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[Unfortunately, Switch Act has been canceled by Carpetwurm. I apologize for not informing you all sooner. The following is Carpetwurm's statement and reasoning.]
Canned
So yeah, I know that this comic didn't run for incredibly long but I felt that it'd be best to cut it off now. (And I have a few different reasons for doing so.)
1. Character Design/Setting
While the character designs aren't bad persay, I don't think they work well for this sort of webcomic. (At least, not for me personally.) They're very anatomically correct (most of the time, at least lol) and take forever to draw. The settings on the other hand, are way too simple and boring to look at. While I was planning on opening it up more after the warehouse, I don't think it would've gotten all that much better.
2. The use of reader-suggestions
A big point of Switch Act was to try taking Homestuck's reader suggestion system, and making it work in proper comic form. What I didn't account for though, is the fact that Homestuck (and similar comics) take full advantage of the fact that they're basically picture books and can describe/do a lot more in one update. Technically, yes, it is possible to do the same in comic form, but for me personally I have too much else to do and too little time.
3. Bad shot composition
This is a much smaller point, that could've probably been fixed in future updates, but I placed it here so you could have a better understanding of why the shot composition is so bad. With characters that take a while to draw, and the pressure of doing multiple pages in one week (along with commission work and my normal art) I just couldn't handle doing super complex or good looking pages.
I'm sorry if this post lets anyone down, but I want to make it clear that I am not quitting comics. (At least, not right now as I write this) I want to take another shot at it some time, and Switch Act was a good learning experience. If I do another comic, I don't plan on using user suggestions again. (Or maybe I could, in very specific scenarios, but that's neither here nor there.) If you want to continue following my work until then, you can always follow me on Twitter. Alternatively, I'll probably write another news post when/if a new comic goes live.
I want to thank everyone for reading the comic, I know it was a short run but I hope to do something far better next time!
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