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Non-Update Update

Update #37 · Nov 26, 2012 · 3 comments

It's been a while since I updated, but that's because I haven't made any progress at all in recent weeks. Between grad school and a lingering, massive freelance project, there has just be zero time to work on it, let alone the cover or introduction to Book 2, nevermind any of the technical grunt work that I still have left.

Hopefully I can get back on track and get this baby off to a printer over winter break.

(I also feel bad for the Multiplex Movie Sponsors, who are still waiting for prints of their mostly-not-even-toned-yet cameo appearances. I do.)

So I'm incredibly sorry and mildly embarrassed that this has taken so long, but… well, that's how it is.

There is still a half-way decent chance that the release date of April 2013 won't get totally blown to hell because of all of this, but… well, you know. It might. We shall see.

On the bright side, one of my projects for my Game Design class is a Multiplex-themed card game that I think many of you will be interested in. If playtesting goes well, I might end up publishing that next year sometime. (I feel more than a little guilty working on a Multiplex game when Book 2 is languishing — but it's for class, so…)

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Bonus Comic: Something to Talk About

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Bonus Comic: When There Is No More Room in Hell…

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Bonus Comic: Just Press Play

Update #34 - For backers only · Sep 4, 2012 · 1 comment

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Bonus Comic: Ledgerdemain, Epilogue

Update #33 · Aug 24, 2012 · 2 comments

I'm leaving this one public, since it's kinda stupid — and because I hit up Twitter about one aspect of this comic and felt like sharing the results with them.

Anyway, since this bonus strip continues from #203, you'll probably want to read that first. (Or you can start from the beginning of the whole arc here.)

With the "Ledgerdemain" arc, I felt compelled to do a series of comics related to Heath Ledger's death when that happened in early 2008. The already in motion subplot with Calvin acting like a douche kind of rolled into that well, but I felt like the way I'd ended the arc was crap (trotting Jason out to deliver a rant, despite the fact that he didn't even work at the theater anymore).

And so, here's an epilogue to make fun of that shitty ending.

(I've updated the progress chart, as well. You might notice that Chapter 10 has one fewer bonus comic. It's really the same amount of new material; I'm just breaking it apart a little differently. That might change again, though. I'm going back and forth about a few things.)

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