UTC: Urgent Transformation Crisis

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Update Schedule – Now With Quarterly Breaks

on May 19, 2021 at 1:58 pm
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Moving forward, I’ve come up with a way to give myself consistent, scheduled weeks off (as opposed to trying to put a page out every week and only delaying it when I crash). I’m going to try sticking to the once-per-Monday schedule, BUT for months that have 5 Mondays, the comic will skip the last one.

That starts now, which means there won’t be a comic the week of May 31.

There are four such months per year, so that rounds out to a week off each quarter.

That will allow me either a break if I need one, or I can try to get ahead on the comic. It’ll depend on how I feel at the time. Since it’s pre-planned, there’s no guilt attached. And the comic will still consistently update 4 times every month.

Plus, if I can stick to that schedule (barring unforeseen circumstances that would force another hiatus), Phase Three will be finished by late 2022! Going by page count, we just hit the halfway mark. “Double Date” closes out in June, and Chapter 14 will roll out over the second half of this year.

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New Fanart of Noah!

on April 4, 2021 at 7:15 pm
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A couple weeks ago, a fan named Etienne sent me this drawing of Noah. It’s the first piece of unsolicited art I’ve received for UTC in a very long time, and suffice to say, I’m thrilled to bits!

This pic has been added to the Fanart section. Thank you, Etienne!

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Page 280 Coming March 16

on March 13, 2021 at 7:52 pm
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I’m going to take an extra day finishing up the next page. It will go live on Tuesday.

I realize delays have become a common occurrence. Between my day job getting more stressful and all of the ongoing, you know, things, I’ve been prioritizing giving myself downtime without then punishing myself by staying up half the night drawing. I feel as long as I can average four pages a month, the comic is in good shape.

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Next Page Coming February 22

on February 13, 2021 at 1:39 pm
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Another week, another roadblock, it seems. My job has been very demanding the past two weeks. I haven’t so much as been able to pick up a pencil since Monday.

This situation is personally frustrating because it comes after two other weeks of comic delays. I WANT to draw. I have a script, I have the materials, I have the next page ready to go. But in the interests of my health, it would be much wiser to take the weekend and relax, rest my hand (11 hours a day of using a keyboard and mouse has done a number on it), and work on the comic during the next week…when, hopefully, the situation at work will calm down.

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Next Page Delayed to February 9

on January 31, 2021 at 2:00 am
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[UPDATE 2/7: I’ll need one more day to finish the page. Last week left me with very little time to do any art. This is the final delay.]

There are some elements of page 276 that haven’t been coming together right, so I’m taking an extra week to rework the page.

In the meantime, I’m progressing the chapter behind the scenes by doing more concept sketches and drawing a page that’s already fully planned out, which is going more smoothly than page 276, and will eventually save time in the long run by giving me a little buffer the week we reach that page!

Hope to see you back here next week.

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