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Alas, I need a quick break. Thanks for your patience!

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Taking a break? Not a problem. Sometimes life bites us where the sun don’t shine, and we need some alone time to centre ourselves and reconnect with reality… or something like that. We’ll still be here when you get back (however long you take).

Rest well, see you when you’re back 🙂

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:'(

See you when you’re back! I count this as a cliff hanger missy. *points finger*
Take care, and rest well!

Everyone needs a break sometimes. I’m surprised it’s been so long without one, especially with the great quality of this comic.
I’m sure most people will also be happy that once it resumes, it’ll be getting into the meat of an important and much discussed plot point.

If a break is necessary, then you need to take care of yourself better. Be patient with yourself, be kinder to yourself, and, even if this break is a result of outside influences on your life, you need to remember to believe in yourself. Life is a merciless cascade of turmoil. Finding peace is hard and keeping it is harder. Don’t forget that there are people who care about you who demand you take better care of yourself. You are worth the effort.
Take care, be well, and feel better 😉

Take as much time as you need. 🙂

A Jane sketch is fine too.

Break so that you may bend and not be broken. Been an avid fan of this web comic since I found it last year. Keep doing what you are doing because you have an epic story to tell and a wonderful art style 🙂

Hey, Aneeka? How many messages do you think a person needs to leave before you can trust them not to robotspam your webcomic? Is your time really well-spent by going over every comment for… I have no idea what-all you’re even looking for! Spam? Coarse language? Anything that might somehow be taken negatively by someone else, somehow?

There are a lot of comments on your webcomic, and the only way I can make it make sense that every single comment anyone leaves requires HUMAN moderation is… not nice. Regarding how you think of us.

Sorry?

It’s really more of a “It’s not you; it’s me” thing. I’m a bit of a control freak as well as suffer from paranoia. My webcomic is kind of a home for me and I see the comment moderation as a way for everyone to politely knock instead of just barging in, I guess.

I actually apreciate it. This also guarantees you’re reading every single one of our comments and shows how much you care about your fans 🙂

This makes sense, and it is indeed nicer than the stuff I was thinking.

I posted my reply to this before I was able to see yours.

I have anxiety issues too, and… your website got hacked! That’d make me paranoid, if I had a website.

I know you’re taking a break, and I don’t know why. You do awesome work on this webcomic, and you deserve a break when you need.

So, I want to clarify the comment I’m replying to:

I have to be wrong! There has to be an explanation that I just didn’t think of, and it has to be nicer than the stuff I did think of! That stuff just doesn’t match how I think of you!

Take your time replying. After all, I’m leaving these comments on a panel where you announced a break.

OFF TOPIC (sorta) 😉

Just got back a bit ago from the Raleigh, NC meet-up with Aneeka! That was really nice! Aneeka’s the first comic artist I’ve ever met and the experience was everything I could have expected. She was always bright and outgoing and very willing to answer (non-spoiler) questions. Encouraged them! Five of us met with Aneeka and everyone behaved nicely; as you’d expect from the people in this forum. Of the five, most were either college-age or had been out for just a few years. I was BY FAR the oldest one there at probably double anyone else’s age (Shut up. Thank you. ;-)) and was completely comfortable with the group. Everyone got a chance to talk and no one got any put-downs. If you have a chance to visit with Aneeka at any of her scheduled stops, I highly encourage you to take advantage of it!

but I need 100 new pages every day!!! >.<
sorry… love this so much… I know its a tone of work… just well post when you can and don't stop till after I die…

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I'm uploading this from my phone since I'm in an area with very poor internet. I'm juggling a lot of things right now and need a short break. Thanks for your patience.

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I feel bad for it but… I cant help but chuckle at the gallows humor in murphys law picking this time in the story. Real life getting busy/hectic just as the characters go back to LiFE and all…

I feel so bad for you every time this happens. 🙁 I hope you will find a way to finally take it easier.

And don’t worry, almost all comics have breaks every now and then. My favorite breaks are Q&As with fan questions. It makes me feel so special whenever one of my questions makes it through. 🙂

I like how the Tenka logo subtly almost creates the outlines of wings!

???

Oh no those were supposed to be hearts!

Take as much time as ya need 🙂

Your quick sketches leave my drawing skills in shame.

Why does Jake in LiFE look just like Bandit in the Game?

Because he is using the same avatar so he is recognizable to the fans.. (Just simpler graphics rendering)

ty for the… page?
don’T worry we are very patient people

Hey no worries, we totally understand juggling things. Take the time you need to rest and get yourself where you need to be, we’ll wait 🙂

With the background aligned like that, it looks like he is wearing a cape!

I just wanted to say that I just found your comic and binged it all in 5 1/2-6 hours (I’m not 100% sure I wasn’t really paying attention to the time). Every second was worth it.

I just found your comic and wanted to say that I binged it all in about five and a half hours, and every second was worth it. You’re doing awesome things and I anticipate your return with excitement, but also patience (maybe. because you need me to.).

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I'm having trouble with the next page; I need some extra time. Thanks everyone for your patience.

Also, I'll be in Montreal and Ottawa this Saturday and Boston next Saturday. Times and places TBA.

