So… I’m finally taking a vacation. I need a break. I need a little break for me, for my state of mind, and also I need a break because with the quarantine in place, our kids are home all day. The schools are shut down for who-knows-how-long. Our district has set up a distance learning program to continue class from home, and it’s a lot. It’s a big adjustment, and I don’t want it all falling on my wife’s shoulders while I work.
Fortunately, I’ve had The Starcaster Chronicles #7 tucked away for a while for this very reason. I’ve been waiting for the “perfect” time to use it for some time off, and I can’t think of a better time than now.
So starting today, and for the next month and a half, I will be updated five days a week, Monday through Friday, with pages from Starcaster issue 7. It’s been a while, so if you want to catch up, the previous six issues are here. If you dig the Starcaster Chronicles, and want to support its creation and catch up with issue 8 which is almost finished, as well as be involved with the voting aspect, the Starcaster Chronicles Patreon is here. Patrons get four new pages each month.
I almost literally shouted in joy when seeing this page. Except it’s 2 AM and I have a four-year-old and a wife who’s trying to sleep.
Five freaking updates a week for a month and a half of Starcaster. Hell yeah.
Yeah, at first I got very sad that Tim is taking a break thinking there would be fewer or no posts for a while. Then the 5 days a week statement, he could have said nothing and most of us would have never known. instead, it feels like he is going to be working in overdrive.
I may have squee’d a little myself
I didn’t even read that part, I just saw this series coming back after nearly two years and it made my day
I think you’ll like it, Eldest! It was a fun series, and like Tim said, we’re almost done issue 8!
Your vacation is well earned! I hope it’ll bring you what you need!
It’s going to be hard to get used to 3 days a week again after this! Super stoked and hope you have a good break from work with your family. Stay healthy!
Yeeeeeesssssssss!!
As patreon, I can only say stay tuned – this is a fantastic issue! And Tim – enjoy a well-deserved vacation!
I Agree, take your time off and holy moly a month and a halve of 5 pages a week thats MASSIVE!
Cheers to you and your family, stay safe and healthy
Tim, good luck!
Everyone, enjoy the comics!
As for me, see you all in a month and a half or so (as this is not for me)!
Stay safe everyone!
YES!!!!!
Myyyyyyy preciousssssss
Quarantine break: translation, too freaked out with the wife and kids but I refuse to descend into alcoholism.
Awesome! I had been thinking about how its been so long for this. Its always been a great story, really excited to see the next chapter now. It makes sense but it must be hard to put in the effort to finish something large like this, while still doing normal upload and just sit on it, not sharing it for awhile. Enjoy your break, glad we are able to get extra content to view during it 🙂
Well, he has at least shared it and hasn’t had to sit on it completely, because the patrons were getting a few pages every month 😉
Enjoy the break (if trying to teach kids can be called that!) and we shall enjoy the Starcasters 🙂
Nice
Try to enjoy at least part of the break Tim….and thanks for the 5 days a week break for us!
Hooray! I was wondering what was happening with this. Wish I could have voted, but I understand why.
Hurray! I was wondering what was happening with this. Wish I could have voted, but I understand why.
Wohooo! Starlord, I mean Starcaster time! Last thing I remember is that he got the thingie on his hand is now “wow, was that me?”. XD
They escaped that cornering and he’s been wanting to get it off, but a space-battle broke out around this station and Space-Kore (read Goblins plz) has just now prevented their escape by crashing into the hanger.
Wow. You *finally” un shacked from its prison called Patreon. Took a pandemic for you to do it. It’s what it is. Something to help pass the time while in self isolation. Seriously though, a pandemic for us to be able to read it, kind of sad.
Since he was saving it for use as a vacation, I am sure we would have seen it closer to summer time when the kids were out of school. Instead of sass, you could have supported the project via Patreon and been in it sooner.
I don’t know about you, Nuna, but I’ve been able to read it this whole time. I just pay a couple bucks a month. To an artist. Who makes his living making art. That I mostly consume for free. If you don’t like it, take a hike. Artists need to make money too, and so the fact that Tim keeps the vast majority of his current AND back catalogue free, while only charging a very small fee to see the little bit extra early is pretty fair. And stop getting all tight over “oh I can’t justify being a patreon,… Read more »
Calling me entitled is crap. I was stating how I feel about his choices. Having a opinion is being entitled. I just think it’s in poor taste to release it in a time like this. It’s finished you have available. Instead of sharing it when we’re in the right place to read. He goes and decides to release during a pandemic. When there are more important things to worry about. My opinion which I have the right to have. I wasn’t acting entitled. Freedom of speech dumb ass.
