So here's the plan.

I've had a bit of a time of it since the last update of TBND. Life, health and work have been taking me for a bit of a spin really. However, things *are* looking up just lately and while I am still working through a backlog of stuff, I am at least more organised about what needs to be completed this year.

The good news is that TBND3 now has a definite deadline. That deadline is Confuzzled 2012 (probably the 1st or 2nd weekend of May) and that deadline isn't just for the art to be completed, but for the whole comic to be in production and available for purchase.

I know that does make it seem like I'm giving myself a very generous deadline, but the fact of the matter is that I have to cut down rather drastically on the amount of drawn work I'm producing to make sure my wrist injury doesn't keep flaring up as it has over the past year.

So what else keeps me from TBND? There's many things, but I do fit it into my working week around other projects. Currently the other stuff is:

Commissions
these always take precedence, they're for paying customers after all.

Special Commissions
I've been experimenting with commissions to specific deadlines with specific content. Seems to be going well thus far. Again, these are for paying customers so have a priority.

Other Comics
There's always other comics in the works. At one point I was going to ditch comics entirely after TBND 3 because, to be honest, the amount of money they make doesn't justify the work that goes into them. However, there is a demand for more comics from me and the more I get the more the older comics seem to sell, so perhaps it's just a case of building up a decent comic portfolio.

Other Stuff
Every now and then something will come up that isn't covered by the above. This is low priority stuff and is usually fitted in around other more important items but as is the nature of the creative mind, sometimes you just have to get that idea out of your brain and onto the paper or it'll drive you mad.

The biggest change for TBND updates is going to be the loss of regular schedule. Whenever I try to instigate a regular update schedule it ends up not working, it's far better for me to produce the comic and not release anything until it's completed than to try and squeeze out a page every week or fortnight. So if there's a further TBND book after 3 I'll complete the whole thing offline before updating any of the pages. The only exception would be for getting your input on characters or posting teaser artwork at key stages of the comic's completion.

Hopefully this brings you all up to date and lets you know that while nothing is happening with TBND right this minute something will be soon. There's still lots of story in the TBND world that can be told so I'm hoping to tell that to you one day, just not today, I've got stuff to do ;)