Sunday Digest ~ Vol XXIV

[4 new Swords episodes, 7 new Stars episodes, an updated Stars lore chart]

Cut the Deck is currently sailing across the ocean. We should have stock in a couple of weeks!!

Product Updates

• Waiting for Cut the Deck to arrive!! AHH!!!

• The STARS February Crunch-a-thon continues - I'll keep making episodes daily until this combo runs out, so expect daily Stars until February 9th at least.

• Swords is back! I'm sorry it's not an epic new instalment of The Darkness Before Time like I planned, but I was getting a lot of pressure to hurry up. A Time Knife remaster instead is a bit of a troll move on my part, but panDEMONium will return... when my schedule can handle a big story drop.

• I've updated the True Fan Mega Bundle with some behind the scenes content I've never released before, as well as the next weeks' worth of Stars episodes, if you wanna get ahead of the crowd. If you already purchased it, you should be able to download the new version.

Life Updates

• I am back in Wellington, NZ. My stress levels have already reset to pre-Christmas levels. Kind of desperate for a win right now. lol

• Watching Dr Stone Season 4. Sort of watching Goliath as background noise, but not very tuned in to the plot.
  

Social Updates

• BlueSky 27.9k > 30.9k

• I've locked the @swordscomic Twitter and deleted most of the comics. I know its controversial, but I'm taking a slow approach to try to salvage some of my audience. If I just delete it, nothing really stops a bad actor from undeleting it (I hear that's been happening), or taking over the username to grift. I never realized just how many blue tick crypto bros and maga dads were following me. I thought those guys hated Swords and called it "Woke of the Rings". Anyway, its kind of a relief being a locked account. One less platform to manage.

Patreon Updates

• We now have 4 Gods of Patreon!! A big thank you to sydrah2, nate5077n, bigwhitebear and AugustRain for the huge level of support!

• Not to get my hopes up too high, but this feels like a huge step in the right direction for me! I really want Patreon to be my baseline so I can weather everything else and make better tactical decisions going forward.

• As per the Godly Contract, Swords will now update Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays; Stars will now update Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays (after the Crunch-a-thon ends). I've been pandering to certain expectations here and there but it's time to just knuckle down and make some great comics.

• I've ordered Sticker Club contents, so letters will start going out the second week of February. The first drop of the year will be STARS themed, so please fill in the form when you have a moment.

• We passed 950 patrons so enjoy a new Stars lore chart, which includes a few characters who you've never seen before!

• We've almost reached 5000 free followers here... Maybe time for that Beach Story Arc after all?

That's all for now! See you next week!