The first of our current run of Exiern history lessons, we're going to be running one page a day of an eight page story that used to be in the archives once upon a time then designated as Strip 131 to Strip 138. You can see where they used to be by clicking the link and then clicking "Archive" - this is from the pre-Wordpress pre-Patreon days.
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2021-04-30 04:02:01 +0000 UTC
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The first of our current run of Exiern history lessons, we're going to be running one page a day of an eight page story that used to be in the archives once upon a time then designated as Strip 131 to Strip 138. You can see where they used to be by clicking the link and then clicking "Archive" - this is from the pre-Wordpress pre-Patreon days.
This page was originally published on the 23rd of October 2008.
2021-04-30 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Update 11th May 2021 (final): We now have the completed version of the page from Luis so we've updated this post accordingly so we can preserve the page order when you click on the Neese tag (especially after all that trouble we took to get everything into the right order after all that time it wasn't!).
Art by Luis XIII
Colouring by Daniel Rodrigues
Text and story by Scott T. Hicken
From an original idea by Drowemos
Page 48 is on the way, posted the draft and no...
2021-04-29 04:03:00 +0000 UTC
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Page 48 is on the way, just posting this and then the line art two minutes later to indicate that work is in progress on the latest Neese page!
By Luis XIII (formerly Antipus)
2021-04-29 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Follow Exiern on Patreon for free and still get (some) bonuses!
Quick mention first, Dark Reflections: Zen here and Dark Reflections: Chaos here are back on their weekly update schedules again (every Tuesday and Wednesday) until further notice.
Now we know some people do this already b...
2021-04-27 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Someone's been pulling off an award worthy performance all these years!
Hot off the press from Scott after the dialogue was added!
Art by Studio Katsumi
Also someone else totally looks like an Oscar statuette right down to the pose now, don’t they!
Updated to move this to post two hours earlier on Sunday the 25th of April 2021 as I had no idea the Academy Awards were on and so this could coincide with the ceremony in progress as well as be posted on the same...
2021-04-25 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The patron count went up from 152 to 153 and the total went up by $5 in the last 24 hours or so but I couldn't find any mention of a new patron anywhere.
It just occurred to me in the middle of night duty that perhaps it was a declined payment from the 1st of April that has just been settled and given it's so far from the start of the month, that's why it didn't immediately occur to me.
Anyway that could be why no mention of a new patron as a possible explanation though I don't kn...
2021-04-22 14:04:30 +0000 UTC
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The total amount pledged to the Exiern Patreon has gone up from a few hours ago by $5.
Now I usually get a notification or I can work it out from the Relationship Manager but up to now, it's eluding me where the rise has come from.
I always try to write personally to thank new patrons for their pledges and existing patrons for raising the pledges. I also write to past patrons who've pledged and paid any amount and thank them for their support when they leave.
So anyway, than...
2021-04-22 05:01:48 +0000 UTC
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Someone's just made a very big mistake!
(He'll find out soon enough and be suitably punished for it in due course!)
Art by Studio Katsumi
Next page for this timeline will be on Wednesday the 28th of April 2021 for the public site is what I should have said for the last post.
This more than a week early post is to make up for falling behind by a week, the public site will also make up that week at some point to be decided as well!
2021-04-20 20:15:00 +0000 UTC
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As you know, because of Scott being very busy among other things, he's handed the running of Exiern over to me. The other issue is financial. Exiern usually costs more to make than it earns (about $1400 US/month cost versus around $500 US/month as of recently only income).
Things have changed a bit for a while, one of our artists has gotten a very exciting opportunity which indirectly has the costs and income being approximately equal for up to the next few months, possibly. That's not ...
2021-04-20 14:16:14 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes pointing out the obvious is not the obvious (or safe!) thing to do!
Apologies for the delay, we’re back to weekly updates again and we’ll make up that lost week as soon as we can!
Art by Studio Katsumi
Next page for this timeline will be on Wednesday the 28th of April 2021.
2021-04-20 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Received the new page from Scott about an hour ago but I only woke up again about 30 minutes ago and I had to wait for the computer to finish updating because now seemed like a good enough time to do that while I was asleep.
The poll to vote on the title for this page is here:
Another vote for the title of the next Exiern page! | The Exiern Team on Patreon
- and w...
2021-04-17 23:30:08 +0000 UTC
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Scott came up with a title for the next Exiern page and then I did too. Order chosen by randomised coin toss. Vote for your preferred choice below!
I'll post the not crudely having the dialogue added to the page by me with the Microsoft Paint Program after this poll post as soon as I have it!
2021-04-17 20:28:28 +0000 UTC
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Looks like Typh doesn't have a monopoly on the loose strand of hair dropping down the forehead between the eyes! If you'd shown me this and said it was Typh, I would totally have believed it!
