As you all can see, Chibi Cheerleaders is back up and running, with a new facelift, and (more importantly), new pages.

My plan going forward is to post pages every Tuesday. It might be just one pages (as the last two weeks have shown), or it might be multiple pages. It’s going to depend on a couple of factors:

• Pacing: i.e. would it make sense to post a couple of pages if it helps the storytelling out?
• How far ahead (or behind) I am: The good news is that I have a decent-sized buffer going into this re-launch. The pages are in various stages of completion, but they are there. So the number of pages posted each week will be in relation to how large or small that cushion is.
• Extra-curricular Activities: I’m still keeping myself busy with other projects in addition to Chibi Cheerleaders. As such, I want to make sure that they get their fair amount of time as well.

I realize that keeping updates to once per week may slow down the pace of the story to a crawl at times. But I’d rather guarantee that you’ll have one page per week (and that they’ll be posted on Tuesday), than go back to the erratic “well, you might get a page up on Thursday…or maybe Wednesday and two weeks from today” schedule that plagued the comic the last time.

I hope that you’ll enjoy this last act of the story.

Just wanted everyone to know (if you don’t know already) that Manga Studio 4 has been released to the public. I’ve had the opportunity to beta-test the program the last couple of months, and now that I’m free to talk about it, I’ll post a detailed review of the program this week.

The short version is that if you have enjoyed Manga Studio 3, you’re going to absolutely love MS4. While keeping the same basic structure as version 3 (which means that the MS4D Book will still be useful to a degree), there are many, many improvements that will help you produce some great digital artwork.

So, keep your eyes peeled for a review later this week!

In the meantime, you can pick up a copy of the program for the PC (the Mac version should be out later this year) at Smith Micro’s website (http://my.smithmicro.com/win/graphics.html).