As I discussed last month, the update schedule for the website has now changed for the first time in over twenty years. The new update days are Monday and Friday.
The Ctrl+Alt+Del Patreon will continue to get the comic three times a week, along with other additional content, so I’ve made the above graphic just to help be very clear about where content is being released and when (as of this posting).
Importantly, the website will still get all of the main comics for free, just at a slightly slower pace (ex: Patrons will get Showdown p23 today, but the website won’t get it until Friday). I don’t want to prevent anyone who has been reading and enjoying these stories from continuing to do so. I just have to change the business model a bit to hopefully find some stability in patronage that advertising no longer seems able to offer.
Personally I’m on the “affording food and rent on diminishing savings and no pension” patreon, so I’ll stick with the free version.
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Though I support your survival, earlier you said “My intention is to ride out December with the current ads on the website”, and changing it in the middle of a high stakes situation feels cruel. This could have waited until the end of the comic.
Eh, he can do that if he wants, it’s his comic. Especially when it has to do with how much of it and often he’s willing to let us see for free. And it’s not that mean; You’ll still get to see the ending for free, just maybe a week or so after those who are paying will see it, presuming we’re getting to the tail-end of this issue.
“he can do that if he wants, it’s his comic.” Sure and we as his readers (i.e. CUSTOMERS) can tell him to fuck off if we fee that the value diminishes too far and his near constant whining about money on the site gets too annoying. As for the “high stakes” … these comics with the battles are INCREDIBLY low-content. Most are basically one person throwing a punch or item spread across 4-6 panels. That is it, the entire thing. “how much of it and often he’s willing to let us see for free. “ Having DOZENS of ads thrown in… Read more »
The author wrote 3 times about it, and every single time it was saying “STARTING in December”.
I don’t know how you got the impression that the change would start at the END of December instead of the BEGINNING.
Doing in the change in the middle of a chapter does feel a bit odd, but we don’t know how is the financial situation of the author, and maybe it couldn’t be delayed any further?
I’ve probably been reading this comic close to 2 decades now for free, starting as a university student in Belgium. I’ve always read for free, and I appreciate that I was able to do so. But for the value I have had, and that’s still there in the archives, I have taken take a yearly subscription. Thank you Tim, for making my monday, wednesday and friday always a bit better. I hope you are able to keep doing that for at least a decade more. Although if possible, I would appreciate removing the commercials as paid subscriber. As I am… Read more »
Does this mean that the website will no longer get Starcaster comics? Or will we still have the monthly block when Tim goes on holiday to see that story on the website?
I have a question though, will there be more physical hardcovers of Analog & D-Pad as well as the Starcaster Chronicles? While I completely understand the necessity of continous funding through patreon, I have a deep aversion to sub models and I´d rather buy the hardcovers later without deciding the story or being completely up to date on it. Ikik total boomer energy, but I´m still hoping for a #3 on both series as hardcover.