mreidsma - Ch-ch-ch-changes

"It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves … How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the roots of tradition and conformity." -Henry David Thoreau

As I near the 2-year mark of High Maintenance Machine, I can't help but think of where I want to take my comics. And to be honest with myself, it isn’t into another year of diary comics. I never intended to draw a diary comic this long--it just happened. And while I did sometimes lose sight of my original purpose, the strip was always about drawing practice, about pushing my art and myself into new places.

So beginning August 5th I will be changing things up: I'm going to focus on longer stories--both true and fictional, about myself and others--rather than daily diary strips about my life. And because I feel that long-form comics work better in print, I will stop regularly posting pages online. Each month, a new issue of High Maintenance Machine will be released, either as a compilation of stories or a chapter in a longer work. We'll see. I'm not sure what this will look like, or where it will go, but it's a place I have to visit, and I hope you'll come along for the ride.

Thanks,

Matthew