Hello and happy Monday! I am pleased to announce that, thanks to the readers of Mysteries of the Arcana, chapter 5 has been fully funded! That's right. The chapter 5 Kickstarter campaign raised $4,756. Which is enough to pay for chapter 5 and the two bonus stories that will be included in the digital trade editions of chapter 1 and chapter 2. Thank you for backing us. Thank you boosting the signal. Thank you for believing in Mysteries of the Arcana!

Today's page is amazing, isn't it? Curious as to what the full card behind Melody looks like? Well, you can see it here in our gallery! It is one gorgeous piece of art that brings a Mysteries of the Arcana twist to a classic card.

Now, we've got six pages of chapter 4 left to post. That means we'll be done on Monday, March 3rd. We're going to take a week and a half off and resume chapter 5 on Monday, March 17th. In the meanwhile, we plan on running Trailers! Got a webcomic, game, or indy book you want to promote? Create a one page "trailer" poster for it telling MotA readers why they should read/play your work. These are like movie trailers for indy web projects (except, you know, a single image instead of a video) so make it compelling! We'll be posting up to thirteen trailers so first come, first serve. The trailers need to be 650x1054 and 72dpi, saved in JPG format and sent to mysteriesofthearcana (at) gmail (dot) com by March 3rd.

See you Thursday!

Adamas (Guest) (2014-02-10)

When I saw the image in my e-mail I thought the writing was part of the Story but the resolution wasn't good enough. Very nice!

Gunsolo (Guest) (2014-02-10)

Very nice indeed!
Replacing the pillars with text gives the card a very unique look.

Adamas (Guest) (2014-02-12)

The more I think about it. I Melody fits the High Priestess. Always thought she was either that or the Wheel.

J Gray (2014-02-12)

The idea here is the High Priestess as someone who shapes the world through the telling of story. 

I'm afraid Keith has gotten hit by a one two punch. First illness and then the ice storm that is crippling much of the south. End result is he couldn't finish up today's page in time. I apologize to everyone for the interruption. We'll post the next page of Mysteries of the Arcana as soon as possible.

In the meanwhile, Blair B of Star Cross'd Destiny has sent us this epic, amazing pinup of bad-ass Chrys to use as filler. I am freaking impressed. You can check out her comic, of course, or her Kickstarter which has a ton of cool rewards both from her comic and her alt rock band.

Also, please remember that during our hiatus we'll be running Webcomic Trailers! Got a webcomic, game, or indy book you want to promote? Create a one page "trailer" poster for it telling MotA readers why they should read/play your work. These are like movie trailers for indy web projects (except, you know, a single image instead of a video) so make it compelling! We'll be posting up to thirteen trailers so first come, first serve. The trailers need to be 650x1054 and 72dpi, saved in JPG format and sent to mysteriesofthearcana (at) gmail (dot) com by March 3rd.

See you soon!

the leaking pen (Guest) (2014-02-12)

Hope you feel better Keith!  Not sure where I commented a couple months ago that I was going to read this comic finally got around to catching up! Love the story so far, can't wait to see where it goes. 

Fairportfan (Guest) (2014-02-13)

"I will now rip your head off ... and then I will pour a large-economy-size can of 300-proof Grade-A whupass down your neck..."

Gunsolo (Guest) (2014-02-13)

Wow, that is seriously bad-ass.
Reminds me a little of Zintiel from Flaky Pastry (probably because of the grin). Now I have a whole new archive to go through this weekend.

I hope Keith gets well soon.

Also, Filler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToSDArwatEQ

J Gray (2014-02-14)

Leaking Pen, welcome! Thank you for reading through the archives. We're glad to have you with us.