-Jake

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UPDATE:

Sorry about the radio silence folks, in case anyone’s wondering we decided to go dark again for a bit…Jake and I are both super busy at the moment trying to make those cash-mons everybody’s talking about. To all of our 4 diehard fans: don’t stress out, we’re still planning on getting all of Issue 2 out by the end of the year…we just can no longer afford to worry about getting out a page every week on time. So that element is probably going to go away for a little while, until we get officially caught up. You might see a new page every now and then, just pay attention to your RSS feed. Also, Issue 1′s been done for a while now and we still don’t have it in printed form yet, for anybody who doesn’t enjoy eye strain. So we need to shift that into the priority zone. I want to announce details on how to get your hands on printed issues by the end of September at least.

So don’t worry, we’ll be back soon. I like this page a lot so I thought it was a good place to leave off for now.

See you in silico,

Josh

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So we’re finally back from suspended hibernation. Issue #2 is officially here! Hope everyone had a great holiday/break, ours was busy. If you look around you’ll notice a few new things have happened to the site. First of which is the art: we’ve added a new color! Grey! So that’s exciting. At the top of the site you’ll notice some new links: About, Minisodes, and Confidential. We’ve been working hard to generate additional content to provide deeper insight into the world of Who Saw The Deep, so please explore those at your leisure.

Also, stay tuned for details on how to get your hands on a physical printed copy of Issue #1: Hangman, at the moment we’re illustrating a new cover and ironing out some practical concerns. More of that to follow.

In the meantime, enjoy the new page.

Once again I’d like to thank you all for sticking with us as we get on our feet…as I keep saying it’s a pretty unorthodox story and it’s certainly not for everyone. But more than that, the nature of this kind of narrative, a mystery with lot of unresolved questions and suspended exposition—where there’s a good deal of alienation from even the protagonist—is such that it’s particularly challenging to stay invested over a long timeframe, while you’re getting updates only twice a week. The webcomic format is not necessarily the best vehicle for this journey, but all I can say is, have patience. We’ll get there.

With that, we’re going to go dark for a little while…

But don’t worry. We’ll return soon, we’re just going to take a one-month break to sort through some other projects that have landed on our plate, and to get Issue #1 printed and figure out the distribution angle. And stuff. We’ll break the news about how to get your own copy as soon as we cross that bridge; expect to see printed issues available for purchase within a couple of weeks. Also: expect to see some interesting (and hopefully illuminating) teaser material dropped periodically in the meantime.

So if you like what you’ve seen here, tell your friends, vote us up and so forth, help us take over the internet. Or, at the very least, help get us to a scenario where we can do this full-time.

See you in silico,

Josh

P.S. For anyone not satisfied with just one bonus page…or is otherwise utterly bewildered by what’s going on in this comic (I think I covered all my bases there)…look for something particularly enlightening buried in today’s minisode…

Utnapishtim said, ‘I shall reveal to you a thing that is hidden, Gilgamesh…

‘It is a mystery of the gods that I am disclosing.

‘There is a plant that grows underwater.

‘It has a prickle like a thorn, like a rose; it will wound your hands, but…

‘If you succeed in taking it, then your hands will hold that which restores his lost youth to a man.

When Gilgamesh heard this he opened the sluices so that a water current might carry him out to the deepest channel. He tied heavy stones to his feet and they dragged him down; to the waterbed they pulled him.

There he saw the boxthorn growing; although it pricked him he took it in his hands.

Then he cut the heavy stones from his feet, and the sea carried him and threw him upon the shore.

Gilgamesh spoke to Urshanabi, the ferryman, saying, ‘Come here, and see this marvelous plant. By its virtue a man may win back all of his former strength.

‘I will take it to Uruk of the strong walls.

‘There I will give it to the old men to eat.

‘Its name shall be ‘The Old Man Again Is Young…’

‘And then I shall eat of it myself…and return, at last, to my lost youth.’

Next on “Who Saw The Deep:” A shocking lead is discovered! A new character is introduced! Also: more fan service! Gotta keep the four of you coming back somehow…

–See you in silico,
Josh