Posted on 1 December 2023 by JamesHi, James here. A new month means new Patreon posts! New Commentary! New Bonus Comics! A New Illustration! It's enough to make you cry. If you haven’t seen it yet, I also put a poll up for patrons that will last until the 10th. This poll will help determine when we start putting up some of the extras here for free. Neat!
We’ve been featuring some cool fanworks over on Twitter. X? Bleh. Awful website. I’m glad it's dying. Why if it weren’t for the laws of this land I’d have slain it myself long ago. Still, it's cool to be able to highlight some of the bigger projects going on right now. There will be a few more in the coming weeks but I think we wanna space them out a little more.
On the 16th of this month we are planning a HS:BC team AMA on the Homestuck Subreddit. It's usually just me answering questions, but now’s the chance to get to know the rest of the team too! Perhaps they can provide you with some valuable insights or exciting life lessons. I am also eager for someone to field “FIX SO AND SO” questions besides myself.
All of this is to engage with the community a little more. Is there something you’d like to see? Let us know! I’ve been reading threads and I browse the tag every few nights on Various Websites. There’s also a Youtuber who posts videos of them reading each update that I watch. You guys are having a lot of fun and it is contagious.
The upcoming update will drop mid-month. I am going to try and keep it to two newsposts a month because there isn’t that much to report right now. A lot of behind the scenes action, we’ve been continuing to reach out to various community groups. Some HICU stuff. I hurt my back because I slept on it weird. That’s not related but it is a little funny.
Now if I’m able to make a request of YOU, I’d love some help on getting a short list of the top 10 favorite Homestuck Songs. I’ve run some informal polls before but it was a while ago. I am in talks with a vinyl printer to do a Best of Homestuck album (working title) and right now I need to finalize a list and contact the musicians that would be on it to get some small contracts going in order to get them paid.
To provide a little clarity for the situation this merch, while very cool, is possibly largely because it requires no upfront cost from us. They recuperate their costs (and presumably a small fee) and then the rest goes to the musician. Since there is not much overhead on my end, and I am not WP we are not beholden to the old music contracts. Which means new contracts, that are maybe a little better for the individuals. On a side note: with the way Bandcamp is changing, we will have to find new ways of distribution going forward.
The summaries seemed to go over well, so here we are:
James here.
New Patreon posts, including a poll that will run until the 10th.
A full team AMA on the Homestuck Subreddit Dec. 16th at 2PM PDT.
Update will be towards the middle of the month, as usual.
Not much to report this month, just the usual outreach.
I want to know the top 10 Homestuck songs to put on a physical vinyl release.