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Rah, so clearly there’s no page today. I’m hoping to have some up in June some time. I want to wrap up this chapter by the end of June (and there are only about 5 more page in it). However, there is some big news regarding the comic.
Updates are going to be put on the bottom of my priorities from now on. This means updates monthly, or every other month. This decision was not an easy one, but it is either this or quit the comic entirely. Since I am still unable to leave the characters behind and leave their stories unfinished, I chose this option. I made this decision some time this week after reading a bad review (of another comic) and realizing A LOT of criticisms for that webcomic, are problems I see in my own work. I’ve been continuing with No Crap! for some time, and trying like hell to fix all the mistakes I made, but instead of doing that, I’m only really adding on tangents and more things that will need fixing later on. The only way to truly fix this story would be to restart it, and I just don’t have it in me to do that. This comic always started as an experiment, but I’ve already put four (nearly five) years into it, trying to make it more than that, and I don’t see the end in sight. Honestly, I’m almost 25, and I don’t want to be 30 before I can start my first “real” comic.
I feel kind of silly stopping now when I just tried so hard recently to regain readership, but I think in the end, this is the right decision to make. My readers (you guys) have been absolutely wonderful to me from the start and I just wanted to express my unending gratitude for it. It was due to you that I knew I was capable of improvement and storytelling, and your encouragement that kept me going up until this point. I can only hope some of you will follow me unto my next project (which is going to be written out beforehand, so none of the mistakes that happened with NC! will repeat themselves).
Just to reiterate: I am not quitting No Crap! permanently. I am merely going to start updating when I feel like and not keep myself to any schedule, so I can focus on new work. If it comes to the point that I’m unable to continue drawing pages, there will be completion on some level, even if it is in the form of summarized chapters in prose form. If you don’t want to have to keep coming to the page to keep checking for updates since they’re going to be sporadic from now on, there are a few different ways to do this.
Add the RSS: HERE or the RSS on LIVEJOURNAL: HERE to get updates on your LJ friends pages.
I guess if you want to follow progress on any new project I decide upon, you can also follow my sketch blog for preview art and etc. HERE. (Very few posts are members only. Probably spoilers/excessive detail on future story/stories. Even people that aren’t that popular need to worry about their work getting jacked, and I don’t want to finally release a new comic only to find someone used my ideas somewhere else. I DO NOT LIKE THAT.)
Feel free to leave any questions you may have in comments, or email, and I will try my best to answer them.
June 12th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I just wanted to say that while I totally understand and support your decision, you shouldn’t give up due to your age! Lots of successful comic and webcomic creators don’t hit their stride and start getting renown and making a living off their craft until their 30’s, so you still have 5 years, AT LEAST, to really make it happen.
In the meantime, I will definitely be following your sketch blog!
June 12th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
haha. Well I’m not entirely worried about the age factor. I plan to make comics for as long as I enjoy it and have ideas for them, so I don’t mind being older and making comics, but I do want to be making something I’m more proud of and that I could possibly print. I feel my own problems with NC! keep me from truly branching out in self-advertising and possibly gaining more recognition as of right now.
June 13th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Ah, well that I totally understand… that’s what made me reboot my own comic twice, haha. Well, I wish you best of luck and can’t wait to see more from you in the future, and I will be checking this for definite. For the record, though, your art is beautifully done and I think very marketable. You have an interesting, aesthetic style!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I’ll be sorry not to have my weekly doses of your wonderful, wacky comic, but I wish you all the best for the future!
July 16th, 2009 at 12:35 am
I personally enjoy your comic, and believe reviews by one or even a few people are crap usually, even if they say something good. Mainly just ’cause EVERYONE in this Blasted world ,that will eventually be conquered by my future hordes of zombies, has distinct taste and no two people’s common-likes and dislikes may be EXACTLY the same. I love your Art, how it progresses, and the little Mini-Cartoony sides- kinda reminds me of that FCLC anime- Screwed up sure. but funny as hell. so yeah, I’m just glad your not QUITTING the comic, Or else I would be SEVERELY disapointed that I just spent the better part of my free-day on the comic laughing my ass off to some of it (Love Wolf. Awesome Character) and totally just ENJOYING the comic, so if you want a Review of the comic by the people that actually count: the Readers who’s Taste you bring out. I give you a 10/10.
P.S. Love Surfing the internet occasionally and just finding good reads, Mostly webcomics, a few online novels… Not all are very good, but I defently enjoy No Crap! ~<3 Much Love.
July 25th, 2009 at 3:45 am
Hey, just started reading your comic last night. Read the whole thing and I love it. Your art has improved so much over the course of the comic too. Glad to see that this comic is still continuing, and look forward to reading.
PS. Also like that when you search ‘bearcat’ on google images, the first pic is just like that picture of the bearcat Wolf is talking about.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:38 am
I’m so glad there are a few new pages. Your comic is my favorite and I would hate for it to dissapear all together. I love your plot and your foreshadowing besides your art, it’s a good story with humor, I just want the foreshadowing to actually end up in the story, otherwise I just twiddle my thumbs tracking the rss feed waiting. and waiting. and waiting. and waiting. AND THEN I GET ALL EXCITED! And then the waiting again.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work - you’ve provided me with hours of entertainment!
I appreciate you saying you’ll still continue to publish (if far and few between), I’m quite hooked on the story. =)
Good luck on your endevours of a new comic!! I’m sure you’ll succeed, and when you do, I’ll be there, avidly awaiting more of your wonderful creations! =3