Moving in a New Direction…
Dearest Squiddies… I’ve come to the fork in the road. One path, the smooth paved one, is continuing in comics and the other path is the dirt road to a more “fine art-centric” route. I’ve enjoyed my path in comics… and I have had so much fun in Squid Row! I want to thank you for coming along with me on the Squid Row adventures, but alas, I’m heading down the other road.
When I moved to Portland, Oregon last year, I was looking for some new direction…. some reinvention. It has become more clear to me over the past year that the change was coming and comics was going to be something I focused a little less on. I’m not planning on giving up comics entirely… just maintaining two comics on a regular basis.
I have loved Randie & Ryan and Squid Row… I am grateful for your readership and your support over the years! Thank you! I will keep the sites up for both comics… and will post from time to time… but I’ll direct your eyeballs over to bridgettspicer.com for most things. Also you can follow me around on my instagram where I update frequently… instagram.com/brigtoon … I will also be updating my Patreon account to reflect things… for those of you who give.
So Sept. 29th will be the last comic for Squid Row and Sept 27th will be the last for R&R.
Again… thank you for all your support and your readership! Smiles!
-Bridgett
brig@squidrowcomics.com
It’s been a fine run, Brig. I’m sad for us Squiddies, but happy for you and yours, and wish you all the best in your “fine-art centric” route.
Maybe you could post every now and then? A comic for Christmas and stuff like that. (Though as a writer, I know how you must always move forward.)
Regardless, I’ll be keeping an eye on you! (Well, your website and postings. No need to get all creepy. *lol!*)
Good luck and good fortune!
Thank you, Pete… yes… I am moving in a more fine art direction… but I won’t be giving up cartooning, whatsoever… I’ll still be doing toons… just not on a regular time table. I imagine I’ll be tossing cartoons on the site from time to time.
Thank you for your readership and support over the years. It’s been a wild ride. Big hugs!
AAAAAAARGH! Say it ain’t so, Brig! I do hope you do the occasional strip, I think the idea of, “fine art,” does not exclude fine art.
Aww man, all of my favorite strips are ending! 🙁 Good luck to you in your future fine art-y endeavors!
Ying-Ko… yes, I’m afraid so. But I will post things from time to time… Not sure what as of yet… but we’ll leave things on a positive note as far as the future.
Meem… I’m sorry that your strips are ending… others you follow? Anyhow… Thank you for reading along… and thanks for your well-wishing. And drop into bridgettspicer.com every so often to see what’s happening.
You know, it’s taken me this long to figure out something to say here and about all I can settle on is ‘Thank you for the good times’. Sad to see you go, glad to have been around for what I was!
Saying the same here as on the other—best of luck. And adding “end on a high note, but leave ’em wanting more.”
Also I was contemplating adding you to my Patreons—really, I swear it, I was just waiting for my post-retirement finances to settle down. Have you got a tip jar I can throw something in on the way out?
Trev: Thank you… It HAS been fun… there have been some really amazingly good times… and I will remember them so fondly. Thank you for your readership, and I hope that you’ll drop into Bridgettspicer.com from time to time to check in and say hi! Smiles and thank you for being part of the Squid Row community!
RN… you are most thoughtful… Thank you for wanting to drop something in the tin cup! I do believe that there is a one-time “plunk” option on Patreon…the site’s zen help desk suggests that you sign up to be a contributor, let one payment successfully be billed (they will send you an email confirmation of when you get billed) and then cancel membership. Smiles on your Patreon-age.
I want to thank you for constantly commenting on stories and joining the conversation. thank you for your readership and your involvement in the Squid Row community. I greatly appreciate your being here!
I will look into it before the end of the month, I promise.
Re: Patreon. It doesn’t let me drop a single-time donation, but I can finagle a way. It involves pledging what I want to give and then cancelling my further contributions immediately. (Sorry if that looks a little cold.) So if I’ve done it right it should show up at the end of the month. If it’s not I’ll try again.