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We are here to amend this problem. We have been bogged down with studies recently, but now that I have graduated, I can start contributing more time to the strip. Remember how last post I mentioned that there was going to be something to fill the hiatus? Well, it’s only HALF of a lie now, because I’m going to start posting that material now. </p> <p>For the next 16 posts, we will be updating MWF with a mini graphic novel I wrote and illustrated for a class on graphic novels I took last semester. I knew I couldn’t draw this and EBF at the same time, and I had intended on posting the pages I was working on as I finished them, but I did the project in such a strange way that I didn’t have any completed pages until a few days before I had to turn it in. So, here it is, <i>Useless Words</i>. It’s a story about a painter named Ben and his friend Jill. Enjoy. </p> <p>Exotic Birds and Fruit will resume in mid February. <b>If you’re new to the site</b>, click the “First” navigation button in the green bar to read through Exotic Birds and Fruit. It has nothing to do with the story you are reading now. </p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cover-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cover-web.jpg" alt="" title="cover" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-191" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/copyright-page-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/copyright-page-web.jpg" alt="" title="copyright-page" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-192" /></a></p> <p class="postmetadata alt"> <small> This entry was posted on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am and is filed under <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a>. </small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> Exotic Birds and Fruit © 2008 Jon Swihart and Nick Martens <br />  </div> </div>  </body> </html>