It's only creepy if you get caught.
What? A date?
Why yes, that would be the whole theme for this chapter!
Oh I’m sorry, what?
Oh, UP-date! Yes, it is an update! Enjoy!
So this is being posted on the seventh anniversary of the launch of Mischief in Maytia. In some ways I’m amazed it has been so long, but at the same time surprised it has only been that long…
But of course, the comic hasn’t updated in three and a half years. So what exactly is going on?
The last couple years have been crazy. Last year alone I switched between four different jobs, and only one of those changes was truly by choice. I had one job that fired me and another that went out of business. I also had to move between four different homes since the last time I was able to update the comic regularly. To top it all off, this year I’ve learned first-hand how vile of a mental illness anxiety is.
The end result of all this is that I’ve had other things that have taken priority over making a webcomic. Do I still want to make this comic? Yes. Is it a wise use of my time at the moment? Not really.
I’d like to start talking about the possibility of getting it going again this next year because I may have finally settled in to a good long-term job. But honestly it is still too early for me to tell what kind of spare time I will be able to manage. If things go well, I will resume work. If not, I’m going to have to spend my time pursuing other plans.
I’ll say this: I long to be spending my time in creative pursuits. Once I have something that I can share with the world again, I will mention here, whether it is a comic or not.
Thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you next year!
So we’re starting a new year and I thought I’d take some time to be frank about why there still are no new pages and where things are headed.
First of all, I’m not giving up on the comic. I can’t really say I’m working on it at this time, but I still plan to resume work.
My real-life situation has been keeping me from doing much for a while. In the last two years I’ve had to move twice, and I began working a job where I had to spend five hours a day commuting. Now I have to move again and I’ll be starting a new job in a week from today. I’m going to be busy for the next while, but this should turn out for the better. I should have more time, I should have a set schedule, but I’m also not going to make any promises right now. (I kind of learned after the last news post that such optimism isn’t always fruitful.)
To speak a little more directly about the future of the comic, I will say that I definitely want to resume work on it. However, I will also say that I don’t want to resume work on it until I can devote enough time to have a reasonably consistent schedule. There are too many pages in the upcoming story that I just don’t feel right letting them hang for months at a time. They were written to be read in succession, so I will work on them when they can be posted in succession. Will that be this year? That would be nice, but I don’t want to get people’s hopes up when I haven’t even worked a single day of my new job.
I don’t know where the future is going, but I’m still looking for the chance to let this comic be a part of that future.
Okay, I’ll admit, things have been flaky around here. I’ve posted just one new page this whole year.
This isn’t the place to go into all the details of my personal life, but I will say this: I moved just at the end of last year, and where I am living now has not been a good environment for working on this comic. On top of that, I’ve had other matters that have simply taken priority; things like work and looking for work and work-like stuff that technically isn’t work but should be.
And where do I stand right now? Well right now I am actually about to move again, and that’s taking time away from being able to work on this comic.
However, I anticipate that once I’ve settled in to this new place, I’ll have a much better environment for working on this comic, and possibly a bit more time that I can spend on it to. I haven’t forgotten the comic, and I have been working on the next page. (I’ve got drawings I’ve made, I promise!) Once I’ve settled in at my new home, my plan is to resume regular updates on the comic.
So I’ll see you then! Keep your eyes peeled!