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December 31, 2011 Alex Woolfson 175 Comments

So, some readers were looking for a little “killbot carnage” on this page. Any other New Year’s wishes? 🙂

We have new Fan Art from long-time commenter KBatty! I see it as a sign that Artifice has finally arrived and it made me laugh out loud. “Occupy Da Vinci Four.” Do check it out.

We are now at $187 towards our next bonus page. Special thanks go out to long-time supporters Gabrielle R., Anna Z., Katie P. (who has now made their second donation in two weeks!), Kenya F. (who has made their second donation in the same week!) & Brian d. (who has just made their third donation in two weeks!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow to new supporters Karina N., Jamie C. and Vanesa W. for their generous donations over the last few days.

Big hugs go out to Artifice superhero Larisa V. who has now made their thirteenth $25 donation to this webcomic! O_O You totally rock, Larisa! 😀

And mondo-sized, android strength hugs go out to new friend of Artifice Daniel K. for their super-generous $50 donation and also to long-time friend of Artifice Andrew T. who with his $50 donation has just made his fifth super-generous donation in as many weeks! (WOW!)

Thank you all so much! Your generosity is a huge inspiration for me and Winona and is deeply appreciated. You are all my heroes! 😀

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE, EVERYONE!

DING! DING! DING! DING! Saturday, December 31, 1:00 P.M.: We have hit the donation target and thanks to your super generous donations, in addition to the regular update next Saturday, there will be a BONUS UPDATE this Wednesday, January 4th—Page 64! You all rock! Thank you!

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December 27, 2011 Alex Woolfson 109 Comments

Ready… Aim…. Hmmm. What happens next?

We have new Fan Art by qui-gon-robot, a dark imagining of Jeff and Deacon’s eventual “escape” entitled “A Perfect Dystopia”. Totally appropriate for today’s darker page. Check it out!

And…

***THIS IS A BONUS PAGE!***

The 15th bonus page in a row! You are UNSTOPPABLE! 😀

Special thanks go out to long-time supporters Virginia H., Micheal B. (who has now donated for the seventeenth week in a row! Stunning!) & to Brent B. (who got the ball rolling on the next bonus page—thank you!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow go out to new supporters Paula B. & Kenya F. for their generous donations over the last few days!

Big hugs go out to long-time friends of Artifice Clidiane A. and Jennifer B. (who has now made their fourth super-generous donation in a row!) and to new friend Christian S. (who put us over the top for this page! High five!) for their super-generous $25 donations!

Finally, android-strength hugs and much, much holiday love go out to Ethan R. for their extraordinarily generous $50 donation (which makes their third mega-generous donation to Artifice! And yes, thank you, Ethan—it was indeed a lovely Christmas gift!)

Thank you all so much for your awesome support! (And also for the holiday well-wishing—reading your kind words helped to make this Christmas a very special one for me.)

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December 24, 2011 Alex Woolfson 81 Comments

Of course you couldn’t, Deacon.

We have special CHRISTMAS Fan Art by Artifice SuperFriend, Aikka. It involves more of her cute PaperChildren and thus is awesome. Yaoi Santa says check it out!

Speaking of checking things out, Artifice got a very nice review at GEEKALITARIAN – Women in Geek Culture.

And… if you haven’t started reading it already, you must, must, must check out Minor Acts of Heroism. It’s not yaoi (although it’s definitely “yaoi-aware”)—it’s just a really good time. Good art and great writing with engaging, well defined characters and truly witty dialogue. Just go read it. You won’t be disappointed. 🙂

We are now at $112 towards our next bonus page. Special thanks to long-time supporters John H. & Brian d. (who makes their 2nd donation in a row!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow to new supporters Katie P. & Jennifer B. for their generous donations over the last few days.

Big hugs go out to long-time friends Michael M, who made their second $25 donation to Artifice, Andrew T. who with their $25 donation has made their fourth super-generous donation to Artifice in a row (!) and Larisa V., who has now just made their twelfth $25 donation to Artifice! HOLY CATS AND DOGS!

Thank you all so much! With the holidays and an extra busy work schedule, I’ve found myself feeling a bit… tuckered out at times. Your generous support, though, is such a huge morale booster, that I find energy I didn’t even know I had to get these pages out to you. It really does make a huge difference in helping me get out this comic. 🙂

And next time, we’re back with Jeff and Deacon on Da Vinci Four. Hope to see you all there!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 😀

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! Edit 12/26/11, 11:00 A.M.: You are UNSTOPPABLE! We have now reached the donation target so there will be a BONUS PAGE (Page 62!) this Wednesday, December 28th! I hope you see you there! 😀

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December 21, 2011 Alex Woolfson 134 Comments

