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- The upgrade of Comic Dish is steadily going forward. The proposed new system is Comicpress-based and is being adjusted to allow the features you request. But first you must request the features! There is a forum thread where you can discuss the upgrade and learn more about it. 

Around the web: 
- The SOPA and PIPA bills have been delayed. It's more or less looking unlikely that either of them will pass. 

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Local: 
Machinegun Angel will be 3 years old as of February 3rd. 

I will also be launching a new *full color* web manga called "Mad Science Bakery" this February. 

- On the 17 of January Dead Metal's Reaper will celebrate 1 year of being on-line, even if the comic is older than that 

Review: 
-Guinea something good 

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Upcoming Comic Dish Update 

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Local: 
- Robin of Ley Lines is running a fanart/fanfiction contest called LeyLines Love!  You can find out more information here! 

Around the web: 
- Comic Creators for Freedom has begun its donation drive. 

- Fans of Penny Arcade put the hurt on an obnoxious customer service rep when he got flippant and unruly with a man who asked why his gaming peripheral had not been delivered yet. 

- Comic artist Ryan Sohmer of Gutters got in trouble when he sent a Christmas card to major comic publishers of popular comic book characters worked into a picture of The Last Supper. Apparently Marvel was none too pleased and reprimanded him. 

- The glorious Rob Liefeld has joined Keenspot!!! His character Avengelyne (famous from Liefeld's picture with the impossibly thin waist) is now starring in her own webcomic. Now before you go there to laugh, know that he's not the artist, but only responsible for the story. 

Milestones: 
Local: 
- The 503 is a year old as of January 1st. 

Review: 
Villainy 

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Bio/Cast Pages 

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Local: 
- Another community event is in the works. Revisiting the bio page! 

Around the web: 
- The Stumpy Pencil has some interesting art tools for Photoshop and other software available for download. 

- Jezebel has compiled a list of Fantastic Female Comic Creators of 2011. 

More women in comics. 

- Marvel lawyers are trying to prove that mutants aren't human! 

Milestones: 
Local: 
- Just Another Day hit 200 pages on December 31st and concluded its second volume. 

Review: 
Return to Eden 

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- Stop Online Piracy Act 

Informative article: Here 

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Around the web: 
- In an article that might come off as sounding arrogant, Scott Kurtz is offering his and Brad Guiger's services as repairers for the Dunning-Kruger effect. This came from reports of The Cartoonist Studio running their second annual cartooning contest and the grand prize being ... well...stupid. 

Milestones: 
- School Spirit will reach 1100 regular strips on December 18. I've been updating daily since 1081 (20 strips in total) to make sure the round number (and the story arc) finish before I put up the End Of Year Series over Christmas and New Year. 

Review: 
Dewback Wing 

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Comics we reviewed over the past year. 
Simple gifts you can give a comic author. 

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http://xandercomic.us/index.php 

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Are you webcomicing for the right reasons? 
Also, a bit about Christmas 

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Local: 
- The Monastery Arc of ATXS, with pages never-before-seen on the internet, and exclusive bonus material is now available in the print edition. 

Since it contains pages from the complete arc, more than half of the content is not even viewable yet online 

Around the web: 
- Bil Keane passed away at the age of 89 

- David Morgan wrote a very interesting how to do webcomics kind of post. 

- Thinking about getting a tablet for reading print and webcomics? Engadget reviews the Kindle Fire and the Nook. 

Milestones: 
Local: 
- Droakir's Lakewood, which began here on Comic Dish, turned 3 years old on October 31st, and it hit 1000 strips yesterday (November 8th). 
- Esrix's Lumia's Kingdom just turned three years old. 
- Culture Shock turned 10 years old, and it is celebrating with a contest. 
- The Princess of Windmills (TPOW) has recently reached 192 pages. Since we update by chapters, we'll surpass the 200 page mark with our next chapter, so this is as close to a "200 page" mark as we can get! 

Around the web: 
- Penny Arcade is a teenager. And Real Life is twelve 

Review: 
- Randomly Drawn Stick Figures 
- Kitty Hawk 

Discussion: 
- Liz Staley from Adrastus stops by and talks of her recent con experiences. 

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Local: 
- Thephilosopher stoned has published an ebook! The Second Death is a story about two children travelling through hell following a map that hopefully will lead them to Paradise. 

Around the web: 
- Joystiq is asking for video-game-related webcomics to be featured in their weekly webcomic newspost. 

Milestones: 
Local: 
- ZeroGee's comic Planet Chasers has been going for 2 years as of October 25th. 
REAPER will be hitting 61 pages (64 including covers) on Monday the 14th, at the same time it finishes it's 3rd chapter and first story line. 

Review: 
Hominids 

Discussion: 
The Heroes Journey. 

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Local: 
- Transgender Remembrance day Webcomic project is coming up soon! 
- A discussion on pacing your comic has started. Check it out! 
- Monster Soup, by Ghost has started on Halloween! 
-Hushicho's Lamia has begun book 2. Her adventures update Monday and Thursday. 

Around the web: 
- NanoWriMo has officially started. 

Milestones: 
Local: 
-The 503 is gonna hit 100 comics this coming Wednesday.(which was a few wednesdays ago...i think we missed it due to absences...sorry Thephilosopherstoned!) 
-Just Another Day has been online for two years now! 

Review: 
- Buttersword 
- Pole 

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Herp. 

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http://slaughterlake.comicdish.com/ 

Discussion: 
Can't tell you, it's a mystery. 

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