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I hope you’ll read to the end of this. There’s some bad news and some good news, but overall I think it’s positive.
So the comic you know of as Mythdirection is now gone. After some soul-searching I realized it had become a chore. It wasn’t fun to do anymore and the comic never found it’s audience. That’s okay. I think it’s far better to know when it’s time to quit than to keep going with something because you feel like you have to.
That’s all of the bad news. In the good news department I’m just shifting creative outlets (again).I’m reading a lot more. It’s been years since I’ve had to urge to read this much. It’s helping me find fresh ideas and try new things. Right now, I feel like I’m being called to do some longer format comics like a short story or a multi-panel strip. I need to ruminate on that for a while though because I have some skill limitations I need to overcome before I’ll be happy to show them on a regular basis. I think I’ll be putting up some of the experimental stuff on Patreon but that won’t be for a while (You can follow me there without spending any money).
As part of this break I’ll be focusing all of my creative energy on NaNoWriMo in November. It’s been six years since I’ve done one and I feel like I need to do one again. I’m not sure how I’ll share it as it progresses, so if you have ideas let me know.
Not so bad huh? I don’t think it is either. I look forward to seeing those of you who join me on this journey but I know not everyone will, and that’s okay too.
Sorry folks, no comic today. I’m getting ready for the Firefly Handmade Market this weekend in Downtown Boulder (part of Fall Fest!)
I’ll be hanging with the Boulder County Indie Authors between 10th and 11th on Pearl this Saturday. I’m there from 10am – 1pm and signing books for the back half of that from 11:30a to 1p.
I don’t expect you to buy something but I’d love the say hi to people who read the comic. There’s a ton to do and free parking in the city garages so get there early and beat the crowds.
Just a quick update.
I’ve been packing for a big move and the comic has slipped through the cracks. For now, the comic will only be on Wednesdays until I get into my new place.
Thanks for your ongoing support!
So the comic is officially on hiatus for two weeks and a little explanation is in order.
I started a new job back at the end of November and the schedule with it took some getting used to. Now that things have settled down, I find that I’m having a hard time building in the required time to do the comic. It happens in clumps instead of the usual pacing. This has caused me a few misses lately.
I don’t like missing a delivery of the comic for all of you. So instead of having an erratic delivery schedule I’m taking the two weeks off to build up a pad of comics so I can always have several ready to go. I managed to get a good jump on pencils yesterday, but nothing was completed.
Thanks for your ongoing support and I’ll be back in two weeks with some more funny. Until then peruse the archive and have enjoy some older laughs.
On the blog today…
- There’s a blog?
- Upcoming show
- DINK 2018
- Holy Cow
- A Small Request
There’s a blog?
Well now there this. I’m planning on posting infrequently but I hope you’ll appreciate the updates. Read through the rest of the blog to see the kind of stuff I’ll be posting.
Upcoming Show
While plans are still in the works, it looks like I’ll have some of my work in the art show at Mile Hi Con. If you’ve been wanting a print of something specific, now is the time to mention it so I can make one for you. Mile Hi Con is the biggest literary sci-fi/fantasy con in the Denver area but has a lot of great crossover. It’s big enough to be worth the value but small enough to not get overwhelming. It is October 27-29, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Denver Tech Center.
DINK 2018
If you recall, I went to DINK last year and had a good time. Unfortunately it’s just not the right show for Mythdirection. DINK is focused more on the art and my comic is not fine art. Heck the jokes are pretty moldy. So I’ll be skipping it this coming year. I will probably instead try to go to MalCon in 2018 and probably an additional con (still researching).
Holy Cow
So Friday I posted this comic.
In the Twitter link I tagged NASA. So sometime Friday ASAPScience found it and replied to it and then Matthew Inman found that tweet and replied with his own comic response.
As a little guy in the webcomic world having Matthew Inman (of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens fame) reply to me with a quick drawing had me over the moon.
I don’t know if he’ll ever know what that quick little drawing will mean to me but words fail to grasp how happy I was.
If you’re not familiar with The Oatmeal, this is my favorite one.
A Small Request
Two years and two months. 331 comics.
Some good, some bad but that’s a lot of work for something I thought I’d give up on several times. There are no plans to stop the comic but there are costs associated with it.
This morning the power cord on my ancient MacBook died. It’s the workhorse behind the comic. That was an $80 expense I was not planning for. Back in May I was laid off from a job of five years. At the end of the month I lose most of my benefits and at the end of October all of my benefits go away. I’m starting to panic a little bit. I’m working on getting some side projects up but there’s a couple of things you can do to help right now.
First check out my Patreon Page. Patreon lets you make a recurring payment to an artist in order to support them. For me it’s as little as a dollar a month but if you want to do more I have some additional benefits for supporting the comic.
You can also make a one time donation through PayPal by using the link, https://www.paypal.me/mythdirection.
Patreon and donations first go to art supplies, hosting, and helping offset costs associated with going to conventions. As I’ll be sending off money for MileHiCon soon, donating helps me there too.
Of course if this is something you can’t do I totally get that. If you can’t, could you consider sharing this blog around instead?
Thanks for reading, now get back to whatever you were doing before this came across your screen.