Delays, delays, delays
Hi all! Just popping in to let you know that despite the lack of updates, this comic still isn’t dead. I’ve just been focusing on paying projects for other people.
Jonny Crossbones will begin updating regularly again on May 31st, 2017. I know that’s a long time away, but in the meantime I’ll have drawn another entire 1 and a half graphic novels, and I’ll be working up a bit of a buffer.
I know the delays are irritating, and I’m sorry. My goal for 2017 is to try to make Jonny Crossbones my full-time gig, and, well, if it doesn’t work out I’m probably going to quit comics and figure out my next move. I’m turning 40 this year and it’d be nice to make a living. Wish me luck!
That’s very nice of you to pay projects for other people. I hope they appreciate your paying their projects for them. 🙂
I wish you luck. I know other comic artists whose comics may support them or at least make a meaningful dent in their needs, and Jonny is surely not one drop less worthy than another of the others. I hope you can achieve your goals, if only for my own selfish reasons. Jonny Crossbones has been a favorite of mine since quite shortly after you began publishing it online. I have loved it for years.
Thanks, Sean, I really appreciate it! I go back and forth on how optimistic I am that I can pull this off. I’ve been working full time as a cartoonist for over a decade now, and only a few years have I actually made enough to be comfortable. I just want to make it work.
This is just the truth: I do not understand at all how it wouldn’t be going better. Honestly, your work is really very good–probably you don’t need me to tell you that. How are you not the in-demand guy? I don’t get it.
Oh, let me stick a personal compliment in here. I am very literate with words but not so… graphicate(?) “literate in pictures.” I love comics but I often have a hard time knowing what is going on. Your style is beautiful and I never get lost. Being aware of my deficiency, I still consider it a flaw in the artist if I get lost too much trying to read the pictures. Your stuff is so pleasant to read graphically.
Hoping that you will achieve the stability and creative outlets you are craving in 2017 that you can keep on up with your passion – and providing us with more Jonny Crossbones!
Start a Patreon page, and I will help you keep Jonny Crossbones going
I would donate to it.
It’s in the works, but I feel weird asking for donations while I’m not updating, and I’ve got a couple hundred pages of a book I’m already contracted for to do before I can start updating again…
You are incredibly talented, and fingers are crossed for you. I’m selfishly hoping you find a way to keep this comic going. The art and story hooked me from the start. Delays are aok, you gotta do the paying gigs. Have you ever thought about opening a zazzle or cafe express, to have Johnny mugs, tshirts, ect? I bet a lot of us would buy merch. And as far as a patreon goes…you could offer background wallpaper to download? A monthly quick sketch? Or maybe just a tip jar link on the site? A kickstarter to fund some of the story so far released in book form as book one? I’d back that in a heartbeat. Anyways, best of luck!