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Looks like Danni is flipping off god, i.e. Aneeka. 🙂

Ballet is always a good substitution XD

Btw, I did reread and figure out the layout. I just keep getting distracted by the characters’ thoughts, the action taken by itself is pretty clear…

Can I get a colored print of that?

If I have the time?

Actually, I’m going to hold a vote over a bunch of sketches as to which ones I should finish and color and offer as posters/prints for the upcoming Kickstarter. I can put this one in that selection. How’s that?

Does that mean we get another Anne side story? Yea! (Although The Dude’s story was adorable as well) That has been a pretty awesome way to build a buffer. ESPECIALLY because Anne’s story drops more in the way of world building then our MC’s ever bother with.

Wow her flexibility is amazing. I wish we could see more of her in real life when she was a dancer. 🙂 I wanna see a performance of hers. And her outfits! They must have been gorgeous.

That’s okay Aneeka! Take all the time you need. 🙂

Holy cow, a ballet performance in Reality style? I thiiiiink you might need a rather large kickstarter to finance a couple of additional artists for that. The reality panels are museum quality, each and everyone of them. And I don’t mean museums with “modern” art, I mean actual art.

Incidentally, I like Danni, too, but mainly because she’s so adorably clumsy in the Game and because she has such a blunt and down-to-earth character. Also weaponized ballet is a fun idea. I’m not a fan of actual ballet, though. I don’t dislike ballet, either, mind, but for me it’s just something that exists and that’s that.

I recommend you (or anyone) Read ‘Dance! Subaru’ http://www.mangahere.co/manga/dance_subaru/
It’s brilliant and the art for the performances is stunning.
still stunned.
…
yes.

Aaaah, you found my weakness! 🙂

No, I don’t mean “cute girls in skin-tight outfits”! That’s an omnipresent theme inside and outside of Anime/Manga.

I’m serious, I mean that my favorite kind of Anime/Manga are the ones that focus on one discipline and how characters improve in it, like Prince of Tennis, Initial D (car racing in mountain passes), Nodame Cantabile (classical music), Your Lie From April (classical music as well), Mahjong Legend Akagi (dark Mahjong/Mafia) and when I was in my teens I watched Attack No. 1 (Volleyball), Captain Tsubasa (Soccer) and Ganbare, Kickers! (Soccer as well), too. To some extent, I like Yugioh because of that as well (also because I like Magic the Gathering), but the games are too obvious for my tastes. Seriously, after the 100th “You activated my trap card” I don’t see why the opponent is still surprised at that move. I also watched Saki (a series I like to decribe as Moé-jong), but that one is not enough about actual skill at Mahjong and too much about a bunch of cute lesbians.
Also the tournaments in Dragonball were the best parts for me, too.

And I would most likely watch a series called “Aneeka draws the line”, too. 😛

I don’t watch Pokemon, Digimon, Monster Rancher or Beyblade, though. Everything has its limits. 🙂

Soooo, yeah, I think I’m going to read into the ballet Manga. 🙂 I picked a random part and I like that Subaru is apparently the sad and silent genius, like Kat. It probably won’t make me find real ballet more appealing, though.

What a nice art “Your lie…” has! It wasn’t even ten minutes into the first episode and I was already hooked.

You should watch “Hibike! Y?foniamu”.

You mean http://myanimelist.net/anime/27989/Hibike_Euphonium ?
It looks nice indeed! As long as it’s closer to “Nodame Cantabile” than to “K-On!” I’m likely going to enjoy this one as well.
(K-On! is to music what Saki is to Mahjong.)

Thanks for the tip!

As for Your Lie From April: I like the series, but I try my best to ignore the humor, because it’s a standard tomboy-girl-beats-up-aloof-dude-humor. Looks like the artists were passionate about creating a great story, wonderful animation and beautiful music, but maybe they only added humor because they felt they had to do it, because adding humor into drama has proven to work well, e.g. in Air or FMA. Especially the “humor” created around a certain person’s little sister should be ignored (appears in the 2nd half).

Yes, that one. However “Hibike! Yufoniamu” is the original Japanese romaji and “Sound! Euphonium” is the English translation, while “Hibike! Euphonium” is an hybrid that I don’t know why it’s being used.

Sadly I didn’t watch “Nodame…” yet so I can’t tell if it’s alike or not.

I know what you mean, that kind of humor it’s OVERUSED in Anime, and it did really feel out of place in “Your lie…”, but it was just a little so no big harm. Been a while but “Hibike!…” have nothing of the sort as far as I remember.

Awww take your time, I’m sure it will be amazing!

Its cool hun take all the time u need, I will try not to explode with glee nxt time I see an update

No worries!

Also, this is an excellent piece of filler art. There’s a real sense of motion and action in it. 🙂

I can’t even be mad at you because this is a beautiful drawing. Good luck finishing the next page!

Danni looks so happy! Nice job, Aneeka!

…and take your time; I’ll happily wait for you!

Quality worth anticipating.

The Katv7 plushie!
For Aneeka. 🙂
(I haven’t read up lately, busy, did you move into your new place yet?)

I’m going to try BBC, and then links under them.
.Kat Blob
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Finished Plushie
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Hopefully this post works right. XD

Noooooo…

Oh well. It all looks so amazing that I can understand why you need some extra time. 🙂

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Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

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