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I stopped wanting to make personal comics awhile ago. by Kate | August 24, 2015 08/25/2015, 10:48pm PDT
kateordiecomics.com wrote:

I have not updated Kate or Die in a long time, and it was sporadic before that. I still update on ComicsAlliance every other Monday and plan to continue to do so, but I keep yo-yoing on whether or not I actually want to keep working on these over here. It’s odd.

So many of my older comics, I look at and feel uncomfortable with. I was young and new on the internet and nobody was watching, so I said whatever came to mind. Some of these strips I’m very proud of, others I could go and revise until they were barely recognizable. I’ve deleted a few. Some things are better left in their strange pockets of the internet where my credit’s undoubtedly been erased, anyhow.

I stopped wanting to make personal comics awhile ago. When I reached a certain level, I had no control over where my comics went or who responded to them. I don’t mind this at all when it comes to the funny stuff or anything fictional – Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time, and now Power Up, etc – but when it’s really, really personal… it started to feel weird. I stopped wanting to be so open, I guess. I needed to keep some things for me. If you scroll back through these comics you can see me commenting about this, going back and forth on it, but this is where I am right now.

I think if I come back to webcomics it’ll be through fictional ones, but I’m really enjoying writing right now. I get to talk about things through a veil, from both my perspective and others, to incorporate my experiences while building new worlds and characters. It feels a little safer and a lot more challenging, in a way, and I’m having a lot of fun. I never expected or set out to become a writer, but I really, really love it, and I want to keep going!

Maybe it’s that life got better. I found somebody really wonderful and I’m about to move 3,000 miles away to be with him after fighting for my visa for 9 months. It’s been almost a year with him, and the funny thing is, I’m just not as angry anymore. There are still things I want to talk about, but the fury that drove my comics in the beginning has kind of abated. He makes me excited, drives me, but now it’s to tell fun stories, adventure stories, things full of heart and joy. I know the feeling, when an artist you like gets happy and their work suffers. Bear with me. Life’s sure to kick me in the face eventually and all the dark stuff will pull itself by its tendrils back to the surface. Comics are how I cope.

Until then, enjoy the archive. Check out Power Up and all the other fun things I’m working on, and keep your eyes on ComicsAlliance for Kate or Die. I have so many exciting things coming up in the next few months. Thank you for going through so much with me. I’m not done, just… shifting focus.


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Did tumblr delete shittywebcomics? NT by Souffle of Pain 08/25/2015, 6:36pm PDT NEW
    Yep. The only surprise is that it took this long. NT by Putin 08/25/2015, 7:19pm PDT NEW
    What was the given reason by Vested Id 08/25/2015, 8:03pm PDT NEW
    Re: Did tumblr delete shittywebcomics? by Grebble 08/25/2015, 8:34pm PDT NEW
        Re: Did tumblr delete shittywebcomics? by Souffle of Pain 08/25/2015, 9:32pm PDT NEW
            Pour one out for my trolleys by SWC Hateline 08/25/2015, 11:18pm PDT NEW
                Here too by Grebble 08/26/2015, 7:50am PDT NEW
    I stopped wanting to make personal comics awhile ago. by Kate | August 24, 2015 08/25/2015, 10:48pm PDT NEW
        Re: I stopped wanting to make personal comics awhile ago. by Ol' Fish Bowl Head 08/25/2015, 11:35pm PDT NEW
    Pretty classy of tumblr to not put up a redirect. NT by Brian 08/26/2015, 7:39am PDT NEW
    Re: Did tumblr delete shittywebcomics? by kate leth 08/27/2015, 7:37am PDT NEW
        They aren't doing swc any more. NT by It's over 08/27/2015, 3:13pm PDT NEW
        Exploding but undamaged NT by I'm a Survivr 08/28/2015, 1:28am PDT NEW
        Tumblr followed SWC ban with ban of other users, shitstorm brewing by kate leth 08/28/2015, 7:46am PDT NEW
            Did those evils SJWs oppress you? Good thing you can run back to your 8Chan NT by hugbox, you whining faggot. 08/28/2015, 9:10am PDT NEW
                The saltiness of this nigga is a clear indicator that we hurt his feelings. 8) by kate leth 08/28/2015, 9:34am PDT NEW
            Hahahah "shit storm" by Mysterio 05/03/2017, 10:06pm PDT NEW
    nothing new NT by https://8ch.net/swc/ 09/07/2015, 8:05am PDT NEW
    You guys gotta display stuff in chronological order. NT by Mysterio Lollerson 10/10/2015, 4:18pm PDT NEW
    People are starting to realize how much they needed us. by kate leth 11/13/2015, 11:50am PST NEW
        Re: People are starting to realize how much they needed us. by Your joint biggest patron. 11/13/2015, 2:07pm PST NEW
            Sorry that no one's screencapping your posts out of desperate need. 8) by kate leth 11/14/2015, 3:49am PST NEW
    kateleth still doing kateleth things by kateleth 01/27/2019, 1:29pm PST NEW
        IF YOU MET MUHAMMAD ALI, WOULD YOU CALL HIM CASSIUS? by TDARCOS 01/27/2019, 5:58pm PST NEW
            Outstanding NT by Autoerotic Gynephile 01/27/2019, 6:23pm PST NEW
        Re: kateleth still doing kateleth things by Mysterio 01/29/2019, 5:17am PST NEW
            I've seen her mentioned and shared on Twitter, she's not a nobody NT by Vested Id 01/29/2019, 5:25am PST NEW
                Let's talk about games instead. by Oh 01/29/2019, 11:24am PST NEW
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