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News item for 2019‑02‑03:

Hi everyone - I have such big news that I've reinstated the old huge news box for visibility. (Took me a few hours of coding...)

1. My employer has informed me that my job is being declared redundant. My last day of paid employment is 4 March. I'm looking at this as an opportunity rather than a setback. My plan is to take about 6 months off work, and spend the equivalent of full-time working hours doing creative things - making comics, writing, photography, making videos, etc. - and ramping up my efforts to market them and try to make a living income off them. If after 6 months I feel comfortable that I can make enough from my creative work, then I will continue - if not, then it'll be time to look for another job.

As part of this effort, I've already moved Irregular Webcomic! from 4-a-week to a slightly more "full time" schedule of new comics on Monday-Friday. Coming soon there will be announcements of new projects that I'll be ramping up over the next few weeks. Importantly, if this is to continue, I'll be looking for your support. I'll be pushing Patreon as a way to support me, producing merchandise for sale, and may also consider some other things like Google Ads.

2. One thing you can do right now is consider buying a book! The Cliffhangers book Prepare for the Wurst has been delivered to Kickstarter backers, and everyone else can now buy a copy on TopatoCo! You can also buy the Fantasy book Burning Down the Alehouse, or both books together for a nifty discount.

3. In other news, I'm already starting to dedicate a bit more time to maintenance tasks that I've been meaning to do for ages. Today I've re-exported a bunch of the old podcasts at higher bit rate, and hence better audio quality. See the podcast page for details.

I'm excited about this new phase of Irregular Webcomic! and related projects, and I hope you follow me along for the ride!