An announcement
I’m a little wary about announcing this now, but I may as well go ahead and do it.
I’m thinking about ending this comic early.
When I originally conceived of this story it was made up of several parts. Five originally, but it’s since been scaled back to two. They wouldn’t be labeled that way in the comic, but in my mind they are. The first part would end at the end of chapter 9. I’m thinking about ending the story at chapter 9.
My primary reason being that I’ve been working on this comic for a long time and not had a lot to show for it. It’s not very popular and I haven’t been able to make any sort of business out of it. I’ve wanted to be a professional comic artist for a long time and Rift isn’t the comic that’s going to get me there. I think maybe once it reaches a good stopping point I should just leave it for a while and make more time to work on other things. I might pick it back up again in the future.
Mind you the end of chapter nine is a ways off (it’s still early in chapter seven) so Rift’ll have at least another year, possibly two, of solid updates. If the comic somehow becomes wildly popular and/or successful in that time I’ll definitely keep going to the end. Think of it like a TV show that was planned to have two seasons but was canceled after the first one due to poor ratings.
January 17th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Every show I’ve ever really liked was canceled due to poor ratings. I place the fault of this squarely on the fact that I have way better sense than roughly 72.3% of the American population.
Your comic has been a part of my complete webcomics breakfast for, wait…3 years? Really? 3 years. Whoa. So, yeah, while I’d miss it, I understand if you need to move on creatively and try a new venture (I’m still curious as to what you had planned with those concept characters with the cute librarian girls, owls, and was that guy a pan?). However, please, if you end it, make what you have a complete story, in and of itself. What I mean is, if you are sure you aren’t coming back to it, don’t leave major loose ends hanging (the androids’ origins still seem unexplained and the Tzen’s sister thing come to mind). Y’know, if you can avoid it.
I’ve also personally found that when you stop telling a story that you had been working on for a long time, the characters continue to live on in your head. And from time to time, during the rigmarole of the semi-adult life you attempt to lead, they will crop up in the back of your skull and ask you why you haven’t taken the time to pick the project back up and you feel really bad because you don’t have a good answer for them. This might be one of those things that only I experience though because, well, I might be mentally unsound. And yet, I still have better taste in entertainment than the majority of our nation.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am
I’ve always enjoyed your comic and have wondered why it is under-appreciated by the lack of comments. From a writer’s perspective, you tell a great story and have some great characters, though a bit many. I’ll miss this story when it is gone, but I understand your reasons.
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I’ve been reading this comic for a long time, and I still love it. I read it pretty much every day, even if I don’t comment. Other comics, my interest wanes from time to time, but never with this.
Having said that, I suppose I can understand why you’re ending early – I know what it’s like to feel ignored. As a writer, I think that if you feel that you can sufficiently tell your story and get a certain amount of closure then go ahead and end early, so long as you have other projects lying around for us to visit. It’ll be sad, but I know how you feel, and I’ll certainly miss the comic.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I haven’t been reading it for all that long, and I will admit I stumbled upon Cuanta Vida first, however, I do quite enjoy this comic, and it is easily one of my favorites.
Like the others, your reasoning does make perfect sense. When you feel it’s time to end it, that is when it’s time to end.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Rift is by far one of the best storys out there, yet Thunderstruck was too, seems it the season for closing as of lately, that or delays becuase of various reasons.
No matter what, Rift will be my view point be a glorious chapther in every readers life, and personally, it’s one of the things i look forward too updating.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Okay, The Rift has not been updated in over a month.
I miss Rift updates.
It makes me wonder if you are just extremely busy or going through hard times. Either way, I hope you are alright.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
In relation to your comment about ending early I can only think of one response: Do not do it! Do not even Think about doing it! Do not even think about NOT doing it!