Y'all, I have been drawing QC for 22 years without anything even resembling an actual vacation in longer than I can remember. I have drawn over 5000 comics. I am tired.
So I'm taking December off. The last regular QC comic of 2024 will be this Friday. It will resume in January. This is not the end of QC. I promise.
I'll still be posting stuff to
patreon and to the website. There'll be a couple weeks at least of "director's commentary" on random old strips. I spent some time today hitting the "random comic" button on my site and writing a lil' thing about whatever comic I happened to land on. And maybe I'll do some other stuff, I dunno. The main thing I need to do for the next 4 weeks is, for the first time since 2003, not make comics.
I'd appreciate it if you stuck around. I have to admit it is pretty fucking scary to be taking a break for the first time ever. What if everyone leaves and doesn't come back? AAAAAA.
But despite that (hopefully irrational?) worry, the moment I actually said the words "I'm thinking about taking a break" to my wife a couple months ago, I knew it was something I desperately needed. I need time to recharge, and do things that aren't related to the comic, and just fucking chill for a little while. So that's what I'm gonna do.
Thanks for your patience and understanding. It may sound fake but I am honestly already looking forward to getting back to work in January. I have a ton of ideas I'm really excited about, and the thought of coming at them fresh feels really good.
