The Heartstopper webcomicâs first update dropped on September 1st 2016. Today, on April 11th 2026, the story has concluded.
I donât quite know how to put all of my feelings into one letter. Heartstopper means more to me than words can express, but Iâll try my best.
Heartstopper has defined the past decade of my life. It started as a fun side project and quickly grew into something much bigger, eventually becoming my career. Despite that huge and unexpected change, making the Heartstopper comic feels the same to me as it did on day one. When I sit down to make Heartstopper, I feel at peace. When the world feels so scary and difficult, I have been able to return to Heartstopper, and everything feels okay again for a little while.Â
Nick and Charlie first appeared as supporting characters in my first novel, âSolitaireâ. In Solitaire, Nick and Charlie represent the idea that hope, love, joy and connection can persist and thrive despite the trials and tribulations of being alive. So maybe itâs ironic that Nick and Charlie have come to represent this in my own life. They have brought me joy. They have given me purpose. They have given me everything, really. And Iâm so grateful for every moment I have spent with them.
Heartstopper is profoundly special to me. Which makes it extremely hard to say goodbye.
But it is time. I always knew that Nick going to university would be the end point of the story. And despite how sad I am to be bidding farewell to these characters, I am so, so proud and excited to have made it to the end and concluded the story exactly the way I wanted to.
Any webcomic creator can tell you that making a webcomic requires a heavy amount of determination and endurance. To draw a page almost every day for the past ten years has required a lot of sacrifice and a lot of energy. But every moment was worth it. And now that it is complete, Nick and Charlieâs story can be experienced from beginning to end, for the rest of forever.
I wouldnât have made it here alone. From the very start, Heartstopperâs readers have offered so much support, love, community, conversation, and enthusiasm. Knowing that there are people out there who love these characters just like I do has given me the strength to keep going. Iâve also had the support of many colleagues, friends, and family members, whoâve all helped in different ways at various points in the past decade. Thank you so, so much to everyone who has been here for the journey.Â
I have no idea what Iâll make next. For now, Iâm taking a break. And I know that Nick and Charlie wonât simply vanish. I expect I will always return to drawing them and writing about them, probably in smaller ways, for the rest of my life, as long as my body allows.
Nick and Charlie will forever be in my heart, hand in hand on a beach somewhere.
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