:
FIRST OF ALL…
BIG THANK YOU to everyone who’s been following GOODBYE CRESTFALLEN week after week for the past 600 years. (It’s been 600 years, right? Seems like 600.) I really do appreciate you guys coming here week after week, month after month, decade after decade, supporting the comic and making me feel like I’m not just screaming, feebly, into a hideously empty void. You have rendered me VOID-LESS, and I am enjoying it quite a lot indeed!
I especially appreciate all you comment-leaving types out there (and not just for the free spell-checking you provide). All the guessing and theorizing and whatnot is just BRILLIANT… I think some of you (Alphatroll) have given more thought to how the witching world works than *I* have. (Was that MATH in there??)
(You are strongly encouraged to continue speculating wildly in the official-type Serenity Rose forum, Bubblegum Noir.)
SO.
I guess the question is…
WHEN IS VOLUME 3?
SOON.
Well… hopefully soon, anyway. My policy is that I won’t start Serenity’s next story until I’m ABSOLUTELY 100% NO-SCREWING-AROUND-HERE POSITIVE I can tear through all 120-some-odd pages, two per week, until it’s done. It takes a long, long, veryvery long time to render out these Serenity Rose pages, unfortunately, and it’s very hard to balance that time with the time spent, y’know, “making a living.”
The demon Botched Deadline claws hungrily at my mindmeats, and his hateful little imp, Irregular Update, taunts me every night in my dreams.
A Serenity Rose book costs roundabout $8000 to make, believe it or not, so if I’m going to make another one, I need to pile up some money for a while… There are a couple of long(ish)-term freelance projects hovering over my head right now maybe possibly, so that’s good, but YOU TOO can help support the Serenity Rose Vol. 3 Completion Fund…
HERE IS HOW:
1) Pre-Order THE BOOK! And help spread the words!
2) Pick out some ORIGINAL ART!
3) Grab a PRINT!
4) Request a SKETCH COMMISSION!
5) DIRECT DONATIONS! I’m just like NPR.
With luck I’ll have the proper SR funds raised and a nice clear desk within a year. But… of course, if any of you happen to have $8000 lying around RIGHT NOW, I could get Volume 3 rolling by January 1st. Check your sock drawers, folks!
(NOTE: Heartshapedskull.com will NOT (repeat: NOT) be lying fallow during these dark, lonely days of money-grubbing Seralessness. Nope, I definitely have some thinks in mind, and maybe if you come back in a week or two, you’ll see what I mean.)
And thank you again for reading and supporting Serenity’s little story over the years. I am literally bursting my guts to show you what happens next.
BOOK 3 (and 4) AWAIT.
FIRST OF ALL…
BIG THANK YOU to everyone who’s been following GOODBYE CRESTFALLEN week after week for the past 600 years. (It’s been 600 years, right? Seems like 600.) I really do appreciate you guys coming here week after week, month after month, decade after decade, supporting the comic and making me feel like I’m not just screaming, feebly, into a hideously empty void. You have rendered me VOID-LESS, and I am enjoying it quite a lot indeed!
I especially appreciate all you comment-leaving types out there (and not just for the free spell-checking you provide). All the guessing and theorizing and whatnot is just BRILLIANT… I think some of you (Alphatroll) have given more thought to how the witching world works than *I* have. (Was that MATH in there??)
(You are strongly encouraged to continue speculating wildly in the official-type Serenity Rose forum, Bubblegum Noir.)
SO.
I guess the question is…
WHEN IS VOLUME 3?
SOON.
Well… hopefully soon, anyway. My policy is that I won’t start Serenity’s next story until I’m ABSOLUTELY 100% NO-SCREWING-AROUND-HERE POSITIVE I can tear through all 120-some-odd pages, two per week, until it’s done. It takes a long, long, veryvery long time to render out these Serenity Rose pages, unfortunately, and it’s very hard to balance that time with the time spent, y’know, “making a living.”
The demon Botched Deadline claws hungrily at my mindmeats, and his hateful little imp, Irregular Update, taunts me every night in my dreams.
A Serenity Rose book costs roundabout $8000 to make, believe it or not, so if I’m going to make another one, I need to pile up some money for a while… There are a couple of long(ish)-term freelance projects hovering over my head right now maybe possibly, so that’s good, but YOU TOO can help support the Serenity Rose Vol. 3 Completion Fund…
HERE IS HOW:
1) Pre-Order THE BOOK! And help spread the words!
2) Pick out some ORIGINAL ART!
3) Grab a PRINT!
4) Request a SKETCH COMMISSION!
5) DIRECT DONATIONS! I’m just like NPR.
