I’m not happy about this. Lately I’ve been wildly careening visually from comic to comic, and it’s driving me crazy. Recently I’ve committed to too many personal projects, as well as a Superfogeys: Origin story, all of which take up a fair bit of my time. Bullfinch isn’t some four panel gag strip with a dog or a stay at home dog getting into brief hijinks. It encompasses a lot of story ideas and characters who need lots of space. I put a lot of work into my comic and I want it to be as strong artistically as it can be. So when I find myself rushing to finish everything my work suffers. It’s not fair to me and it’s not fair to my readers, but it happens and it stresses me out.
Taking a few weeks off will allow me to finish things I committed to and allow me some time to experiment on other types of art as well. It will also let me get Bullfinch back on track both story-wise and artistically. I’ve got some big plans coming up and I really want them to feel thought out and fluid. For someone like me who isn’t the most experienced writer I would like the time to get some scripts written and some broad outlines so things go where and when the should go.
I also want to be able to blog more and keep my website up to date. By building a bit of a buffer and talking about my art more I’m hoping to add a little life to my site, outside of the three comics a week.
The bottom line is that I am certainly not giving up on comics and Bullfinch isn’t going away. I’m taking a break to make Bullfinch stronger and better than ever!
Thanks for your patience guys! It’ll be worth it.
TL