Gosh, that moon is pretty…

So! Lots of interesting and fun reactions to Maven in the comments last time! Some of you love her and her “snark”, some of you “love to hate her” and others just want to “reach through the screen [to] sock Maven in the face”. For some, Maven is their “favorite character”; while others feel she is “an extraordinarily cliché female character [who] speaks as much to societal values as a scantily-clad bimbo would.” (Ouch.) Is Maven crazy irrational or crazy like a fox? Is she a person with “a repulsive personality and a seeming lack of motivation for her behaviour” or is she a brilliant professional choosing the most effective tactics against a challenging and hostile interrogee? Folks are picking sides and I can imagine this page will only add more fuel to that fire. 😉

I will say one thing, though—I love that you all are having this debate. Yes, Artifice is meant to be an entertaining sci-fi story first. But one thing that has always impressed me with our readers is the thoughtful responses to this work you all have—both to what’s happening to the characters in my world and to the larger implications of my choices as a creator in the world we live in. Be it a discussion about whether homosexuality could be determined purely through genetics (and the ethical ramifications of that) or the role of women as antagonists in comics, I can always count on you to offer really enlightening thoughts on the matter. It’s one of the coolest things about putting this comic out there. And I thank you for it. 🙂

In other news, have some gorgeous new Fan Art by Hayley Dubay, “Two Wings Equals One Set”. It’s Deacon and Jeff entwined in a nearly mystical fashion. You owe it to yourself to check it out. Thanks, Hayley!

And…

***THIS IS A BONUS PAGE!***

The 14th in a row! Woo hoo!

Special thanks go out to long-time supporters Sue T., Brian d., Erin H. & Micheal B. (who has now donated for the 16th week in a row! My hero!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow goes out to new supporter Victoria G. for their generous donations over the last few days.

Big hugs go out to long-time friends of Artifice Megan D. and Meagan S. for their super-generous $25 donations! (Made just three minutes apart! O_O)

(Also, extra big high-fives for Megan, Meagan and Victoria for putting us well over the top for this bonus page! You rock!)

Your generosity is truly humbling and has been a huge morale booster during a rather crazy time for me. Thank you all so much!

So… will Maven finally get the answers she (and we!) have been craving about what exactly happened with Deacon and the retrieval team? Tune in this Saturday to find out! 😀

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December 17, 2011 Alex Woolfson 129 Comments

Yikes. Looks like Maven’s bringing on the red-outlined speech bubbles. I’d cringe too, Deacon…

We have new Fan Art, “Artifice Kiss” by long-time commenter and friend of Artifice, Enkidu! It’s Deacon & Jeff, half-naked and yes, kissing! Closet yaoi fan-girl Maven says you should totally check it out. Thanks, Enkidu!

The donation bar is now at $224, just $26 away from a new bonus page for this Wednesday. Special thanks to long-time supporters Queenie C. & Virginia H. (who is making their 4th donation in a row! Thank you, Virginia!) and a warm welcome & grateful bow to new supporter (yet long-time commenter) Erica B. for their generous donations over the last few days!

And big hugs to long-time Artifice superhero Larisa V. for their super-generous $25 donation! Thank you all!

So… we all know what it means when Maven starts to get this impatient. It means we’re about to get some answers to another burning question. And this time, revealing those answers will show off some different mad skillz from Winona. I’m looking forward to that. 🙂

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! December 17, 10:50 AM: Yay! We’ve now hit (and exceeded!) the donation target, so in addition to the regular Saturday update, there will be a bonus update next week on Wednesday, page 60! Thank you all so, so much for your generous support—it really is a huge help in making this comic. Hope to see you all there!

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December 14, 2011 Alex Woolfson 74 Comments

Dr. Maven returns! And yes, she missed you too. 😉

We have new Fan Art from long-time friend of Artifice, ~ksiazeAikka, which was “inspired by a conversation in comments which ended with [the] conclusion that it would be hard for [Deacon and Jeff] to get a proper date.” And it’s adorable. Thanks, Aikka!

***THIS IS A BONUS PAGE!***

And it’s the 13th bonus page in as many weeks! Holy cow! (And hmm… The 13th bonus page in a row and Maven appears… Coincidence? Or fate? You make the call!)

The donation bar for the next bonus page is now at $179—$177 of which was donated in just the last few days! O_O! Special thanks to long-time supporters kataline d. & Virginia H. (both making their 3rd donation in a row! Thank you!) & Micheal B. (who has now donated for the 15th week in a row! You are amazing, Micheal!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow to new supporters Robbie E. & Josephine K. for their generous donations since Saturday’s update!

Big hugs go out to new friend Greg C. and to long-time friend Jennifer B. for their super-generous $25 donations!

And warm, humbled, super-grateful and can’t-stop-grinning android-strength hugs go out to Artifice superheroes Andrew R. and Andrew T. for their amazingly generous $50 donations! You guys are awesome! (And this makes the third hugely generous donation from Andrew T. in as many weeks! And it’s his birthday today! Let’s all please wish him a very happy birthday!)

Thank you all so, so much for your generous support!

