Still behind?

[Sharque]

At this point, are we still behind on issues? Last I had heard, it was 5 behind in Jan, but I can’t figure out if it caught up at some point or not

[laguna85]

when the Weekly and Monthly catch up?

[sneakybunny]

By my count we are 7 comics behind schedule for the weeks that have been missed since the delays started.

[KingMind]

I honestly just hope Daphne and the company is doing okay 

[Vidor]

I honestly just hope Daphne and the company is doing okay 

Over a period of 3 1/2 months, December 2025 to now, there have been seven comics.  As far as the weekly and monthly goes, SJI has ceased production and An Education, one of my own favorite comics, which used to have two issues a month, has had only two issues December-March.

I dunno.  Daphne has been putting out a lot of terrific comics for a long time.  A lot of great content.  But it seems to be going away.

[Daphne]

Over a period of 3 1/2 months, December 2025 to now, there have been seven comics.

Eight:

• Belief System #10
• User Manual #2
• Takeout #6
• Belief System #11
• Another Perfect Day
• Terms and Conditions
• Connected #7
• Street Legal

SJI has ceased production

SJI has not ceased production. SJI is on haitus because the same art team who draws SJI also draws Starter Marriage, and that is one of, if not the, most popular features on the site, and decisions needed to be made.

An Education, one of my own favorite comics, which used to have two issues a month, has had only two issues December-March.

AE will have a highly variable schedule going forward due to circumstances beyond our control.

Look, there appears to be this idea that there is a big red "publish comic" button that I am, for some perverse reason, failing to push, and if people point out facts that I am deeply and painfully aware enough times, I'll get off my fat ass and start pushing it again. This is does not accurately represent the publication process at MCC.

At this point, all I can say is that I am doing my utmost to get back on schedule. If that is insufficient, then you will need to make a decision about your subscription. I am sorry to be that blunt, but there is literally nothing else I can do at this point to accelerate matters: it's all in the hands of others.

[Sharque]

I think it will be easier to bear once one of the serials gets back into regular publishment. SJI is my favorite work on the site, so it’s been brutal having a nearly 5-month hiatus from it in favor of Starter Marriage, but I also understand that SM is one of the biggest attractors for most subscribers. When Octavia and PK are finished with their current work and back to business as usual, I’m sure I can stand the pipeline wait.

[chipperboy1]

Yeah I’m confident things will get back up to speed. We all appreciate everything the entire team does here- it’s a LOT of work. Plus the wait just means big things are coming- at least in my opinion. Especially with Starter Marriage. The fact they’re putting a lot of work into it is really encouraging to me.

[zerocross]

Look, there appears to be this idea that there is a big red "publish comic" button that I am, for some perverse reason, failing to push, and if people point out facts that I am deeply and painfully aware enough times, I'll get off my fat ass and start pushing it again. This is does not accurately represent the publication process at MCC.

I don't doubt that you've gotten idiotic comments in that direction, but I don't get the impression that's where Vidor was going with his comment.

When you've come out and addressed the gaps in production, the impression I got is that there would be a few gaps here and there until you could catch up. Then, we'd get a few months with more publications than usual until we're caught up. But it's been almost a month since Street Legal. It's a longer gap than I expected, and I doubt I am alone in this.

We get that events conspired to create this exceptional circumstance, and that it's mostly out of you control. I've been subscribed for probably a decade by now. It get this isn't your usual standard. It must be frustrating and stressful to you. We get the bottleneck is artists, and that they need time to work.

But this is worse than I expected it to be, and I'm surprised you've not been more proactive at keeping up updating on the status of the backlog. This is a lot of consecutive misses. You can't be surprised some of us are beginning to worry.

[Daphne]

I'm surprised you've not been more proactive at keeping up updating on the status of the backlog.

I'm really not sure what more I could do. The list of titles in production is available here. There's not much more information than I can give. If I speculate on when those titles might be released, there is no level of qualification I could put on it that will not cause people to turn those dates into iron-clad commitments.

I had expected to be back on at least the basic weekly schedule by now. I am extremely frustrated that I haven't been able to. If everyone involved had kept to deadlines (or even vaguely close), we'd be back there by now (I don't like to name and shame, so I won't, but this has been a serious problem lately).

All I can really say is that everyone involved is working diligently to get caught up again, and I appreciate everyone's patience while we do.