Quick Update!
Hi everyone!
Sorry again for the long, long radio silence–you may have already read up about the situation on my blog, but if you haven’t, the long and short of it is I had a tremendously difficult couple of years rife with job insecurity, upheaval, and grief–particularly culminating in the loss of my dad–in which I needed to take some time away for bereavement and recuperation.
Now I’m back to working on Brainchild, and boy do I have ideas! Some big ideas about the future of the story, and how I plan to continue making it and sharing with you all–but before trying anything drastically different, I knew that finishing chapter 4 in the usual format was a priority.
That is why…it’s done! All remaining 34(!) (that’s a lot) pages of Brainchild Chapter 4 are completely penciled, and you can read the black and white roughs for the next 5(!!!) pages ahead on Patreon right now. And no, this doesn’t mean I’m switching to a paid model for the comic–once these are all fully inked and colored to the usual level of completion (which I am toiling away at as we speak), they will go up for free on the site as always, for which we’re looking at a timeframe of the next several months. Please have just a little more patience until then! The Patreon feed will update weekly on Sundays (meaning yup, there’s another update coming right after this!) which I might bump up to even more frequently depending on how far ahead my inking + coloring schedule takes me…and there are a couple of juicy double updates down the line, too. Seriously, check out how far ahead this sucker will be going, I mean it.
I’ve always been reticent about taking money in exchange for this work due to the very nature of life often ensuring that there’d be gaps like this last one in which I was unable to deliver–which is why I’ve only felt comfortable setting this up knowing 1. I’ll be delivering a complete package (yippee!!) on an automated schedule with no guesswork involved for either myself or my audience, and 2. it won’t be punishing to anyone who doesn’t have the will or the means–think of this as a little nice-to-have if you’re so inclined while I continue to get the pages Main Site Ready™.
…aaaaand, as I’ve been continually vaguely teasing at, since right now there is nothing more that I care about than the future of Brainchild, this Patreon may serve as the experimental testing grounds for some additional ideas in the near future…
Stay tuned, and thanks for waiting!
You’re not dead! And neither is the comic! Two pieces of good news!
To be honest, I had assumed that Brainchild had quietly died like so many webcomics do, and was sad to see it go. But then I got a notice from my RSS reader that the site had updated! Happy to hear that not only are you OK, but that the comic will be returning. Sorry to hear about your dad, though. My condolences.
i didnt expect to see you in my rss feed today, wow! welcome back, we hope you are doing well !
ack ! did i reply on accident ?? it seems i did…..
Wow! I can’t believe it when I saw the update in my feed! I’m glad to see that you want to continue this project after all this time!
SO COOL
I’m really pumped, I was just checking up on my old feeds the other day and I saw on your blog that you had posted. More than the comic, I’m glad u are doing well… but new updates is a nice bonus too
Return of the king! What a treat to have you back. I fell in love with this comic years ago. It really has something special. You know those memes where they say how many billions of years there have been in existence and we’re lucky enough to experience [insert media]. That’s how I feel here. I lost my dad in the past few years as well. It completely rocks your world. Everything changes. To have you come back is no small feat. As a complete stranger, I’m proud of you :)
Glad you are still alive and sorry you had to go through all that!!!!! <3<3<3 We are still here :) <3
she’s alive!!!!!!!! the webcomic lives!!!!!! i couldnt believe my eyes when my rss feed reader showed an update for this webcomic lol
Oh hey, you’re alive.
Man, I hadn’t thought about Brainchild in a long time but thanks to the magic of RSS, here I am!
!!! You’re back! Brainchild is back! This makes me very happy, I’ve been so sad to see the site go silent! I’m sorry for your struggles and your loss, but I’m so thankful that you’ve managed to come out on the other side of it more or less in working order. This is an engaging and highly original story and I’ll be waiting excitedly to see how it continues to develop. ❤️
Wow I was not expecting to see this in my RSS feed. I’m really glad you’re back and I’m sorry you had to go through all that.
I read the comic during the hiatus and added it to my RSS feed just in case you came back, and I’m so glad I did!!!!! Super excited :-D