New Month New Challenge! 3/6/2017

by on March 6, 2017

Well it’s yet another month already. This month, let’s focus on doing something fun! Art is supposed to be fun, though often it can feel like a chore. In either writing or drawing, sometimes we can feel like it gets tedious, or we get stuck. It’s important in those times to take a break from the norm and just do something fun. Draw something in a style you’re not used to, or someone doing something amusing.

Just get them creative juices flowing!

This month let’s just have some fun! Share anything you do with our Facebook Page and let’s all just smile and enjoy eachother’s art and sense of humor.

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy 2 Scene 7 We found out the source of the missing townsfolk.

AND don’t forget the great C-Files Easter Egg hunt is on!! A new one will be posted tomorrow!

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Easter Egg Hunt! 2/27/2017

by on February 27, 2017

It’s getting towards that season, Easter stuff is already filling store shelves.

So we thought, why not get in on it?

With C-File Easter eggs!! All through Season one we hid little Easter eggs in the strip. Mostly X-File related, some potentially not. We’ve already started them on Season Two as well. But we’ve got some time to kill before that release so Stephanie Marie and Cross figured why not go through and reveal the Easter eggs?

So that’s what we’re gonna do, once or twice a week until Easter we’re hunting on Facebook! We’ll post a strip near the beginning of the week and reveal the eggs at the end, in the meantime we’ll see just how many YOU can find!

You guys game? Cuz we are!

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy 2 scene 6 Jake and Kassied arrived at their initial destination only to find the entire town empty

The C-Files Tweener 3 one more bonus strip! This time with a nod to the old Ninja Turtles cartoon

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Did you survive? 2/20/2017

by on February 20, 2017

Well, Valentine’s day is over, and either you had plans to celebrate or avoid. Either way it can be a day to survive. Crowds, dates, last minute gifts you forgot to get and had to fight a mob to just get one dinky box of chocolate. In most cases you lived!

So now what?

Comics that’s what!

Yeah you knew we were going there. There’s nothing like a little sit down, and decompress with some good fiction after a day or week like V-day. Need comedy to cope with the singleness depression? Read the C-Files. Need some action to spend some pent up energy after battling crowds? The Sovereigncy is for you!

Go on, read some. You got today off anyways.

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy Vol 2 scene 5 We found out some more specifics about just what Jake and Kassie’s mission is.

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Be Our Valentine 2/13/2017

by on February 13, 2017

Well it’s that time of year again. Where almost everyone is skipping around throwing rose petals with little hearts beaming over their heads. While others scowl and hunker down till it blows over.

Yeah that’s right. Valentines Day.

Well whether you’re one of the skippy or the hunkers, we have something you can love. Comics! Oh yeah, what else did you think we’d say? Be it waiting in line for flowers, waiting for your date to get back from the restroom, or just needing a distraction to get through the day, or help to ignore it completely. We got ya covered. Just pull up The Mill on your mobile device or at home and read some Sov or C-Files, or heck ALL of it! It’s a great diversion or quiet time killer. Works great for both.

And just remember, we provide this service because we love you.

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy 2 scene 4 went up Saturday. And we met Maddie and Jake’s little girl for the first time.

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What’s Your Art? 2/6/2017

by on February 6, 2017

A lot of the time we only think of the visual spectrum when we say ‘art.’ Comics, painting, etc etc. However, we here at The Mill believe everyone has an art, and that extends well beyond the visual. There is an art to pretty much everything, if you apply yourself and have a passion for it. There’s an art to marketing, and art to lab work, to building computer, to programming, to pretty much everything.

The key is passion for what you do. Passion drives innovation, it drives creativity, it fuels artistry.

So our question to you this week, what is your art?

Is it comics? Drawing? Painting? Is it counseling? Computers? What do you do? What are you passionate about? What are you an artist of? Let us know! Share your passion!

In Case You Missed It (our passion):

The Sovereigncy Vol 2 week 3 went up Saturday and we learned a bit about what kind of training Jake went through as he was more or less groomed to be the Draconis.

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Working on stuff and thangs 1/30/2017

by on January 30, 2017

It’s been a busy first month of the year already. Volume 2 of The Sovereigncy is up and running, for its second week, we snuck you in another special C-Files Tweener, and behind the scenes. Well that’s where we’re really excited.

We can’t say just yet but in this month alone we’ve been working on a couple of big projects, one will be unveiled in a few months, the other is a massive piece of work that we’re making good headway in. It’s time consuming and we’re trying things we’ve never done before but that’s the beauty of it isn’t it? Try new things and grow.

So while we’re stretching our muscles and brain and learning new skills, we encourage you to do the same! If you’re an artist, try your hand at a piece that makes you anxious, if you’re a writer stretch that muscle and write something that puts your emotions out on a limb. And let us see it!

Let’s make February a month of growth! Post up your art and your pieces of writing on our Facebook page. Share! Even if you don’t like how something came out, or it makes you a little uneasy, that’s OK! Part of growth is stepping out on a thin limb and learning to fly awkward. We’re doing it, so can you!

