Woah, this has been dead.

I have a full time job! Which means I'm going to have plenty of income coming in, which is good for Mike & Nina even though I won't have enough time to make comics. Making money means I'll be able to invest in making and placing adds for the website; getting some awesome merch for you guys to buy- and maybe even win- including (but not limited to) the catbutt keychains; and maybe even a Mike & Nina comic book ! So full time job is good even though it will make it more difficult to get comics up the way I'm currently doing them.

COMIC NEWS

❤ CONTEST: There's a super secret panel hidden somewhere on this Mike & Nina: a love story comic on the website! See if you can find it, comment on the website or this journal if you do! If you find the secret panel and comment on the comic entry you're going to be entered into a drawing to win one of these!

❤ Mike & Nina: a love story has it's own facebook fanpage! So if you have a facebook be sure to like us! When I get more merch in my shop I'll be posting deals/savings/coupons, new products, giveaways, and contest on there and on my twitter before they get to my DA journal. So check that out!

❤ I have definitely decided to move the update day to Saturday instead of Friday. Since I have Saturday consistently off it makes more sense, that way I can try and get the comic up earlier instead of late after work.

❤ All comics on DA will be black and white inks from now on. Coloured comics will be website exclusive from now on. That way it gives you guys another reason to check out the site before I catch up C;

❤ I'm going to try and get Mike & Nina published in Sugar Ninjas! There's a poll up on Facebook as to which one, check it out to see which two comics are in the running. I can submit to both Sugar Ninja books: sweet (family friendly) and spicy (NSFW), so I may do both named options on the poll, but if I only do one it's probably going to be the newer of the two simply because I've gotten better at outlining so the art is better. But let me know what you guys think! If you don't have a Facebook comment on this journal!

❤ I'm going to talk to my local comic shop to see if maybe they can carry stickers, fliers, bookmarks, etc. to give out for free to get more traffic on the website. If I do get them I'll sell them in one bundle pack for only a $1 or $2 in the shop and a $1 shipping. So for $3- or less- you can get a Mike & Nina bookmark, sticker, and flier. It's just a thought, nothing's final but I would love your opinions.

❤ There's some never before seen fun over at this comic that I just added.

And that's it! Don't forget Mike & Nina: a love story updates Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with never before seen content on the website, don't don't stop looking there or you don't know what you're going to miss. Also for anyone who's new to the comic it's a great way to get the same experience everyone else did and start from the beginning.


I'm still taking commissions.


Trades for guest comics/art are open

Thanks for reading!

-Nina

Apparently twitter hasn't been sending my tweets here, so here's just a quick update. I'm in Florida right now, Mike's still in New Jersey. We're doing the long distance thing. It's going alright, I just miss him a lot and I know he misses me to death.
I have an internship with Disney, I think I've mentioned that already, and have been working there for over a month now. It's fantastic, I'm having a lot of fun with this job. It's just a lot of hard work.
I've been updating my webcomics every week if nothing goes wrong. Here, have a couple previews:

My room mates are alright. Overly friendly and I'm a bit of an introvert. I wrote a couple of haikus about them on twitter so here, you can have them here:

Singing with headphones/ I cannot hear the true tune/ but I know you're off.
Sloppy make out noise/ Honestly, think I can't hear?/ He's a wet kisser.
Stranger on my couch/ Sleeping the morning away/ Who the fuck are you?
Biological/ Warfar, via perfume sprays/ I'm sneezing to death.
Woken up at five/ By room mate's loud, growling snores/ Wish I had ear plugs.

So, yeah, that's pretty much been my life thus far. My mother's been teaching me how to cook over the phone and things are going well for her- she has a better, more steady job now so I'm hoping she's going to be able to get her own car before I get home, and that's it.

I know, lame update.

Just in case you were too lazy to check my twitter...

• 11:37 Mike being ironic on this weeks "Mike & Nina: a love story" fav.me/d2tlu4y on #deviantart #

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• 13:20 My computer's back up and updates for "Mike & Nina: A Love Story" are back on their regular schedual!! fav.me/d2t3cp4 on #deviantart #

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• 01:31 My laptop is busted so there was no real comic update this week, but enjoy the filler I posted here: tinyurl.com/2g38uzv #
• 14:00 YOU AIN'T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwyZ0ji1GRU&feature=player_embedded #

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• 12:52 Find out the type of music Mike and I listen to in this week's "Mike & Nina: A Love Story"! fav.me/d2s33nr on #deviantart #
• 14:32 Mike and mine's diner review blog now has a twitter, check it out @dinermonster #
• 15:09 Check out Diner Monster's slightly better layout, and our new formspring.me: tiny.cc/usfyw #

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• 23:12 Mini update on "Mike & Nina: A Love Story". fav.me/d2rl2od on #deviantart #

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After a real horrible birthday on Monday that included:
Getting my period.
Being woken up on the one day I get to sleep in by my silly mother.
Loosing my dog and finding him at the pound (Mike was able to pick him up the next day).
And being locked in my room for two hours while I had to pee.
Mike was my hero more than once that day, and took care of my horrible weeping mass all day. He made sure I was fed, helpped put up flyers- which helpped find my dog- and gave my medicinal hugs and kisses.
The week got better. Work was okay and I'm making decent money now; good hours and okay pay. And I've graduated. I now have an Associates in Studio Arts, a.k.a bullshit. The ceremony was longer and bullshitier than my Highschool one, but it made my mother cry. And Mike came, which was really sweet on his end. We had a make-up birthday on Friday where I did all the things I didn't get to do on my IRL birthday. Mike takes me on some f the best dates ever, even this deep into our relationship. Such a sweetheart, even when he does stupid shit. Speaking of which:

My journal comic about all the stupid crap Mike and I do. It's updated every Friday, I just didn't post last Friday's because it was a character introduction. It's here if you're really curious. Feed back wound be great guys! If not on DA then on here.