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You Like Me! You Really Like Me!	By J Gray
Before I get into the gushy stuff, let me make a few announcements. 1. If you were following the progress of this comic via RSS feed you'll need to sign up again. The old feed is dead (or should be). 2. Please note our address is http://mysteriesofthearcana.com and not http://arcanacomic.com. If you've got the old address bookmarked please update. 3. If you had postings in the forums, I apologize. Those are gone now. I decided to reset them so that they begin when the comic begins. 4. Even if you don't, please check out the forums anyway. You have to be a member to post (or even to see the postings, a security issue I'm told is being worked on for the next release of our software) but I believe the community we'll build here will be worth it. If you're interested in commenting on the comic but don't want to join, guest posting is now allowed on this blog/journal. Post away! Please, your comments are always appreciated. 5. Finally, if you are already following me via Twitter over at 2nd Shift, you don't need to hit the “follow me via twitter” icon up above. I'm going to use the same account for both comics. It was just over a year ago that I began searching for an artist for Mysteries of the Arcana. Back then, of course, it was just Arcana. I didn't have much to offer beyond an idea and a few scripts. What I gained, however, was beyond calculation. I made new friends, found a community that accepted me even though I hadn't yet proven myself, and learned quite a bit, both about myself and about how the world of webcomics worked. I gained the courage to draw and write another webcomic, 2nd Shift. I even got an artist. Then, when the pressures of real life forced that artist to withdraw, I managed to find a second. Then a third. When that artist, the amazing Jamie Diaz, had to bow out, I almost lost hope. Luckily, a friend, Jesse Justice, came to the rescue and introduced me to Keith. “J,” Jesse told me, “Keith draws like you write. You write like he draws.” And he was right. In the past several months Keith and I have been working together to create Mysteries of the Arcana. We had a goal of launching in the beginning of January and damned if we didn't make it. I want to thank the people who made this possible. I don't think I can express, in words, just how important this moment is to me. First, I want to thank my partner in crime, Keith W. His art makes Mysteries of the Arcana not only possible but so much better than I had imagined it could be. Thanks to Jesse Justice for hooking me up with Keith and for showing faith in me as a writer, an artist, and a friend. I want to thank the Jamie, Larry, Ursula, Otter, and all the people at the North Carolina Webcomic Coffee Clatch. You've all given me advice, comfort, and courage. Thanks to the good folks over at the 910CMX forums and at both the old and the new Webcomics.com forums. Sometimes just going to those places and knowing I'm not alone was enough to keep me plugging forward. Sometimes, going there was an excuse not to plug. Thank you to Opera Kitten, Mineka, and Jamie Diaz, artists who helped shaped my vision of this comic. I want to thank my beta readers, including Cass-Chan, WoodofBirch, Rachel, and Taimdala. Each of you helped me find ways to make Mysteries of the Arcana a stronger and more interesting story. Thereisnosaurus, thank you for long discussions that gave me insight into what it takes to operate a long-running adventure webcomic. To my fellow Misfits Tiana, Black Knight, and Amanda, thank you for your friendship. This'll be our year, I know it. My Heroes of the Great Tree, you've given me more story ideas than can ever be told. Special thanks to JD and Frumph who went out of their way to answer my questions and, more often than not, do the coding for me in setting up this website. I want to thank Bengo, too, for showing me that the world of webcomics can be a dangerous, funny, and sad place. Finally, I want to thank my family. My mother and father for raising me to chase dreams. My son and daughter, for teaching me that dreams are possible. And especially my wife. Thank you, love. With you at my side anything is possible. Please. Enjoy Mysteries of the Arcana. Share your thoughts with me. Tell your friends. And come back and read again. Thank you.
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MONDAY!	By J Gray
Be on the lookout... Monday, January 5th marks the debut of.... Please join us!
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