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I knew the new series was going to be a challenge, but I'm still motivated to keep going. I realized pretty early on that my goal of one page per weekday wasn't realistic so I dialed it back to three a week (M,W,F) and seems to be going okay. I just posted the 16th strip, which is halfway through what I'm considering the first "episode." Tentatively, each episode will be 32 strips long. I'm posting the comics on multiple sites, trying to find a new audience, which has been the most challenging element this time around. Maybe it's because there are so many other web comics out there these days, that it's difficult to stand out. That's something I'll have to figure out. Despite not getting a ton of feedback yet, I'm still having a lot of fun with the series. To those of you reading but aren't necessarily the type to leave comments, I want to thank you for sticking with me. I ask that you stick with me a little longer while I get a steady routine/schedule going.

Thanks for reading,

Jason C.

2022 was a huge year for me. The short version is my family and I are now living in Indiana (until now we've been in Mississippi all our lives.) I've been working for high end printing and packaging company since September. It's the first "step up" job I've had since I was laid off in 2020 early on in the pandemic. It was a painful few years, but I'm off to a good start with this new year. Since my new job doesn't demand any overtime from me (a first) I actually have some time at home to spend on hobbies. I've been drawing, reading, watching shows I've missed and such. But I kept coming back to writing down ideas for comics. When I moved to Indiana, I learned that Indianapolis is literally called "Circle City" which just kinda blew my mind. Almost felt like the universe was trying to tell me something. With all that said, I've been working on a new ongoing series since November. I really struggled back and forth with whether I wanted to make a sequel series or reboot it. I had a lot of ideas for both plans, but in the end I decided to start fresh so no one would have to read 2000+ comics to keep up with the current stuff. I'm excited and I hope you enjoy what's coming up.

Thank you for reading.

Jason C.

Hi, there! If you're looking for my new Circle City comics, I have transferred them to my new main account VectoComics. If you're interested, please add that account to your watchlist.

I came "out of retirement" earlier this month and learned that so much has changed on DeviantArt in recent years and virtually all of my old friends and readers have moved on to other things. So after a couple weeks of posting new comics and not really finding an audience, I learned that I can not advertise on DA anymore, so gaining a new readership is somewhat difficult. With that said, I'm essentially starting over again with WebToons.

Here are all the relevant links:

Main Site: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/circle-city-today/list?title_no=477403

New DA Account: https://www.deviantart.com/vectocomics

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vectocomics/

As of now, I haven't decided if I'm going to reboot Circle City from scratch or not, but for now, the comic picks up a few years after the original series ended. I may mold it into a whole new storyline with redos of old stories, but again, I don't know yet. I guess it depends on if my new audience will have any interest in the older comics I made here on this account.

If you're an old reader of mine and you stumble upon this page in the future, please give me a visit at VectoComics. I will check in here occasionally just to see if I missed anything.

Thank you for all the support and good luck to you in your future!

~Jason C.

Well, this is a little disheartening. It would seem that DA no longer offers adcasts, something I used to use to bring in new readers. I didn’t even realize they’d done away with most advertising on the new version of DA. That’s not really a bad thing from a viewer’s perspective, but it’s probably rough on anyone wanting to promote their accounts.

I’ve been back on DA for about a week now with new comics and it would seem that 99% of everyone I knew has either deactivated their accounts or just abandoned them. I feel like I missed a pretty big event. Do any of you know if there was like a massive art migration or something?

And coincidentally, last year I created a complete archive of ALL my comics on SmackJeeves with custom artwork, organized chapters and everything. Well, this past week I went to check on it and discovered that SmackJeeves was bought out by some company and all that customization is gone, thumbnails and all. The comics are still technically there but it’s impossible to read them chronologically and now it’s impossible to customize the look. All the webcomics now have the same reading format. This sucks.

So I’m now in this weird position of no longer having most of my old readers and unable to reach new readers within DA. Should I venture out into other platforms? I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks for reading.

~Jason C.

Hey, everyone! It’s been a while.

Well, I’ve decided to come out of webcomic retirement! Today is July 1st and marks the halfway point of the year 2020 and, as I’m absolutely certain that you know, this has been a historically turbulent year for humanity as a whole. There is just so much happening all at once. Whether it’s the coronavirus, political theatrics or worldwide protests; it’s been very eventful for better and for worse. It was really hard for me to not be inspired to interpret some of these things into a scenario where these things would affect the Circle City gang.

So I’ve decided to make a new comic series (not a reboot) and incorporate some of our real-world elements into it, but I think it should be first and foremost a fun read. I’ve already finished the comics for most of July and I intend to keep them more or less in line with the comics I’ve made in the past. And instead of continuing the old numbers (which were into the thousands) I’ve decided to rename the comic and simple call it CIRCLE CITY TODAY!

Let me know what you think. As always, I’m open to suggestions and constructive criticism.

Side Note: DA has changed a lot since I last posted any comics so please bear with me as I try to update the look of my page.

Thanks for reading!

~Jason C.

P.S. I tried rebranding myself and starting over last year as VectoComics but it didn’t really pan out how I wanted. I made the comic-making process too complicated and time-consuming. It quickly turned into a chore and I didn’t go any further than seven pages. Instead I started drawing with markers a lot and I think I’ll keep that account in place just for traditional art. (Although I’ll probably have to rename it at some point