With luck I’ll have the proper SR funds raised and a nice clear desk within a year. But… of course, if any of you happen to have $8000 lying around RIGHT NOW, I could get Volume 3 rolling by January 1st. Check your sock drawers, folks!
(NOTE: Heartshapedskull.com will NOT (repeat: NOT) be lying fallow during these dark, lonely days of money-grubbing Seralessness. Nope, I definitely have some thinks in mind, and maybe if you come back in a week or two, you’ll see what I mean.)
And thank you again for reading and supporting Serenity’s little story over the years. I am literally bursting my guts to show you what happens next.
BOOK 3 (and 4) AWAIT.
” I’m just like NPR.”
HILARIOUS.
I am buying this book for sure. It will go right next to my well worn out book 1 of Serenity Rose.
8000? Easy peasy, I don’t have it. But I’ll bet if I’ll sale everything I have I will come to about half of that. Then I can start stealing from people and donate the loot.
Woo!
Awesome news indeed!!
I will be grabbing the book when it comes out, and I imagine I’ll be buying some stuff to decorate my wall too, when the bank sends me my credit card.
Well, I am for sure buying the book, and possibly replacing my old copy of WTTN. (There are no words for how high pitched my squeal was when I learned that my new local comic store was going HAVE IT IN STOCK. ORDERING Serenity Rose? A THING OF THE PAST! Sadly they don’t do pre-orders ’cause I woulda.)
Otherwise, despite my newly minted “penniless art student” status… I guess I’ll take up mugging and donate the proceeds to you? That shouldn’t take too long to make eight thousand dollars if I only mug people with macbook pros…
Awesome! Will definately buy the book, I’ve missed having my Serenity Rose in shiny paper form *^_^*
Just checked my online bookshop and as soon as they’ve got it fully (the pre-order thing would drive me mad with anticipation), I’ll be greedily snatching it up.
Eeeeee!
I’m definitely buying the book and hopefully a print at least by 2010. I’ve been reading and loving the story quietly all along, as is my seeecret way.
I hope preorders on Amazon count! My local comic shop doesn’t do preorders, so I’m gonna have to do that. =(
I’m definately looking to get either the V or Serenity’s print, hopefully both. Just gotta save a few more pennies, do a few more odd jobs, bag another job in carpentry. Then immediatly send a few pounds your way from the
As for spreading the word, introduced a friend to the comic again. Her exact words were “Aw, He’s gone from spooky cute to this more mature look, but its still kinda spooky cute.”
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My town is so small, the comic shops here dont order cool comics like serenity. I guess I’ll just have to wait, until Slave Labor Graphics has it available. I order most of my comics or compilation collections from Slave Labor.
and thank *you* Aaaron…when i saw volume two was starting, i was *so* excited, i almost pee’d myself. not very manly, i know, but it’s true. and my well-worn “working through the negativity” is so excited that it will soon have a companion to keep it warm on the kotatsu.
and trust me, i *know* how much it cost to publish…which is why i’m checking my seat cushions regulary for loose change so that someday i can publish my hooey of a comic (well, compared to yours, it’s hooey!). (O.o)
congrats on completing vol 2! oh, and beatríz would like for you to tell sera, “hi!” for her, and that beatríz is sorry for the disparaging comment she made about eyebrows…
çiao-der!
Please do not literally burst your guts.
I will be first in line for that shiny (colored!!) dead-tree edition, but it would somewhat temper my enjoyment to know that the dear beloved author currently had his guts burst all over the place. Guts can stay right where they are, if you please.
I loved the ending on Tuesday and I can’t wait to buy the book!
December, eh? Guess if I’m still broke by then, I’ll know what I want for Christmas…
Thank YOU, Mr. A, for sticking with all us hungry Sera-zombies!
I hope the book sells like HOT CAKES! or HOT BRAINS!
I can’t wait to hold this loverly comic with my own two hands..
I’ll be ordering mine ’bout the time I figure out how *many* I want to order….. hey, ’tis the perfect gift, no?
Does buying a bunch of lottery ticket and scratch-offs and sending them to you count as a direct donation?
I am TOTALLY pre-ordering this now even as we speak!!
So much love for this entire series so far, and for the books to follow!
Lusty: Oh wow, don’t go into DEBT or anything. I assure you, things are not that dire!
Lorien: Just take the Macbook Pros. Those guys will pay a fine ransom to have those returned.
Thunderbat: Yep, I’ll be posting links to places where you can buy the book online as we get closer to the release. I suspect a lot of (most?) people will get the book that way.
TEi: I’ve checked with the authorities, and yes, Amazon definitely counts.
Grim: Thank you! I consider my style to be the most maturely spooky of all possible cutenesses.
Robb: Sera says “Beatríz better watch her eyebrows.”
