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UPDATE
Hi Everyone.
I'm not dead - and I havent quit. I know there are a lots of people with questions, people who are worried - and a lot of people who are angry or unhappy. I am sorry - I handled this terribly no excuses, I can only give an explanations.
Pretending everything is ok and being a rock while enduring extreme emotional and mental stress never ends well. Knowing theres no good ending for my dad's 'battle' eventually broke my spirit, I dont know when it happened but I just started waking up feeling totally overwhelmed and unable to function, and the need I felt to be strong for my family left me with no-one to turn to when I collapsed emotionally.
I'm sorry I've been absent.
I was feeling too fragile to handle the responsibility I felt letting thousands of people down here, this community is one of the few things that made me feel useful and I couldn't face making people angry and dissapointed.
I wish I'd been able to surface and keep you informed, or at least say i'm ok - but, I don't think I understand how mental health works, even now. I wish I had suffered something more tangible like a broken arm - everyone can understand how recovering from that works.
All that said. I'm back, and I'm feeling better - catharsis is a good word to use here if you want to google it.. I'm ready to face you all and start putting the pieces back together. First on the docket is some good fucking art.
Second is making amends for the lack of communication and content in some for of compensation for you. For this, I've written to Subscribestar to ask if there is any way to add a free months subscripton to all the fans here who havent given up on me, (and if you did - thats understandable). But I will make amends for how this happened, even if i have to go through a roster of (oh ,my god) 2,400 fans and assign them a free month individually - that might take a week or two - but i'll do it if subscribestar support can't.
Tonight I'll be doing art on picarto
No dramas, or complications. Just art.
Tomorrow will be about picking up the Tales Of Intrigue again, and sorting the rest out, but one step at a time.
I have received a notification that a subscription of $1 has been made without me ordering it. Whatever Subscribstar has told you, you aren't gifting a free month. You are manually charging people without their consent. I also noticed that once a credit card has added to an account it cannot be removed. Things like this make Subscribestar quite a shaddy site
I don't believe creators are able to manually charge their subscribers.
Sound more like you subbed on the 30th last month and your sub was renweved on the 30th of this month
I’ve missed you, Icarus!! Glad you’re feeling better. Thanks for the update! Please, don’t give me a free month. Consider my rolling subscription a confident investment in future works that will continue until you cut it off. The work you do, and the community we have on discord is more than worth it already. I don’t expect you to be an expansion sequence printing press (though that’s a good story idea). I can’t wait to see what you make in the months to come, and thank you in advance! Also, loving the images above. I see some nice expansion and a sexy elf. ☺️ Good luck, good Icarus! See you on the livestream soon!
I knew you were going through something serious and as such foresaw this "drought" (not sure if that's the best word) was foreseen by me. All I can say is I'll continue to support through my pledge which is the only way I feel I can show support. I hope things get better and you come out well on the other side. Be well my friend!
As many others have said, I don't want a free month. I support you putting your family first, art second. Glad to hear that you're feeling a bit better!
Its good you feel cathartic and I am sorry to hear that things have been rough on you man. You don't really owe us for anything that is out of your control. You just bottled up your feelings and you needed to vent. Take all the time you need until you feel better and your mental landscape is clearer
Don't need a free month. Take the time you need. Keep us updated and get well soon