Thanks to Midnight from the webcomic Danger Zone One for letting us post this impressive work from their artist Salaiix! Please consider checking their webcomic out!
Original caption over on their post on their...
2021-04-17 03:30:00 +0000 UTC
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To at least partially make up for being behind schedule with Dark Reflections: Chaos because of the accelerated Exiern schedule taking up more production time than expected.
No matter the dimension is, Peonie can't seem to stay out of trouble, can she? I guess we'll find out what predicament she's landed herself in this time when the page is completed!
2021-04-15 21:32:55 +0000 UTC
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Yes, I do realise we already have a Dark Reflections: Chaos page of the same name - especially given I named it! (How's everyone finding DR: Chaos so far by the way?)
Seems an even better fit here, though!
Anyway, this is hot off the press from Scott with the dialogue after Studio Katsumi has been working really hard to make this available as soon as possible! (I did my bit by being up after 1am my time so I could publish it immediately.)
This page will be up on the we...
2021-04-10 15:25:55 +0000 UTC
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Scott thought of the first choice and I thought of the second one.
Which one should we go with?
2021-04-10 03:10:22 +0000 UTC
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Art by Studio Katsumi
There's a few different ways written descriptions can be interpreted by an artist, isn't there?
I would say, definitely Not Safe for Work by our standards!
Please keep that in mind before you download the file!
2021-04-10 03:08:05 +0000 UTC
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It's finally here! The next Exiern page a number of people have been waiting for!
Hot off the press from Scott to add dialogue.
Art by Studio Katsumi
Alternate version as a download in a separate post which is very NSFW by our standards.
Also, please consider voting in the poll after these ones about the title for this page!
2021-04-10 03:04:55 +0000 UTC
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Might turn out to be a few somethings, actually!
This page will go up on the Dark Reflections: Chaos site on Wednesday the 7th of April 2021.
2021-04-05 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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All four pages have already posted on the Exiern website daily from April 1st 2021 (with the last one having gone up just before this one!) but we've also posted them here because you can get that cool flipbook effect by clicking through them all here!
(Try it and see!)
Foreground art illustrated by Luis XIII (formerly Antipus).
Wedding photography, lettering and Special Guest Arsonist by Sean Harrington of 2021-04-04 05:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Art by Studio Katsumi
Text and lettering by Scott T. Hicken
We're trying to pace the next few pages faster than 1 page a week to get this part of the story at least moving along quicker.
Ultimately we do hope to make this permanent one day!
2021-04-01 19:31:30 +0000 UTC
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Art by Studio Katsumi
Text and lettering by Scott T. Hicken
We're trying to pace the next few pages faster than 1 page a week to get this part of the story at least moving along quicker.
Ultimately we do hope to make this permanent one day!
2021-04-01 19:30:03 +0000 UTC
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Art by Ale and Team
Story by Zen
Lettering by Scott T. Hicken
2021-04-01 19:12:12 +0000 UTC
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Art by Ale and Team
Story by Zen
Lettering by Scott T. Hicken
2021-04-01 19:10:55 +0000 UTC
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Art by Luis XIII (formerly Antipus)
Colourist is Daniel Rodrigues
(In order to try and get more art done faster, Luis has arranged to have someone else colour his artwork going ahead.)
Story and lettering by Scott T. Hicken
Just received the complete page from him in the last 30 minutes, technical issues stopped me uploading the page sooner (kept getting broken image pictures when I tried to upload it until I switched browsers).
2021-04-01 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Forgot to pin the last post in the series - but it wasn't concise enough anyway. You may see through the process of the previous posts that I still need several drafts to condense things down to a more manageable size. Getting there finally I hope!
Key Points about the financial situation for Exiern:
You all helped support two families (possibly 8 or even more people!) in two different countries over more than a year by contributing to funding this webcomic!
2021-04-01 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Well, I scheduled the line art of this page the previous day to scheduling this one so that no matter what, there'd be some Neese content available before the end of the month and even more importantly, to indicate that going forward, the project wasn't going to be lost in the shuffle; we'll all be pushing hard to make sure of regular and frequent updates.
I received this on the morning of the 30th of March 2021 (Australian East Coast Time) from the artist, in order to help get pages ma...
2021-03-31 04:05:01 +0000 UTC
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More exceptional line art by Luis XIII (formerly Antipus)
We haven't been planning to usually post the line art but we're making an exception for this one.
We're posting it to indicate that we're doing our best to keep our promise to everyone to continue production of Neese as quickly as possible until the very end to make up for all that time where there were no new pages and that the next new page will be soon (and definitely not years away this time!).
We've had fiv...
2021-03-31 04:03:01 +0000 UTC
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