How… how are you not in the “right place” to read it? If anything there are more people stuck at home looking for things to entertain themselves than usual. I kind of figured that this would be a PARTICULARLY good time to release it, since not only would it let me focus on what my family needs, but also allow me to provide my readers with more pages than I’d be releasing otherwise… a story that, judging by the comments here, a lot of people are looking forward to. Yes, you’ve stated your opinion… but it’s a very hard opinion… Read more »
Especially when it’s freaking free content. I mean come on.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, Nuna. My opinion, which is my right to have, is that you need to grow the f*ck up and maybe not criticize someone so harshly for providing what probably took over a hundred hours to make, for free.
If you’re not in the right place to read it, you don’t have to read it right now. Pretend that he *did* go on hiatus, wait for him to ‘come back’, and read this comic when it’s right for you. Problem solved.
Freedom of speech does not protect a person from the consequences of their words. In fact, freedom of speech in the American context only applies to government. The First Amendment, in terms of speaking out with controversial opinions, will not protect a person from being fired from their job, losing friends or significant others, or even being vilified by the general public. The First Amendment, however, prevents a person from being ARRESTED for an unpopular opinion, unless it crosses the boundary of hate crimes. So don’t quote freedom of speech, unless you actually know what it means. So don’t call… Read more »
Man, what a terrible take, your privilege is showing
Wow. You know, I don’t normally downvote people, but you’re something special, dude.
You do you big fella! We’ll be here when you get back!
All Hail Lord Buckethead
YAY! Love the starcaster chronicles. Love all your stuff but was delighted to see this pop up. Hope you and you’re family continue to stay safe and healthy!
At long last………
Awesome! That was a great plan and this is the perfect time to execute.
Stay healthy. Stay sane. And thanks for releasing the new issue!
i really hope this doesnt spoil us…. i can see myself getting sooo upset when we go back to the usual comics timeline…. this is gonna be a great few weeks 😀 excitement every day for getting home after work. love your style tim. enjoy the time away from the desk.
While I’m a patreon, and get these, getting to re-read them will be fun! Enjoy (if you can) your time off. Here in Wyoming, they’re thinking of just calling it a school year for now, and then extending next year to catch the kids up. My two are all grown, so no skin off my nose either way.
Just update us from time, so we know you didn’t die or anything, lol!
OMG Yaaaaaassssss!
Quick question, Tim – will you still tell us the results of the already closed polls? Just out of curiosity?
Hope you enjoy your well deserved break!
Yes, I will still tell you where votes took place, and what the results were.
Cool beans will totally look forward to making fun of their terrible decisions.
I’ve got my popcorn ready.
Finally Some Good Fucking News*
Woohoo!! I has been a while, I love these chronicles…….now I have to go put on a clean diaper…..it was worth it!!!!! LOL
Hey Tim, any plans to sell the Starcaster Chronicles in book form (like the CTRL+ALT+DEL series)?
Yeah at some point. Just between the chinese new year, and now the pandemic, it’s not a great time to be printing things in asia and shipping them 😉 So, we’ll have a printed collection eventually.
if this time you can store some of them in europe it would be great 🙂
I hope that I will live through this pandemic so that I can give you some of ‘Uncle Trump’s’ stimulus money for the printed books!!! LOL!
My 4 kids are in love with CTRL+ALT+DEL 1.0 and read the online comic with me (they range in age from 14 down to 5). The funny part is, they all understand the jabs you make at the gaming industry because they play all of my old games (including the Atari 2600 and Jaguar).
Stay safe and healthy for all of our sanity!!
This cover page is so amazing!
Glad you’re having a break Tim. Stay safe and enjoy what you can of this time. Best well wishes to you and your family from across the pond in the UK!
Wow I forgot about The Starcaster, was a good series though, so glad to see it’s getting continued after all this time.
Way cool
Like the WTF swing from the last page my first thought was ‘Heh, is this what his Skyrim character would look like?’
May your family be safe, your news good, and your hands clean.
https://xkcd.com/2287/
i love the starcaster series. Enjoy your break!
I’d actually looked back at this Patreon and thought “I wonder if Tim will remind people about it to give it another spike of interest.”
Here is that time. Really excited to catch up with this, then finally get on that Patreon to catch up. Thank you to all the Patrons that already signed up and kept this passion project alive!
AAAAAAAAAAAAA! Sudden Starcaster!