And… while I love seeing Jeff and Deacon kiss, I have to say that I think Winona did just stunning expression work on this page, especially with Maven in panels 2, 4 and 5. Totally nailed the very subtle (and not so subtle) emotions she’s experiencing here. 🙂 And I’ll also say that this page and the next have a couple of my favorite Maven lines of dialogue. She really is so much fun to write. 😀

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December 10, 2011 Alex Woolfson 219 Comments

And then they kissed…

🙂

So.. we yet again hit the donation target so there will be a BONUS PAGE this Wednesday, December 14th—Page 58!

Special thanks to long-time supporters kataline d., Tanya A. (who just made their 7th donation to Artifice—thank you, Tanya!) & Ciana C. (who got the ball rolling again after the bar was reset! Thank you, Ciana!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow to new supporters Brent B. and Christian K. for their generous donations over the last few days.

Big hugs go out to long-time friend Shan S. for their super-generous, even-number-balancing $20.31 donation (I’m the same way, Shan! Thank you!) and very special birthday wishes go out to Artifice super-star Jennifer B. for putting us over the top with their super-generous $25 donation!

Thank you all so much! You have no idea what a huge morale booster your kindness is to me and Winona.

And, in other news, I’ve noticed on Tumblr that there is more than one person who is comparing Deacon to the “reboot-Superboy” Conner Kent and Jeff to his Young Justice teammate “Impulse” Bart. I’ve read one rather excellent book with the reboot Superboy, but I’m not familiar with Bart. Do any of you see parallels as well?

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December 7, 2011 Alex Woolfson 118 Comments

You probably saw Deacon’s declaration coming before Jeff did. In Jeff’s defense, though, outside of his Mom, this is the first time someone’s ever said this to him. And really, who could question those pretty Panel 8 eyes?

We have new Fan Art by ~MrFluffysnout! It’s Jeff, naked and “Posing For The Artist” (click ~MrFluffysnout’s name on the Fan Art page to see the uncensored version.) Thanks, ~MrFluffysnout!

***THIS IS A BONUS PAGE!****

The twelfth in a row! An even dozen of reader awesomeness! Wow!

And the awesomeness continues because the donation bar has gone from $0 to $179 in just the last few days!

Special thanks to long-time supporters gordon g. (donating for the second week in a row!), Virginia H. (donating for the second time in a row!) & Micheal B. (who has now donated for the 14th week in a row! Unstoppably awesome!) and a warm welcome and grateful bow to new supporters Katrina O., Peter R., Tavares J., Craig R. (whom I met at Bent-Con—hi, Craig!) and Ida I. for their generous donations over the past few days.

Big hugs go out to long-time friend of Artifice, Tajuana M., for their super-generous $25 donation!

And OMG, thank-you-oh-so-much android strength hugs go out to Artifice super-heroes Bert M. and Andrew T. They both donated $50 on the same day (Holy cow!) and this makes the second hugely generous donation from Andrew in two weeks! You guys are rock stars!

I’m truly bowled over and humbled by your generosity. Thank you all very, very much!

I had a really great time over the weekend at BENT-CON where I got to meet some of my awesome readers like thisboybroken (Hi, Mark!). This being my first Con, there was a lot for me to learn, but the staff at BENT-CON and other creators really looked out for me, making what would have been hard work, very easy.

They’re going to be having BENT-CON again next year on Dec. 7, 8 & 9 and I’ll definitely be going, so be sure to save the date! (And if you’re interested in seeing pictures of the event, you can find a whole bunch on BENT-CON’s Facebook page!)

And… I’m happy to say that our next update on this Saturday the 10th is a special one. It’s a page I’ve been wanting to share with you for some time. Tell your friends and make sure you check it out—I think you’ll like it. 😀

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! 12/8/11 9:30 PM: Thanks to your generous donations, we’ve hit the donation target yet again! So, in addition to the regular update this Saturday (page 57!), we’ll have a bonus update on Wednesday, 12/14! Awesome! Hope to see you there! 😀

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December 2, 2011 Alex Woolfson 100 Comments

Yeah, I’d look worried too, Jeff…

So, I was just saying to a friend on Thursday that it looked like our streak of bonus pages was going to be at an end. The donation bar was at $132 and it seemed unlikely that it was going to hit $250 by end of day Tuesday. Long-time supporter Michele M. got the ball rolling again with a generous donation on 11/30 (thank you, Michelle!), but there was still a long way to go.

And then bam! bam! Thursday night, two new, superstar friends of Artifice, Tommy R. and Virginia H. both donated $50 each, one right after the other! And then Friday evening new supporter Reginald H. donated $10 and finally Clidiane A. (donating for the 2nd week in a row!) added the last few dollars to put us over the top. So there will be a bonus page—Page 56!—this Wednesday, December 7th!

Wow, you guys—you’re awesome! Thank you so much! You rock! 😀

And now I need to get on the stick and get that bonus page—Page 56!—ready for Wednesday, December 7th! Which I’ll jump on…. on Monday! Because I’m at BENT-CON this weekend! Setting up my first table ever! So, if you’re in the neighborhood and want to come to a cool Con with lots of gay comics and stuff, please stop by and say hi!

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