Sphyrna: Only if they’re winning lottery tickets.
Dear Aaron,
I’m very excited for the next volume!!! Squeeee!
But, I have some feedback regarding the binging of volume 1. I work at a library and all our copies fell apart as did my own personal copy. Fortunately, I was able to get them stitched. It was the glue, the pages fell out whole off the bind. Hopefully, this time the bind will be better…?
Cheers,
Damn. I really wish there was a bookstore nearby where I could buy these comics, but sadly, everyone here in Canada looks at me funny when I ask if they have ANYTHING published by SLG.
Or maybe it’s just that Anime Loving Guy I keep ending up having to talk to.
Either way, the second I can, I buying volume 1 and 2. Can’t wait for the next one. I’ll be sitting online until it comes out! (Or I get some sort of flu XD)
This has been super fun, can’t wait to buy it! Don’t bust your guts, then we wont have a 3rd volume!!!!!! XO
Ooh, I know what my Christmas present to myself is going to be this year. >3 Oh, how I wish I had the money to buy all three prints. T_T
I love your comic. The art and story are just fantastic and I will definitely buy the next book. When I get some cash I’ll pre-order one
Are you going to be offering up original pages from Goodbye Crestfallen? I’d go for some of those for sure and I suspect other folks would also.
And I’m trying think of people I can give it to so I can order more than one copy. I mean it’s not just for any ol’ body.
@ tomh: I already call dibs on the page with Stiletta hovering above all the dead bodies.
I WILL FIGHT ALL OF YOU FOR THAT PAGE!
Aaron, thank you so much for this wonderful ride. If I had the $8000 sitting around, I coulldn’t think of a better way to spend it. However, I guess I’ll have to wait it out. Sigh.
I’m so glad you’ve mentioned that an issue 4 may someday happen! I love when things don’t have to end.
Wow, I’m kind of sad yet excited. But really I cannot find the first volume anywhere! Some help ppls? Thanks, and I hope to hear from you again Aaron!
tomh: I’m going to have another set of Goodbye Crestfallen pages up on eBay in a week or two. I haven’t picked them all out yet, but 122 will definitely be one of them.
DietyRose: There’s an Amazon link for Volume 1 on the right side of this page, actually, under “BOOKS.” You can also get it straight from the publisher right about here: http://www.slgcomic.com/Serenity-Rose-Volume-1-Working-Through-The-Negativity_p_360.html I’d sell you one myself, but believe it or not, I don’t have any!
@Meep: That’s odd, last I checked pretty much everything from SLG was *printed* in Canada…..
You can count one purchaser, me!
Nice work! I’ll bug the comic book shop guy to get some in.
i like you way more than NPR…in fact I hate NPR….those damn droning tranquilizer addicts.
ya know, I’m beginning to really miss the Tuesday & Thursday ‘anticipation-buildup-waiting-for-new-page’ thing. My week seems empty with out it, sigh…
@tomh: don’t worry, @Tavicat still comes out Tuesday & Thursday! Hopefully it’ll help fill the interim….
http://www.tavicat.com/tavicat/at/at.html
also Alone In A Crowd on Tuesday & Friday…
http://www.aiacrowd.com
& then there’s GirlGenius *3* times a week, M-W-F, *and* over 1000 pages of fun to catch up on:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
If you aren’t reading *that* one, you should be. Everyone should read GirlGenius.
alphatroll; thanks, I’ll check ‘em out. I’m already reading about 18 others. But none of them have edge that Sera’s story does.
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que de tiempo hace que no me paso por aqui, desde que enpece el instituto, con los estudios me e despistado de muchas cosas asique me pondre al dia, siiii lo jurooo seraaaa¡¡¡¡
porcierto oo saludos luis que hace ya mucho tienpo que no hablamoss^^.
read it, loved it, shit my shorts with love lol
weeeeeeeee i’m so excited i can’t wait to get my grubby little paws on the book!!!! serenity rose helps me stay excited about drawing and art and the prospect of more to come makes me drool in my sleep and pee in public ^_^ i’m fo sho pre-ordering a copy!
much thanks to you mr aaron a. you help me stay motivated with my art (none of my art teachers appreciate my style) and to keep doing what i love. damn those fine art teachers to heck if they think comics aren’t a valid art form.
much appreciation to you
will….own………….must….decide…….how….many!
thanks essrose-san.
One for my safety deposit box in Zurich, one for reading.
Just wanted to say that the withdrawl from some-what regular updates is kicking in. Hope you can get back to the process soon. We miss you.
@inkrat42: just *now* kicking in? You lucky, lucky fan. Some of us some mighty chunky monkeys to bear.
There’s no question about it, I will OWN this volume, and you will HAVE me monies. Oh yes.