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It hasn't; it's just not linked correctly from adjacent strips.

http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/what ... ng_on_here
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Will fix. Merci!

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More of a technical question, but how is Ma3 hosted? I'm looking into starting a webcomic and I really like the set up. Plus, other comics under affiliated with you guys have the same layout. I figure it's all custom made and the template is the same, or something like WordPress. Care to share, please?
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We pay for a server (not cheap,) but for a single comic, you could get cheap hosting. As for the archive system, we're using something called xarigami. I have no idea how it works. I just know how to update a comic basically. I know some people use comicpress (wordpress based.) I think Hiveworks have their own updating system. To start out, I'd do a comicpress site but also post on tumblr. It seems to be what a lot of people are doing now. Good luck! :)

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Thanks. Yeah I'm using ComicEasel now, the new ComicPress. Not thrilled, but it's probably the best I can get with Wordpress. Will definitely look into how to use my tumblr as a platform for my comic too. Thanks.
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I believe that it's been at least hinted in the past that the comic is planned to have a finite lifespan, and will wind up with some kind of conclusion one day, though exactly when never seems to have been established. If this was indeed the case, is it still? And has that final date drifted off further into the future?

It certainly doesn't look to me like we're moving toward any sort of conclusion soon. Various issues that would probably have to be resolved (the band's career, whether Gary can ever develop a personality, any sort of final pairings-off of major characters) still seem to be wide open or in need of work, and a couple of recent plots (the wrestling story and the appearance of Izz) seem to have brought in new characters and long-term themes at tangents to the old-established Ma3 plots.

It's certainly not that I want Ma3 to end, but those new plots are maybe taking it in directions that I find less interesting than the best classic Ma3 stories, and I'm really curious as to whether we're looking at a loosely organised novel here, with a beginning, middle, and end, or whether it's become an indefinite series that at best will go on forever and at worst will just fade away in confusion one day.
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Just another voice to say they will gladly help with a patreon to make our nsfw comic nsfw again because ads are lame anyways and censorship just because advertisers pull funds is an absolute shame.

I get you need money, the shame does not lie with Giz and Dave, but still a shame

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Spidrift wrote:It certainly doesn't look to me like we're moving toward any sort of conclusion soon. Various issues that would probably have to be resolved (the band's career, whether Gary can ever develop a personality, any sort of final pairings-off of major characters) still seem to be wide open or in need of work, and a couple of recent plots (the wrestling story and the appearance of Izz) seem to have brought in new characters and long-term themes at tangents to the old-established Ma3 plots.
Actually, we are closer to a conclusion by bringing on the wrestling and Izz. We had never done anything with DiDi's strength, and had always planned on doing something with it but didn't 'cause it took us so long to get her "want orgasm" plot done. So in a way, we are now touching on something we wanted to in the very beginning of Ma3. As for Izz, well, she's there for a reason, and I think it'll become a little clearer in time. I can't say for sure how many volumes Ma3 will be once we're done. We've often said around 10 volumes, but sometimes we think closer to 12. We'll see. Even if it ends though, we have other series on the go, and could start up new ones too. SDB won't be that long. I could actually see it morphing into another series at this point. Again, we'll see.

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SDB has morphed already intk the Ruby show. So no loss if Dillon's story finishes.
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Giz wrote:I can't say for sure how many volumes Ma3 will be once we're done. We've often said around 10 volumes, but sometimes we think closer to 12. We'll see.
Many thanks for the response. It's nice to know that the comic has some structure and isn't just going to drag on to no purpose, but also that we've got a few years of the fun left to go.
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Are there going to be any new developments with Gary's side of the story?

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With at least a couple of volumes to go, I'd be stunned if nothing happened to Gary.

(On the other hand, the question of whether Gary can or will ever change may involve a real battle of hope vs. experience, I guess.)
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I myself think that Gary himself won't change much for the next 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 volumes. I could maybe see him have a love epiphany for one of the women in his life but he doesn't end up with said woman because of his own flaws namely passiveness and spinelessness.

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Giz wrote:
Panchocheesecake wrote:How is Zii doing with her smoking? Does she still do it frequently?
She hardly smokes. Only when nervous, or after sex sometimes (or something similar, like making out with Dillon.)
Has she ever tried e-cigarettes?

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I posted this in the FAQ thread, since I thought it would be frequently asked. But, in case that was the wrong place:

How is Manage a 3 pronounced? Is it entirely French, as manage a trois? Or is it manage a three? The latter would make a lot of sense due to how you mix your French and English with Didi. But 3 is also trois.

As for menage, is it more like how we say menagerie in English, or closer to the Parisian French muh-NAHZH? It seems to me that I have heard the former from some Canadians.

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