Please note that Page 121 has also been updated today.

Hoping to do a livestream this Thursday, but we’ve still got some technical issues we’re trying to sort out. I’ll edit this space with further details when I have them. Be forewarned that if you come watch a livestream of a future page being drawn, there is a good chance of spoilers…

[EDIT: still working through some streaming issues, we're now hoping to have everything worked out for Friday. I'll update this space soon with exact details.]

Next week we’ll be switching to a twice weekly update schedule with new posts on Mondays and Thursdays.

Feb. 1st starts off a new month of voting at TWC. To celebrate that fact, we’ll be updating our vote incentive with page two of the new bonus comic on Wednesday. (We’ll make a note of it here once it’s updated so you don’t have to keep checking for it. Page 2 is now live – vote now to read!) If you cannot see the vote button on this page, you can CLICK HERE TO VOTE instead. Page 1 is still up for anyone who may have missed it.

If you’re enjoying the comic, please feel free to use the social networking buttons on the site to tell others about us to help us grow and keep the comic going for a long time to come.

That’s it for today, thanks for reading!

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No BTS videos this week and for good reason – DK forgot to record it! Oh well, livestreams start in a couple weeks anyway so we’re re-evaluating how often we’re going to do videos and streams from here on anyway. Feel free to weigh in in the comments below.

As a consolation prize, we’ve got some of DK’s BTS designs for Percy’s firearms:

Please note you’ll need to click on the image to view the animation.

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If you’re feeling in a giving kind of mood, you can always VOTE FOR US at TWC!

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See you next Monday!

Not really a lot to say about things right now. Let’s give it another page or so and see where things go, eh?

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BTS Coloring Vid is up:

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Originally, I had intended to talk a little about the spin-off this week, but I think instead we’ll just wait til February with a a few posts leading up to it’s premier.

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As always, if you like this comic and want to see it continue/thrive/take over the world, be sure to help spread the word by liking us on Facebook, Retweeting, link to us, tell your friends, VOTE ON TWC, etc. etc. – the support is greatly appreciated by DK and myself!

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On the subject of voting for us, what do you guys think of the current incentive? Want to see more deleted scenes like this? We’ve got plenty if you do…

Otherwise, we’ve still got the new Vote Incentive Serial going up sometime in Feb. It won’t be weekly, but it will be updated at least twice a month. But yeah, more on that later too.

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See you guys next week when Jeanne and Percy continue to talk. Or stuff happens. Or they talk while stuff happens. Eh, you’ll see.

There was waaaay too much script on this one initially so I had to try and compress as much as I could to get all the essentials on here – not sure how well or clear it reads but I imagine I’ll be taking another pass at it shortly.

VOTE FOR US AT TWC!

Plans are underway for a new vote incentive comic that we’re hoping to have up and running in Feb. While essentially free of the kind of “mythology” found in The Call, it’ll tie more directly into current (and future) events and take place in the modern day setting of Bellac. Sometime around the start of Ch. 2…

While on the subject of February, the Spin-Off goes live on Feb. 22nd, rolling out the first 5 pages to start and then once a week, every Wednesday thereafter.

Yep, year 3 is shaping up to be a pretty cool one.

See you next week!

Hope everyone’s new year is off to a great start!

Lots to discuss today, but right off let’s get this out of the way:

The winner of our December raffle is…

KRIS CYNDROSKI

Congratulations, Kris! We’ll be getting the artwork out to you later this week – watch your email for a tracking #!

Also, new month means TWC voting has reset. We’ve uploaded a deleted scene that actually would’ve taken place later in this chapter if it had not been excised. You can vote for us and see the deleted scene (warning: unfinished, non-DK art!) by voting here: TWC!

2012

Starting in February we’ll be broadcasting Livestreams while DK works on The Becoming. We’re still working out some details there, but we’ll post more info as soon as we’ve got it all worked out. We’ll also be, starting this week, posting BTS timelapse videos of DK working on the comic as we’ve done a couple times in the past. We’re always getting requests for more of those videos so we’ve decided to just make it a regular feature.

However, the big news is that, also starting in Feb., we’ll be returning to UPDATES TWICE A WEEK – MONDAYS & THURSDAYS.

