Previous News03.20.2008 - Isabel Marks:Commentary still undone. I have ND and YSIF sketched till Saturday, hopefully it'll be updated before then... going to try and get SP's week sketched tonight, inked tomorrow. However, I have (yet another) dentist appointment tomorrow, which may slow me down a bit. Expect them in a few days. As always, thank you everyone for your patience!Now for the HUGE news... after a 11 month delay...Elemental Story 4 is now available for donators over at namirdeiter.net, LOTS more on this below!
Also, everyone who donates $10 or more this month will get access to Elemental Story 4. We've added Girichoko's Story, an old, old webcomic of mine, along with a brand-new 8-page easter egg, to the donor's bonus library. We're sorry for the delays.
03.17.2008 - Isabel Marks:I'm doing a little better... I'm now in just a nice daze, compared to being dizzy and unable to think like last week. I was able to get a lot of writing done over the past couple days (almost a month of Namir Deiter, but a week of that is the previous week's comics) and work on Namir Deiter's wallpaper for this month.I plan on getting the comics back up to date over the next few weeks... even if you are only a reader of one of our comics, there are two others that need to be updated as well (so there's something like 18 or more comics I need to post over the next few days... I hope to get as many up as soon as I can).It's ND wallpaper #100 and I wanted to do something special for it, and I hope you all think I did as well. It contains over 30 characters that have appeared in the world of ND, and I don't think I'll ever do something like that again. ^_^;;
Second, Girichoko's Story first (and only) 15 pages were added to the free bonus book section of the namirdeiter.net bonus library. Remember, even if your account has ran out, you can still use your username and password to view the library's free content! GS was a story from 2003 (or so) that didn't last as long as it's predecessor, The Shokora Diaries, but as it contains info on the TSD characters, you might want to check it out!
Last, and this is the big one: the last bonus book I had to add to the bonus library, all the way back from April 07,"Elemental Story 4" is now available. If you donated back then and only back then, please be sure to log in and read it! It will be the last bonus book I add to the libary for a while, as it was the last month where I said I would do one. After that month the monthly donation total was knocked down $300 and no more bonus books were planned. Also, if you donate this month, you will find you also have access to the book (and, if you donated BOTH months, you'll see you have access to two sets of it- they are the same book, it was just a lot easier -and a lot quicker on all of you- to just put it in twice). At the end of the month, everyone from March 08 will have access to only the April 07 book, as having two sets is too much.
Elemental Story 4 is the second largest of all the monthly bonus books, with 18 pages of content. I hope you enjoy it and find it enjoyable!
Also, I haven't forgotten about the $50 from the last three months- I'll be working on the character's sketches over the next few days, but only after I get the comics caught up and the last two wallpapers.
As always, I thank you for your patience and I hope you'll enjoy the comics to come!03.10.2008 - Isabel Marks:This morning I went to the dentist for some numbing drill work... it wasn't so bad but afterwards I was dizzy, really dizzy, like I wanted to pass out and sleep. So I did. I woke up and still pretty much feel the same way, only sneezy and a little feverish. I was supposed to write but all I did was watch Terrence play video games (he scheduled himself today and tomorrow off for a really needed mini-vacation) and feeling sick and lazy. So I'm going to take things slowly... maybe all the Brawl excitement compromised my immune system (wouldn't be surprised as I haven't been sleeping right lately)... comics will be made up, as always, and if it goes on much longer, .net users will get a bonus day or two. Till then, hang tight and thank you for your patience.Want to know just how out of it I am? Terrence is playing Brawl Classic mode and it mentioned Fox and Falco, and for a minute there I was really confused and thought "...when did she get in the game?". So yeah, no operating heavy equipment for me today, and a lead pencil is mighty heavy right now.
03.05.2008 - Isabel Marks:Well, folks, here we are in March... wallpapers are still going slowly as are scripts. I was really hoping Terrence would help me at the least write this important bit of news up, but I must be the bearer of bad news... Spare Parts will be ending as of the end of this month (and no, this is not a huge and horrible April Fool's prank- I stopped playing those games a long time ago).It had a nice long run, but it had a lot of hiccups along the way. Spare Parts went on long hiatus twice and even then it was difficult for Terrence to write comics, eventually I would become the main author of Spare Parts as well, but I've been losing quite a bit of steam over the past year or two. I can't keep up with three different stories at once anymore (I'm getting old). Spare Parts is in a nice transition period which will work nicely as a place to put it down. However, do not fear SP, donors. If we get enough people interested and I have an idea for a story, you just might see a Spare Parts arc every now and again as bonus content over at namirdeiter.net. Of course, that is, if any of you are actually interested, that was another factor in my decision... while we are very thankful for the fans we have, Spare Parts' numbers have always been on the slim side... and I would rather focus on our more popular series than stretch myself thin much longer. If we make the monthly goal, You Say it First will run seven days a week, so really I am only cutting two comics a week out of my schedule.
If any of you are only reading Spare Parts, now might be a great time for you to check out our other two series (links can be found in the "General News" section above the comic) and for those of you who don't read Spare Parts, now might be a great time to catch up on it and join in for the story's close. If you like our other series, you just might like Spare Parts as well.
We thank each and everyone one of you who read and enjoyed Spare Parts, we hope you enjoy it's ending and will continue to read our other series.
12.07.2007 - Terrence Marks:So, why do our comics update on Sunday now instead of Friday? I work weekends, so Thursday is my first day off in the week, and it's when we run most of our errands. As a result, we're adjusting the schedule a bit. You get the same comics. We get a bit more time together. Everybody wins. See you Sunday!12.05.2007 - Terrence Marks:December is a time of sharing. If you send us something, you can get two weeks at NamirDeiter.net, our special site full of bonus content, in exchange. Now, what kind of things are we talking about?Fan art, homemade crafty goodies, zines, minicomics (yours or someone elses - but preferably yours), music (again, yours or whatever songs you'd like to share - several different artists, 2-4 songs each, with a track listing, please), mini-zines, or something similar that you'd like to share.
The terms?
We reserve the right to reject any entry. If you send us a poem like "Roses are red, violets are blue. Your comics aren't very good", then you get nothing. If you mail us a dirty sock, you get nothing and you wasted good money on postage.Just make sure it's be postmarked by December 31. The post office might not be open that day, so don't wait until the last minute.
If you have any questions or are just wondering what kind of music we might like, don't hesitate to email us.
12.01.2007 - Terrence Marks:We didn't quite make the goal this month. Comics are going back to their regular schedule (instead of the bonus schedule they've been on for most of the last year). Thank you, everyone who donated - we appreciate you continued patronage. As a small token of gratitude, Namir Deiter will update this weekend only, to wrap this arc up - thank you to everyone for following it as long as it's gone on. Also, there's a new ND Chat up at NamirDeiter.net, if you want to hear us talk about things.