Hello dear readers!
I am tremendously excited to announce that chapter 4 will start on August 6th. This hiatus has been nerve-wrecking for me. I was always so scared that I would have to rebuild my readership. Thankfully, some of you visited from time to time here and other social medias. This meant the world to me and I am truly grateful when people take some time to write me a note.
Counting everything, this chapter was close to a year in the making. Why is that? Well, there are many reasons.
Firstly, I want to put forward by best work, I will not release something I feel is below my capacity. I had very interesting discussions with artists who have a more sketchy approach to comic. For sure, it would allow me to produce more and be seen more. It also would have the benefit of giving me more storytelling practice. But when I look at a sketched page, I just feels incomplete and frustrates me. Now, if this style matches the story, it can be great. If I can think of a story that would benefit this, I might even give it a shot. Actually, I have done it for some panels on occasion. I’d love to hear your opinion on the matter.
Secondly, I don’t release pages as they are done. I finish everything first, then schedule the posts. I do this to insure that they are no interruptions for the duration of the chapter. This is specially important since my chapters are small stories. While this chapter is published, I will start work on the next chapter in an effort to reduce the hiatus time. As usual, you can follow my progress through snapshots here or on Instagram. I try not to many spoilers.
Thirdly, this is my biggest chapter yet, so get ready for 24 weeks of updates! woot woot
Lastly, it’s simply a matter of hours in a day. I only have a couple of hours a day to work on TFTI. My first priority is to support my family. I am very lucky to have a cool design job with wonderful colleagues. Would I do comic full-time if I could? Maybe. But I am very far from there, I make no money from comics, or barely nothing. Thankfully, my Indiegogo campaign supporters and people buying my books in cons and elsewhere have helped me offset the cost of printing of the books. I am very lucky, Many talented artists struggle to get even this.
If you are wondering how you can help, simply sharing and talking to people about my comic is the easiest thing you can do. Further than that, books are available for purchase on the site. You can also support me on Patreon.
In this chapter, Gauthier and Clara are amazed by Halloway offer and seem ready to give it a go. However they are once again forced to use their precious Interface minutes to escape a rioting crowd. Is the Interface truly a safe haven?
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Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. The wait is almost over!
TFTI is a Iabor of love, but it requires time, effort and money. Your donation will help finance this project. If you're in a position to help, it would be greatly appreciated.
