Okay. I know this is not the wisest thing to do in terms of keeping reader interest. But I am going on a three month hiatus from Forming. Saturday will be my final post until I return on May 8th 2010.
There are two reasons for this.
1. Before I posted the first episode of Forming, I spent 7 months +, researching and jotting down ideas for characters and rough story arcs. As of today I have reached slightly beyond any solid plans I had laid out. I have ideas but I have to make sure the pieces fit and that the content is jammed with goodness. Basically I have to regroup, do a ton of reading on topics I want to explore, and also figure out the major trajectories; all to make sure this thing continues to be as good as I want it to be.
2. It looks like I will also simultaneously be taking a temp job at a place I cannot publicly talk about right now. This job will last two months and require me to move across the country. So it would be best for me to take this opportunity to bone up on reading/note taking rather than actual drawing. The money I make at this job will allow me to live work free for the next year. Unless I blow it all on roulette.
I want to assure my small cluster of regular readers that Forming is my main priority in life these days and I am simply taking the time off to keep this thing from rolling off the tracks. I hope you can bear with the silent process! Meanwhile GWC will continue for 12 more pages. (I’ve finished 8 of them.) And saturday’s episode will be a two pager.
-Jesse
EDIT: So I think I can confirm now that I will be in LA, starting on Feb 20th, working for the Cartoon Network. I’ll be doing storyboard revisions for a cartoon called Adventure Time. It’s a temporary gig, but could maybe turn into something more depending on their budget etc… I didn’t want to say anything until I was sure it was happening. We’ve been back and forth for months discussing what kind of position they wanted to give me there. Meanwhile I’m living on soy sauce! Revision artist is sort of the lowest rung of the ladder from what I gather. Basically for people who’ve had no previous experience in the field. But it sure pays good. Anyway it’s a kids cartoon and the people involved all seem really cool. Okay o that’s the update. LATERS
Do what you gotta do man!
You got my support. I’ll continue to be a constant reader. Bookmarked for life.
No worries, love your work!
Take your time, RSS will remind us when you’re back.
Yeah, no rush. I’ll happily wait as long as it takes.
take it easy, be safe.
yeah man, go for it. i hope your mysterious job goes well. also my keyword is “mustache” lol.
Good luck and god speed.
What an awesome job. I wish you luck! My google reader will be waiting.
I hope the GWC gets posted soon :3
Haha, spam word is enduring. Nice touch.
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Good luck!
I love this comic.
Yeah I gave Arthur the next 4 pages about 2 weeks ago. Still waiting or them to post it.
Yeah man take your time, make your bank, and take them notes. Its good to have change every so often and you know we’ll all be waiting for you when you get back.
Much Love
Excited to see the new episode, and even more so to see the products of your research. Good luck with your new adventure.
Mr. Moynihan, good luck and Godspeed. I will eagerly await your return, and probably re-read Forming a dozen times in the interim.
If your travels bring you to Arizona, especially Tucson, email me.
Bullshit. Have a nice life.
Hey Adam. Good to hear from you man. I’ll be in LA which is not so far considering.
You’re working on Adventure Time? Awesome. I’ve been excited all week, since hearing it got picked up by Cartoon Network.
I’ll be back in May, or whenever. You might consider setting up an RSS feed for updates. (Unless you already have something for that, and I’m missing it.)
Yeah, I’m stupid. And now also, subscribed to your RSS.
Wow, I’m pretty stoked that Adventure time is going to become an actual show. Finally! Also, your comic is pretty darn awesome.
I just love your story… what kinds of things did you research? Was something like Greek mythology an inspiration for you?
hi adventure time iz great and i fooken luv ur shit.
Congratulations on the job. I think it’s a good move to put quality above quantity. If you need time to research, take the time. It’s been a real pleasure reading the story so far.
Thanks for the responses everyone.
Yes
this is a bummer in that my thursdays will be about 35% less exciting. However, if you need time off to keep Forming as unreal as it currently is-by all means. the wait will be worth it. I wish you the best of luck out on the other coast Jesse.
The Best of luck to you Jesse,
I’ll certainly be back to see the rest of forming take shape.
PS Adventure Time is boss.
When you said you were taking a short-term, high paying job, and mentioned gambling, I thought you were going to become a prostitute.
As everyone else has already said I’m willing to wait for a well-formed Forming (pun intended). Congrats on the job, good luck!
I didn’t want to say anything before but I can now confirm that you will be working under me, I’m the new ‘manager’. Everything you were told previously about the job is irrelevant, stay in your home. You will be paid in a lump sum when I am satisfied.
Are you going to lease an Escalade to drive around while you’re out there? No, you’re going to get a Focus, something practical yet unconventional.
It’ll be a long wait.. but we’re stoked to be having you work with us on AT.
Yeah, very stoked. I’m relieved that it’s all finally real. Congrats, and see you soon!
-T
Hey, congratulations and good luck with the job! Looking forward to Forming’s eventual return.
thats good news.
have fun.
congrats.
ADVENTURE TIME IS AWESOME
dont leave forming behind!
hot damn, congrats!
helping on that beautiful show is good enough excuse to lay this comic down for a bit for me. good luck, and i’ll be waiting for more forming come may.
I was looking forward to adventure time even before this. now like, omg
my spam word is sausage lol
Oh my god Adventure Time oh my god. So cool
Good luck Jesse! We’ll be waiting…
whoa awesome! a friend of mine at CN told me he was trying to get you on the team when I was in LA, I’m glad it worked out!
I fully support your hiatus - you are making brilliant work. . they’re lucky to have you in LA.
I will miss Forming very much, I’ve been checking it regularly since I knew of its existence. Don’t do that whole ‘I’m moving to the West Coast forever cause its so chillaxed out here’ thing. Thanks.
Good luck! Forming is the light of my life.
Hey Sam, if there’s one thing I need to do it’s chillax. I’ve gotten sick more times this year than any in my whole life. My body is self destructing! I think it’s from stress. Time to get a pink thong and work out at muscle beach.
hit me up foo, south OC where I be! (949) 4953933 “Poke Smot”
i think you should find yogi bear and wrassle him
I’m an expert roulette player, when you’re ready.
I Thought i was dreaming when I had seen your art form on the telle, good show old chap. Reform the Masses *_*
YEAH! ALL RIGHT! Work-free 10 months of the year? Nice! Of course that show will probably get renewed and then they’ll be like, hey we need you in a month and a half and you’ll be like, should I move back or lose my apartment here, and then you’ll be working out on the beach and eating hot dogs and drawing on bar napkins with Pen and Tom and before you know it it will be five years in the future and you’ll be working at Dreamworks doing Shrek 9 and wearing fancy pants (stole that bit from Ralph Bakshi). The only thing that made me move back was having a kid but now I’m glad I’m back in the east where I can really work on my furrowed brow wrinkles and getting them more or less permanent. But congratulations I loved living in LA I don’t know why people dump on it. It is what you make of it. Ohyeah secret: live close to work.
Very cool Jesse. Good luck in LA and with the cartoon network!
I was thinking it would be funny if I lived in a homeless shelter and took showers at the YMCA.
Naw man, in California you live on the beach and bathe with the dolphins.
Oh yeah. I’m so hardened by the East Coast. Can’t wait to chillax my hustler-mind.
Sweet job dude!
Take all that sweet research time! It’ll just make the final huge printed version of forming that much sweeter!
the voice actor for The Ice king is the same one for sponge bob, he alos acted in HBO’s MR.show
Bawk Bawk Bawk!
That sounds like one of those poorly translated Japanese T-shirts
People deserve good life and loan or just student loan would make it much better. Just because freedom relies on money.