How to Articulate Your Vision (rerun)

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Reader Martin V pointed this out.

I love me some Mario Kart, so I probably will check the game out, although I don’t understand what zombies have to do with old people racing mobility scooters.

I’m not at all irritated. If I wanted to make the game myself I should have learned to code, or pitched it to a studio, or made any move of any kind to actually turn the idea into a game. Besides, even if I was unhappy, I pretty much say in the comic that I’m waiting for someone else to make the game, so I doubt a lawsuit would end well.

On a totally unrelated note, for the entire month of July my novels, all three of my Magic 2.0 books are on sale over at Amazon US. The Kindle editions are $2.00!

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).

How to Articulate Your Vision (rerun)

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Reader Martin V pointed this out.

I love me some Mario Kart, so I probably will check the game out, although I don’t understand what zombies have to do with old people racing mobility scooters.

I’m not at all irritated. If I wanted to make the game myself I should have learned to code, or pitched it to a studio, or made any move of any kind to actually turn the idea into a game. Besides, even if I was unhappy, I pretty much say in the comic that I’m waiting for someone else to make the game, so I doubt a lawsuit would end well.

On a totally unrelated note, for the entire month of July my novels, all three of my Magic 2.0 books are on sale over at Amazon US. The Kindle editions are $2.00!

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).

How to Be Patient

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The response to my announcement about stopping production of Basic Instructions has been just amazing. Sitting here at my computer, it’s easy to forget that there are real people out there reading these crazy things I make. I’m touched that so many of you care about the comic enough to miss it. More than one person has told me that they are adults now, and have been reading the comic since they were kids, which makes me feel great, and very, very old.

I’m looking at turning my subscriber list into an opt-out mailing list, which anyone will be able to join. I don’t know for sure what all I will do with said mailing list. I’m still bouncing around ideas. I promise it won’t be anything overtly sinister. 

How to Be Patient

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The response to my announcement about stopping production of Basic Instructions has been just amazing. Sitting here at my computer, it’s easy to forget that there are real people out there reading these crazy things I make. I’m touched that so many of you care about the comic enough to miss it. More than one person has told me that they are adults now, and have been reading the comic since they were kids, which makes me feel great, and very, very old.

I’m looking at turning my subscriber list into an opt-out mailing list, which anyone will be able to join. I don’t know for sure what all I will do with said mailing list. I’m still bouncing around ideas. I promise it won’t be anything overtly sinister. 

How to Recognize a Vicious Circle (rerun)

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I have an important announcement:

As of the end of July I will stop producing new Basic Instructions comics. This may seem sudden, but it’s been several months in coming. A while ago I worked all day slowly wringing a comic out of my brain (some days are harder than others). When I was almost done I realized that I had rewritten, almost word for word, three whole panels of a comic I’d made years before. That, my friends, is not a good sign.

I always said that if I got to a point where I was repeating myself I would stop. I’m sorry, but I’m convinced that we’ve reached that point.

After I’ve run my last new comic I plan to start rerunning every Basic Instructions, in the order they were created, at a rate of three a week. At that pace, it will take over six years to reach the end. If you read the comic on GoComics you’ll get the reruns, but here at basicinstructions.net I will also be commenting on the reruns as I post them. Some of the comments will be like a full blog post. Others may be a single sentence, but there will be something. That’s also where I will tell you about what’s going on with my fiction writing career, which is going to become my primary focus.

I’ll say this again closer to the actual end, but I am deeply grateful to everyone who reads Basic Instructions. This comic has kept me sane through more than one job I didn’t enjoy, and gave me the extra income and promotional platform I needed to transition into a career that I love. I just don’t want to waste your time, and I certainly don’t want you to waste your money supporting me while I waste your time.

How to Recognize a Vicious Circle (rerun)

in

I have an important announcement:

As of the end of July I will stop producing new Basic Instructions comics. This may seem sudden, but it’s been several months in coming. A while ago I worked all day slowly wringing a comic out of my brain (some days are harder than others). When I was almost done I realized that I had rewritten, almost word for word, three whole panels of a comic I’d made years before. That, my friends, is not a good sign.

I always said that if I got to a point where I was repeating myself I would stop. I’m sorry, but I’m convinced that we’ve reached that point.

After I’ve run my last new comic I plan to start rerunning every Basic Instructions, in the order they were created, at a rate of three a week. At that pace, it will take over six years to reach the end. If you read the comic on GoComics you’ll get the reruns, but here at basicinstructions.net I will also be commenting on the reruns as I post them. Some of the comments will be like a full blog post. Others may be a single sentence, but there will be something. That’s also where I will tell you about what’s going on with my fiction writing career, which is going to become my primary focus.

I’ll say this again closer to the actual end, but I am deeply grateful to everyone who reads Basic Instructions. This comic has kept me sane through more than one job I didn’t enjoy, and gave me the extra income and promotional platform I needed to transition into a career that I love. I just don’t want to waste your time, and I certainly don’t want you to waste your money supporting me while I waste your time.