Hey gang. As you’ve noticed, the Return From Hiatus plan has not gone so well. I’m going to just go ahead and make it official: Clockworks is going on an indefinite hiatus. I would like to return to it at some point, but right now I’m unable to devote the time and creative energy to create the comic as well as I’d like.
Two bits of news that will hopefully cheer you up a bit:
1: For those of you who were around for Chainmail Bikini and are worried that this means Clockworks is ending forever, I hope to assure you that I plan on coming back to this. Chainmail Bikini was an odd duck, I was brought in to draw it and while it was fun and we created some very funny comics, I was never invested in it the way I am with Clockworks. Clockworks is very much my baby and I very much plan to write and draw the entire tale. Considering it will take me many years to do so, I think a break now and then may be a wise idea.
2: I’m starting a spin off comic experiment. Clockworks Presents: The Free Islands. The Free Islands will be drawn entirely on the tablet, which if I get comfortable enough with it might be how I do Clockworks when it returns from hiatus. The Free Islands will be a weird little comic – released one panel a day on Tumblr. It will star some characters you’ve seen before, and some characters that will show up in the main Clockworks storyline eventually. It will also serve as an introduction to the Free Lands of the Vori Islands. The Free Islands will update every weekday. Some days it may be just a scribble or a face and a few words, but part of the reason to do it is to force myself back in to a comic making schedule.
Anyway, I’m not going away, just taking a break and refocusing a bit. Hope to see you guys over on Tumblr, and we’ll be back here eventually.




