Posted on 8 October 2023 by JamesHi, James here. You may know me as someone who worked on music for Hiveswap. Maybe you know me from my awful social media posts. I also wrote a few things for Pesterquest. Now I am in charge of a new team of people inheriting everyone's favorite webcomic franchise.
So. "Beyond Canon," huh? As some of you may know, I've been trying to get some Homestuck projects off the ground. A few of those things saw some movement (I'm still crossing my fingers about those vinyls) and at some point I swore to some rosemary shippers that I'd make sure there was more content if we won an internet poll. Which we did. By a complete landslide. Absolutely fucking washed those clowns. Love wins.
About a year ago Andrew approached me with the idea of finishing the HS^2 story, (which was originally just called Homestuck: Beyond Canon) and after a few months of kicking ideas around and finding the right team of people we're back baby. It feels great. I am genuinely so excited to show you the stuff we've been cookin' up.
I know that the last thing anybody said about it is that it would be written in full and dropped all at once, but that was maybe a bit of wishful thinking. We've all been there. As time went on and people started moving on to new things, various opportunities and difficulties arose and ultimately plans changed. As such, the torch has been passed to me. 😎
To address one of several elephants in the room, yes this is a new team of people. Andrew has been calling this part of the Homestuck Independent Creative Union which he explained a little on the About page. I've handpicked a group of writers and artists I trust, and I want to move forward with the fandom and start having fun again. I want to be more transparent and engage with the community more. I don't know if I always agree that "No News is Good News" so I want to try a more open policy, even if the news is kind of mundane. Sometimes the people just want to know that we are still doing anything. Fair enough.
In the coming weeks check back here and there will be more news, more announcements and more questions answered. I hope the story we tell is as fun for you guys to read as it has been to make.