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goodbye 2016....you won't be missed
by nebezial, 1 hour and 33 minutes ago
Journals / Personal
well time to write up a journal.
this was a horrible year. in fact it came on the heels of a bad year already... i was today harshly reminded of my absence here. i guess silence doesn't do much and i just never dealt with commiseration well... however as it affects my readership i probably should lay the cards on the table and answer some frequently asked questions as well.
for the last two years i exerted myself with overworking for some very simple reasons. there were family members with somesevere health issues and i was the only one able to provide the financial backing.
so i did what i do best... i drew tilll it hurt.
at times i would produce two full color comics a month +other stuff as well.
you can only burn the candle on both ends for so long before the flames meet and you burn out.
still, i kept going beyond that point and it caused health issues for me as well. still family health problems seemed to subside. and then as some of you may know things took a dark turn and my mom died on halloween.
so yeah. fuck 2016.
i am doing better now. my arm issues have subsided, so i'm back doing what i do. i write and i draw.
so this misery of a year aside, what does 2017 have in store for us?
hell if i know, but i can tell you my plans.
many asked ybout switch and death vigil.
well, here are some harsh truths. switch and death vigil were financial failures. death vigil less than switch, but nevertheless they never found a market to put it in corporate terms. not big on that but at the end of the day, rent must be paid.
those two, alongside ravine present 3 beloved stories that i wanted to tell
so, will i tell them?
well, thanks to sunstone... yes.
sunstone , my erotic comedic romance ended up being a sucess i never expected just as it was the story i never planned on writing.
and now it is the salvation to my other projects.
so, 2017.
january to march i will be posting the last 3 issues of switch here for free. there is no point in printing them as the earnings would barely cover printing and distribution.
after those 3 issues are done i will sentd the trade to print.
switch will also be the very last standard single issue comic i produce. from here on out, i'm makinggraphic novels only. so basically full ytory in one book.
after switch is done, i will decide whether i will make death vigil lost childhood or the second volume of death vigil in 2017. may end up making a poll..who knows.
those among you curious about ravine... well, if death vigil and switch were low sellers, ravine was a financial abyss XD
truth is sales on that book were so low there is no way i could justify carrying on....
unfortunately... or fortunately, i was never a smart businessman. i do intend to make ravine volume 3, and give the series one last chance at life. there will be more info on it as 2017 progresses.
now, on the topic of tutorials and stuff like that, i started a twitch channel. i figured i could do q and a demonstrations or whatever there. microphone is still an issue but i will have that worked out very soon as well.
i don't know that's all that comes to mind right now, but if you have some additional questions, feel free to ask.
Stjepan
