So, how to put this...
If you don’t want to read just know that there is a strawpoll which concerns the future of this comic, if you want to vote on it click HERE. The options are explained further in this post, the poll will be open until October 23rd.
I know this is long but please read: How you probably realized if you went trough my blog today (in that case thank you for following me :3) I didn’t manage to complete page 14 as promised so I had to post just page 13. I’m not only incredibly sorry for that, as much as I would like to say it’s not entirely my fault, it’s still my responsibility so I’m gonna own to that and admit it’s mostly my fault, and I’m really really sorry for that.
Moreover the reason I delayed this post so much is that I had to study very hard and then I moved to another city so I had a lot of stuff to do before I could go back drawing. At this time I’m also depending on one of my roommates to use their computer to draw the pages and this has proven incredibly time-consuming and impractical, which is partially the reason because of which Page 14 has not been completed by today’s deadline.
I don’t personally like to make these kinds of posts but I want to be honest with you: due to my university’s schedule and my current financial and free time situation I won’t be able to continue this comic’s development as I would like. I can’t afford to spend my time on a personal hobby at the moment, but I can definitely spend my time on a job, so here are what options I thought I may pursue to keep going from now on:
Option 1: I’ll keep going with weekly updates of the comic as well as exclusive content and sneak peeks on Patreon, as long as I start getting some sort of support for it. I don’t want anyone to feel like this is any kind of ultimatum, because it is not: As I stated earlier I can’t afford to spend weekly time on this unless I can get some revenue out of it, that would help me fund some stuff I absolutely need to keep working on the comic, to stop being dependent from others to continue it, etc. etc. and I can do that only if you help me. The reason because of which this isn’t an ultimatum is because if you don’t want to fund the comic in any way, which is completely understandable, I won’t stop making the content featured until now, I just won’t make any exclusive content for the moment being, which brings us to..
Option 2: I’ll keep going with occasional updates of the comic, which I will do even without support but I won’t be able to keep them regular. I feel like this is self-explanatory. What I want you to know is both that I don’t really know how I will continue it occasionally at this time (meaning I’ll have to work on that in the near future before I can continue the comic), and also that there is still over 105 comic pages planned before this single story is over. I say single story because I planned another (which is not completely defined in its details yet but I have a general idea atm). I’m telling you this because not only I want every one of you to know how important this comic is to me, but how much work there is still to do before this journey is over. However, there is still…
Option 3: I’ll stop going on with the comic. The engagement hasn’t been the best lately, and I fully understand this is because I’ve been posting really rarely due to a lot of situations I’ve already explained throughout this post. I would get why if nobody would actually wanted to fund the comic, and I get why this must’ve been a disappointment due to the various delays etc. I want you to know that if you followed the comic and if this disappointed you I am very sorry. I am still very grateful no matter support, following, liking, funding, etc. to any of you that followed the comic, read the pages and enjoyed my content, and I will always be. That’s why there is also…
Option 4: Your suggestion… I’m honestly out of ideas, these three were the best I had based on what any of you would be willing for me to do with my work, so I leave this one open to you. Feel free to prompt any alternative solution in my Private Messages or through the blog’s asks.
Meanwhile for anyone that feels in line with the options I thought of feel free to vote on the strawpoll and I’ll keep in consideration both the poll and your personal suggestions. Once again I feel like I should thank you for your consideration, your attention and your support. I really hoped I could make something out of this comic because it’s the first piece of my work I actually got any kind of support for and I won’t ever be thankful enough for that. I’ll wait for your decision and prompts until October 23rd, in the meantime page 14 might be out for October 16th, but I can’t promise anything; I will however prepare some exclusive content for eventual new patrons and I will most certainly post some honorable mentions from my inktober (which I’m doing traditionally) on my personal blog.
Once again, thank you for your support and for your attention, I’ll post again soon :)