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Coming back for real this time. Honest.
Yes, people. After a 2 year hiatus we are finally coming back with new pages. The new artist, Ryan Hughes, is still getting his footing and I'm amassing a backlog of pages, but soon marks the (finally and for really) triumphant return of Kyle and Josh! A few things to note:
The style has changed to be slightly less cartoony, which was intentional. Part of the problem we started having as we got into more issues were ways of making people look different and they really didn't. So they have a slightly more realistic approach but I like the style.
We're also not immediately picking up from where we left off but in fact issue #5 will be called "Enter the Bubba." The conclusion of The Zoo story arc will happen, possibly at issue 7, but won't happen right away. The pages for The Inevitable Conclusion will be pulled and probably added as extras in the second volume of K&J comics.
Updating schedule is still being hammered out based on Ryan's schedule. We'd like it to be 2 days a week like before, but it may unfortunately only be 1. Still, new pages are better than no pages so check back soon or subscribe to the RSS feed for when we're finally coming back!
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9:19AM 07/04
Merry whatever you celebrate!
Merry various holiday celebrations and whatever from your friend at Kyle and Josh!
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12:07PM 12/24
The explanation
There are a lot of reasons that I have decided not to continue with Kyle and Josh as it is right now. The first and biggest is that I do not have the time to devote to something like this. When using that excuse I hear a lot of people tell me that I should just update whenever I feel like it. But really, a web comic is almost like a business. To run a successful webcomic you need an updating schedule, something that brings people back and makes them want to read it. If they don't know when the next one is coming it's way too easy just to forget about it.
The other reason is that I just don't have the same love for the comic that I once did. I've been working on this thing on and off for over 10 years now. During that time I've put a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and finances into the whole thing. Regardless, I think 10 years is a good amount of time for almost anything and it's time to pretty much move on.
That said, there are only 2 ways that Kyle and Josh will make a return. The first and most unlikely is that I both find the time and my next project completely falls through. The second is if someone else agrees to do all the artwork, from start to finish. I have scripts that are more-or-less finished and they could easily be added to this if someone willing and able to pick up the artistic mantle is eager enough to take a stab at it.
What I will be doing in the meantime is updating the Gallery and the Archive sections with everything I have amassed over the last 10 years. You'll see a good chunk of things that very, very few people have ever seen, including the very first, complete issue of Kyle and Josh that we did on Kyle's computer. There will also be a few additions to the gallery and comic pages in that I will eventually be able to add text to give you more of an understanding of what you're looking at. Don't expect that until after the first of the year, though.
In the event I ever get fan comics or randomly do a comic myself I'll post them, or if someone emails me to say they want to take over drawing it I'll let you know, but for the time being you can consider this the end of Kyle and Josh.
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11:45AM 12/19
I'm a big, fat liar.
The comic is not in fact coming back. It was not an easy decision to come to. Expect a full explanation later with some changes to the site.
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10:23AM 12/16
We're coming back, baby.
Ladies and gentleman, I am pleased to announce, after much deliberation, that The Adventures of Kyle and Josh will be returning no later than March of '09. I will be handling the writing and the drawing and I hope to be able to stick with the original Tuesday/Thursday updating schedule I had before. Because I'm taking over the artwork the feel will be a tad different, but probably not all that much. You'll still get the same basic look from them as when Steff was drawing it.
I'm actually going to be replacing issue #5, though. I'm starting on a whole new foot here and rather than picking up where Steff left off, I'm going to start a whole new issue. The Zoo will still be finished, but it'll be a couple issues down the road rather than the one that's going right now.
I'll be keeping everyone posted and I also hope to do a handful of guest comics for other web comics between now and then so keep a lookout for those!
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9:33AM 12/04
