Kismet is back, with a batch-update mailing list

[sholio]

Those of you who've been around for a while have heard me talking about my SF webcomic, Kismet, which has been on hiatus for the last *mumble* while. It's updating again, as of this month - link to start of new pages on Tumblr which will make absolutely ZERO sense without the context of the rest of it - but since both the sites I'm updating it on (Patreon and Tumblr) kinda suck for reading through the archives in order, and some people prefer to read plotty webcomics in batches anyway, I now have a batch update mailing list!

https://subscribepage.com/kismetlist

(Please let me know if anything doesn't work. You should get a confirmation email that you need to click to confirm that you want to be on the list, and then a welcome email afterward. If that doesn't happen, let me know and I can put you on the list manually.)

I'll send out an email whenever I update the website archive with a batch of new pages, ideally about once a month. Emails will also include any new Kismet news, such as new interesting things posted publicly at the Patreon. (It's definitely not an advertisement for the Patreon, so it won't link to locked content - it's more of a free alternative.) After the current story arc, Sun-Cutter, wraps up, it will be an update list for keeping people up-to-date on when the comic is likely to resume and where to find it.

If you haven't read Kismet and want to, here it is on the website archive with my ancient hand-coded HTML.

Book One: Hunter's Moon (complete)
Book Two: Sun-Cutter (in progress)

I will just say up front that a) the early art is rough, and b) there are some things I would write differently if I were writing it now. But honestly, I feel like it's worn pretty well given that I posted the first chapters in 2002 (and wrote the first draft of the novella that became Book 1 all the way back in 1995, with more or less the exact same plot). It's certainly aged better than anything else I was working on at the time!

I also still can't get over how much Expanse reminds me of it in some ways.

Comments

[booksarelife]

Well this is the best advertisement for it that you could have given me at the moment: “ I also still can't get over how much Expanse reminds me of it in some ways.” so I’m totally checking it out!

[sholio]

If you do read it, I hope you like it! :D

[booksarelife]

Is the batch update mailing list for people who’ve never read it before or for people who’ve read some of it?

[sholio]

It's for people who are following the new updates as they come out, so basically it'll be a monthly-ish update email linking to the new pages. Essentially it's "here's the latest episode of this ongoing series" for people who are already following the series and want to know when something new arrives. (It's a little like subscribing to get updates in an AO3 fic.)

[booksarelife]

Ah, ok cool

[sholio]

Yeah, it's kind of - basically me trying out a new thing to get updates to people, since the comic has moved around so many times as I've tried to find a good hosting site that'll do automatic updates without too much effort on my part.

Broken link

[willibald]

So I started to read Kismet a couple of years ago but never got very far. Also I've pretty much avoided social media and webcomics for about a year (though I must say that your monthly stories landing in my inbox have been very welcome). Anyhow, I got an email from LJ saying someone had tried to hack my account and decided to look back down the rabbit hole...
Read the whole of book 1 today. Loved the characters, the artwork, the story... I envy your many talents, may they continue to flourish,
Sorry I'm rambling. anyhow I started reading the Shorts before beginning book 2. Being lazy, I generally click on the image rather than scrolling to wherever the 'next' button has gone to to reach the next page. In "The Lady Sings the Blues" this link on page 4 takes you back to page 1 although the 'next' button takes you to page 5. Not a big problem and may not be worth the trouble to fix, but I thought you ought to know.

Re: Broken link

[sholio]

Thank you so much for letting me know about the broken link! I'll go fix that immediately - they do slip through sometimes and I appreciate knowing about them.

I'm really happy to hear you're liking the comic - and the short stories; thank you!! That's great to hear. (Er, not so much the account almost getting hacked - I hope you've got all that straightened out.)