Farewell for Now

You can still read all of drawn bad online here.

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I've been thinking about taking down the db website for a while now, and I think we've finally hit decision time.

My writing career is picking up and taking all of my energy and time, and it's getting harder and harder to imagine pouring as much time into this story as I used to--at least in the foreseeable future. I'm spending 20 bucks a month just keeping the site alive, and aside from a handful of spikes of 100-200 page views/day, the traffic has been running between 5-10 views/day.

I will keep the blog alive, but I'll be shutting down this Facebook group, as well as the CafePress merch account. And drawnbad.net, of course, will not longer lead you to Victoria, Colorado and its residents. The existing pages of drawn bad will be available to read or download courtesy of the free webcomic host Smack Jeeves. They'll be there as long as the internet keeps spinning.

I understand. Nobody likes to see the death of a project, and I'll admit, part of me still can't imagine never finishing Malcomb's story. I dream of completing it somehow, of letting poor Alex move beyond his darkest moment and into the next chapters, but for now, I have to put it all on the shelf. I hope you understand. (I hope Malcomb understands.)

Thanks everyone for supporting my crazy attempts to tell my stories and for following me through the ups and downs of figuring out the best way to do that. I hope I can write something that makes this sacrifice worth it.

Farewell for now, Victoria, Colorado. And of course, keep your eyes open, strangers. You never know what is just around the corner.

Steve