After a hiatus that’s stretched on for far longer than originally intended, Dark Places will be resuming again… tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow.
Stuff you should know!
New chapter! New characters, new locations, new adventures!
Wednesday is the new Tuesday – The comic will be updating midweek from now on, as this makes it easier to space updates of Extra Content throughout the week.
Updates will be fortnightly – that is, every other Wednesday, at least to start with. I was waiting until I could get a buffer of strips built up before resuming the weekly updates, but this hasn’t gone according to plan, so I figure that slow updates is better than no updates. This shouldn’t last too long, and once I’ve got things under control the regular weekly update pattern will resume.
Once again, thank you all for your patience.
First off, apologies for the ongoing hiatus, which is stretching a bit beyond the two week between-chapters break that I’d intended. I am working on Chapter 3, but it’s slow going. Blah blah burnout blah motivation blah time management blah blah distractions blah – you’ve probably heard the excuses before so I’ll not bore you by trotting them out again.
Instead, I will say this: I’m aiming to have Dark Places resume updates at the start of November, which is… ack, a couple of weeks away. I’ve got a bunch of new characters and settings that I’m looking forward to showing you, and hope to do so without too much delay. I think you’ll like them.
In the meantime, I would like to offer my most sincere thanks for your support and indeed your patience during the past almost-a-year’s-worth of stories. I hope I will continue to earn it over the stories to come.
This Saturday September 19th is Worldwide D&D Game Day, celebrating the release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2. The last Game Day back in May was a lot of fun, and the fine people at Eclectic Games went all-out to make a big day of it. Best FLGS ever.
This time around is likely to be no different, with games running throughout the day, except this time I’m going to be busting out the traditional media and drawing character portraits for those who want them.
I am reminded that September 19th is also International Talk Like A Pirate Day. I think the only way it could get even more awesome would be if it were declared Backrubs For Webcomic Artists Day as well.
After spending most of yesterday beating code with hammers, the Dark Places site has had a bit of a redesign. The visible difference should be fairly slight – shiny new navigation buttons above and below the comic page, some rejigging of sidebars, and that’s about it. There are still a couple of minor layout things to fix, and if you see anything that looks really broken, please do let me know.
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