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy Vol 2 Scene 2 In the middle of essentially expanse of nothing, trekking towards their goal, Kassie harasses Jake for some training, but gets something she wasn’t expecting

The C-Files Tweener 2 We gave you another little surprise! A second Tweener while we work on Season Two. (which is coming along nicely btw) What goes on behind closed meeting doors.

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The Sovereigncy Vol 2! 1/23/2017

by on January 23, 2017

Well we did it, made it to Volume Two of The Sovereigncy. And kicked it off this past Saturday! Both Cross and Kris are excited for this Volume, so many fun and cool things are in store. Twists, relationships, and so much more. New bad guys Cross is dying to sink her pencil into, plots and scenes Kris has been planning for a long long time.

While Volume One introduced you to the world of Terra, now with all the set up out of the way, Volume Two will take you deeper. So read up and keep up!

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy Vol 2 began The Church of the Alignment is still helping The Federation clean up the Devarian mess from Vol 1. Which means Jake is sent to investigate, and Kassie, still training as the Corora, is along for the ride.

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Volume Two Arrives! 1/16/2017

by on January 16, 2017

That’s right! This is the week! Volume 2 of The Sovereigncy begins this Saturday!

We’ve seen the rise of the new Corora, the sting of betrayal and subsequent fall of the Devarian leadership, the death of a friend and an enemy. We’ve learned just who and what the Royalty are, and have seen a generational long plan come to seemingly nothing. In Volume One we introduced you to all this and more, an entire world of people and races and powers. In 1.01 you spent some downtime with two characters we personally love. Learned a bit about Bella’s family, and saw where that relationship is heading.

And now comes Volume Two.

And the world of Terra expands. New locations visited. New characters introduced. New threats will rise.

Are you ready?

In Case You Missed It:
We gave you a tease for Volume Two

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Volume 2 is COMING! 1/9/2017

by on January 9, 2017

Oh yeah that’s right. We wrapped up The Sovereigncy 1.01 and Volume Two is just around the corner. This week we’ll give you a little teaser and then next week we go right on in to Volume 2!

But before that we thought it might be a good idea to give you all a quick summary of things that happened in Volume 1. Because let’s face it a lot happened. We introduced you to an entirely new world, new races, new people and concepts and it was a learning curve. Soooo….

VOL 1 RECAP:

Glossary of terms

Of the four Royalty that rule a hidden race of people called the Sa’rinians, only three were known. Both the Sa’rinians and their enemies (The Federation) raced to locate the Corora the final Royal. The Federation hoped to control or kill her and destabilize the Royalty. Though within The Federation, a race called Devarians had a plot all their own. To kidnap as many Arx’s as possible, kill them in one fell swoop, steal and funnel their powers into their own chosen one. Who could then rival and destroy all four Royals.

It was discovered that The Federations Presidents own daughter, Kassie, was the new Corora. A revelation that sped up the timeline of the Devarians plans. They raided Nova and kidnapped a host of Arx’s, strung them up and readied their spacial bomb. Though the Sa’rinian Royalty showed up and Nate usurped the bomb for his own purposes. Hoping to use the weapon as a means to hide his race from the collective memory of the planet, Nate set it off but to only a fizzle.

Now with the Devarians plot and betrayal exposed their leadership is imprisoned. Kassie has taken to studying and developing her powers with Jake. The Federation has sought the help of the Church of the Alignment in tracking down and ferreting out the depths of all the Devarians had been working on.

It was a busy Volume. And as always we encourage you all to read it through, if you haven’t read The Sovereigncy yet, now is the perfect time to start. If you have, now is the perfect time to refresh your memory. Because Volume Two is coming…..

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy 1.01.16 Wrapped up! Seb found a new way to access power and he does indeed enjoy it.

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Happy New Year!

by on January 2, 2017

Well that went fast.

We got a lot done in 2016. Wrapped up Volume One of The Sovereigncy, introduced and completed Season One of The C-Files. Updated the website. Got our paperwork filed for business….and guess what we even planned out 2017 like semi-responsible business people!

Wait….what?

We planned 2017?

Oh heck yeah.

And we got some big goals, and some exciting dates coming this year. The Mill will most definitely be busy. For the moment though we’ll just take it one announcement at a time. Mainly being, The Sovereigncy Volume Two is so eerily close. Namely January 21st! Yup that’s right just a couple short weeks away from the launch of an epic Volume. We’ve started production of it this past week and both Kris and Cross are super excited to sink their teeth into it. New characters, new locations, new enemies. Everything is churning and something great is in the making.

Which speaking of The Sovereigncy. Our short sweet story with Sebastian and Bella, (Sov 1.01) wraps itself up THIS Saturday! We had fun doing it and it was a nice bit of fresh air. But it all must come to an end sometime.

OH before we forget, Cross made another production video! Which you can find right here

In Case You Missed It:

The Sovereigncy 1.01.15 : Family dinner night went on with some prodding of the new boyfriend, Ryan. Just to see what he does. And Sarah turned down a job from a King.

The C-Files : What? Yeah that’s right, we surprised you all with a special ‘Tweener. A strip for fun and to help pass the time between Seasons. (Which there are more…just saying)

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