcom than an adventure.

2nd Shift follows the adventures of Asimov, a bright guy stuck in a copy shop. As the comic opens, he's being forced to take over the management of the 2nd shift of the shop, which includes some interesting characters (all of whom has been shown here, though perhaps not in their final form). They include:

Asimov (Az): A twenty-something who is bright and good with technology but never went to college. He's responsible but he lacks ambition. He works as a tech manager at the copy shop (the guy who takes care of the computers and machines) but because he is technically a manager, he's roped into running 2nd shift when another manager can't make it. Asimov's also very pretty. Bishi pretty. And it bugs him a lot.

Zoe: Zoe's the little sister of the shop's manager. She's a free spirit who might seems something of a contradiction to many people. She's punk in style but abstains from drugs, alcohol, and meat. Like Az, she seems to have no ambition in life, which is why her brother's given her a job at the shop.

K.C.: K.C. runs the black and white press. He makes the machine sing. When he runs it, the press never breaks down, never jams. At the same time, he's terrible with customers because he seems to be living in his own fantasy land. He talks to the press. The question is, does the press talk back?

Charles: Charles is the color specialist, running the color copiers. But that's only what he does to pay the bills. He'll tell anyone who listens that he is an artist! A painter! A master of color and above the petty concerns of mortal men. The truth is, he really is a good artist but because he refuses to "submit to the petty squabbles of the commercial art industry" he's stuck at the shop.

Eddie: Eddie's big. Very big. Huge, even. Most people assume that since he's a big guy he's also a dumb guy. The truth is, he's pretty bright. Eddie doesn't talk much but when he does, his words carry weight and have meaning. He is married but no one has ever met his spouse. He works three jobs. No one knows why he needs the money.

Other characters will include the shop manager, the day manager, and possibly the black and white press (in K.C.'s mind, anyway)...

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She's working on concept sketches of characters now and then will plow into the comics themselves. We don't have a timeline yet but I have to say that it'll likely be two months before we get to the putting out pages aspect of things, unfortunately. We want to build a buffer of two months before we start so we're not in danger of falling behind.

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Seriously, why do people let Frank Miller write?

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Adobe CS3 Master Collection (Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, etc)

and

a tablet.

The tablet's only 3x6 or so but I'm gonna have fun learning to use it.

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On the home front, my wife's now about 10 weeks pregnant so we're expecting sometime in September. I got some art practice in this weekend and I've been receiving steady work in my freelance graphic design gig.

So, things ain't so bad.

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I'm so easy to please...

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