And…AND…sometime in February we’ll also be launching the spin-off comic, The Ne-er-do-wells in which we chronicle the exploits of a travelling medicine show as they attempt to pimp a “cure” for that nasty infection we’re always hearing about – however, there may be a more sinister purpose behind these hucksters actions…

We’ve got a FB Fanpage setup for the new series that I’ve posted a few WIP shots in. You can check it out here: Ne’er-do-wells FB Page. Be forewarned, I’m nowhere near as talented and skilled as DK, so the art is going to be rougher than what you’re used to here. But I’m hoping with constant practice I’ll be able to refine my abilities into something passable. Gotta have hope, yeah?

In the past I’ve mentioned how it’s a spin-off that shares a world with The Becoming if not it’s characters…well…that’s changed now. Someone will be leaving Bellac and setting up permanent shop in the spin-off. They’ll be sticking around here until we start Vol. 2 at which point he or she will then meet up with Doctor Gilliam’s tiny band of scoundrels. Feel free to take a guess, but I obviously can’t confirm or deny anything yet. Especially given the circumstances leading to this character’s departure….

Okay, enough’s enough — see you next week!

Shooting for Monday or Wednesday of next week for 118, be sure to check it out!

Eh, nevermind that. It’s looking like it’d make more sense to take the week off and return the first week of January instead. So be here on Jan. 2, 2012 for 118…and an announcement or two.

Also, I should mention one last time that any donations received this month automatically enters you into a raffle to win a holiday themed piece of original art by DK. We’ll announce the winner in the first update of January!

And one last thing before I go, from DK, Stepper-Kitty and myself…

Sorry to disappoint anyone expecting Lawson to meet a particularly gory end this week. But I assure you, there will be plenty of opportunities for that in CH. 5.

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Thinking I might go back and remove the dialogue from the last panel. Not sure that it needs it and it might even read better without it.

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Thanks for the all the TWC votes this month, it’s nice to get out of the 140-160 range for a bit.

Obligatory link for IE users since the button doesnt show up there: Vote for us at TWC.

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Don’t forget, we’re doing another raffle this month. All you need to do to enter is donate whatever amount you like via the Paypal button. That’s it. The prize this time is a holiday themed piece of original art featuring Jeanne. This will be the last raffle, and thus chance to get some original art from DK, for quite some time so don’t miss out!

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Next Week: Our last page for 2011!

Geez…I’m starting to feel bad for this kid. I think DK really nailed the expressions on this one.

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Update Schedule Reminder for December:

PAGE 114 – Friday, Dec. 2nd
PAGE 115 – Wednesday, Dec. 7th
PAGE 116 – Wednesday, Dec. 14th
PAGE 117 – Monday, Dec 19th

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Still stuck in the dreaded 140-150 range on Top Web Comics…if you’re feeling charitable, we’d appreciate you gifting us a VOTE.

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Also: donations received from now until X-mas are automatically entered into our Christmas raffle for a holiday themed original art piece featuring Jeanne.

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See you next week!

You guys remember Lawson don’t you? Yeah…we’re not done with him yet.

For those who may have missed it:

December Schedule

PAGE 114 – Friday, Dec. 2nd
PAGE 115 – Wednesday, Dec. 7th
PAGE 116 – Monday, Dec. 12th
PAGE 117 – Monday, Dec 19th

And a quick reminder: any donations received from now until X-mas are automatically entered into our Christmas raffle for a holiday themed original art piece featuring Jeanne.

TWC has reset so if you’re feeling the holiday spirit, be sure to click HERE and gift us a vote!

See you next week!

Finally able to update this properly – and with color!

Okay, so first and foremost: for the month of December, we’ll be updating on the following days:

PAGE 114 – Friday, Dec. 2nd
PAGE 115 – Wednesday, Dec. 7th
PAGE 116 – Monday, Dec. 12th
PAGE 117 – Monday, Dec 19th

And then, with luck, we’ll be sticking to Mondays in Jan. from then on.

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We’re currently making adjustments to some of the earlier pages to make things more clear and remove some of the clutter. The first two of these revisions have been completed and are now posted. You can view them here:

Oh, and I can’t believe we’re only just now getting to Lucifer – he’s been sitting on the back burner for something like 2 years now! I really dig his design, DK knocked it out of the park.

Alright, see you guys Friday as we once again head outside the city for a quick look around while Jeanne gets ready to do whatever she is about to do.