I’m not going to lie, I haven’t done a comic in a very long time. Thelbert is on hiatus, and has been on hiatus well before the holidays. I got a bit burnt out and my attention was drawn elsewhere. I’m working on bringing it back very soon. I’ve had a few folks ask me about it and if it’s died. It looks that way, but it hasn’t. I promise.

In fact, during this time off, I’ve been working on quite a few other comic ideas and rehashing old ones.

Kapu Cove- it’s my intent to do this one as a monthly comic. I have much of the main story written, but not drawn out yet.

Starship Helvetica - It’s on the board to being launched. I’ve gotten more of the story down and character concepts fleshed out more. I have a url for it, but need to talk to my wizard friend to get it activated with Comic Press. When it launches it’ll be a weekly comic, updating on Wednesdays.

Other Ideas:

I have a super hero comic that I’ve been writing out since 2007. I’ve also got a fantasy story concept that a friend of mine want to work on together.

I think I’ve changed my point of view on wanting to do the webcomic thing. For so long, I hated even the thought of a day job. All I wanted to do was the webcomic job and be like the pros. Sadly, it doesn’t work like that, and I’ll be lucky if that ever happens. So for now, I’m approaching comics as this: Fun. I want to have fun with my comics and make good ones. Thelbert, to me, is quick, fun gags. The other grander comics I have in mind will take longer to produce and longer even to tell their stories. 

I have so much on my “want to do plate.” I have comics and my hobbies, consisting of Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, video games, blogging, sketching, watercolor, etc. 

The point I’m trying to make is, doing too much at one time is a bad thing. You get burnt out and things kinda fall through the cracks. The key is to take it easy and do one thing at a time. You’ll have more fun that way. 

Making comics is my passion but it’s also my curse. I keep putting myself in situations where I stress out about making comics and how I’ll never “make it.” It shouldn’t be that way. I should just take it easy and have fun making the comics I wanna make now, no matter how long it takes me to create them.

Look for some new comics from me in the near future. I have some fun things planned and want to share them with my friends. :) 

-ethan