Current mood:

calm

I'm ba-aack. . . .
Well, I'm well aware these last few months have made me few friends. After all, I'm certainly not the most personable person there is. . . about the only thing I offer most of the people who read this is my comic. Which hasn't been updating for almost three months now. If you even occasionally stop by the site any more, you would have found out why.

But enough of that. You don't care. . . what you want to know is. . . when the hell is Tourniquet updating again. . . right?

The answer is: tonight. Because three of my readers saw fit to call in a few commissions, and the freelance agency I now use did the rest. I am officially reeling in more money as a freelance artist than I could at my full-time job. By a lot. I quit as of yesterday. I've never been happier. And though the majority of my confidence comes from the contract I have with Tattoo Apparel, and their new reaper line (more about that on my site) the majority of the thanks goes out to the three readers out there who offered me work, and the others who offered me encouragement. I really had to know there were a few of my readers out there who were willing to support a free comic, and not just spam me hate mail, before I was going to quit my job in order to continue updating it.

I think I speak for all free webcomic writers and artists when I make the following statement:

It's free. You have a right to bitch, moan and yell all you want. . . but that's not going to encourage us to update any time sooner. If someone were to walk up to you on the street and hand you a free sandwich, would you complain they didn't get there soon enough?

For all of you who were patient, I honestly and truly apologize. If you're reading this now, I'm glad you stuck it out so long. I was working upwards of 45 hours a week, and though I occasionally had days off, and free time at nights, the last thing I wanted to do was work MORE. Thank you for your patience.

The wait is over now. Look for an update tonight.

- Rukis