A regular update schedule

[Count Casimir]

Wasn't it fredg or bunny?

[Arioch]

Fredge archived the quotes from me, but I think the RP stuff was someone else.

[Mikk]

Darn, should get my act together and track down SchwartzDrache and poll the oldtimers about those archival fragments...

[fredgiblet]

But I have seen Kickstarter campaigns for e-books, music and movies. There are also other sites like indiegogo which explicitly state its for raising money for "anything". Depending on the community, sometimes monies are raised beyond expectations. I would have to say, though, that I think the best time for any sort of crowdfunding has likely passed due to the long wait between pages. I know we have a core of die-hards that hangs around, and we have faith in Arioch to get back to updates, but I fear many more have abandoned the project (at least for now), but one never knows.

The problem being that you need enough people to be interested. As you state it's likely that, at the moment, the fanbase isn't strong enough to facilitate something like that. If Arioch queued up a good hundred pages, pushed them out at a consistent pace, put a bunch of effort into advertising and THEN put up a Kickstarter, then it's possible that it could be successful. The problem is getting to that point.

I will note that Arioch has been proven wrong though. Penny Arcade ran a Kickstarter to go ad-free, and it was 211% successful, the flip side is that they are Penny Arcade, I doubt Outsider pulls 1% of their numbers even at peak times.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen ... t?ref=live

[Coyote]

Hello Arioch,

Long time lurker, first time poster here. Let me start by saying I really enjoy your comic. Your art is great, the space opera story complete with and pretty blue elves is a guilty pleasure of mine that I consistently share with other people. Outsider is a Thing™ with my circle of friends.

I know it's frustrating when you can't devote any time to something that you enjoy doing.

I also understand that there are times when a perceived weight of expectation, coupled with badgering, can make even something that you really enjoy doing a chore. Something that for whatever reason, a person feels they'd rather just not face that day. So please, I hope you can disregard the commentary in this thread and others like it that I'm sure appear from time to time. I understand that we as readers have no contract with you, no right to feel entitled to a claim on your time, and that we are your guests here. People enjoy what you do, get a little carried away, and can forget their manners on occasion.

Thank you for sharing the story with us so far. I really do hope you will continue to tell the story in future, but only as long as you enjoy telling it to us. When you do get the time and inclination to work on Outsider - whether that's next week, or next month, or next year - I look forward to reading it.