Voids ran as a webcomic from about 2005-2009. It was meant to be told in 9 parts; I made it halfway through Part 8 and, for various reasons, didn’t finish it. I’ve revisited it over the years and have wanted to, finally, give it an ending. There were a lot of decisions I made that I just came to hate though — this was my first comic and while it’s interesting to look back at where it started I just didn’t want to tack on an extra section and call it done.
I’d tried to stick to a “normal” update schedule of once a week while working full-time. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. Often I’d throw in a single-panel page not because it worked with the story but because that was what I had time to do. I hadn’t planned super far ahead either, so in going back and rereading it there were inconsistencies in the story, and things that I thought needed a better explanation.
And I couldn’t stand how I did the text and balloons in the original! I thought I was very savvy at the time — I created a font based on my handwriting — but it just looked so digital and I came to hate the contrast with the very hand-drawn feeling of the rest of it. I didn’t use this approach with any other comic I’ve made.
So, I’ve been working on redoing it, from the beginning. It’s mostly the same story, sometimes simplified, other times expanded upon. I don’t know if people who liked the original will like this version, and I don’t know if new people will be into it at all — it’s still very much about a time of life and a place, and the New York of 2005 is very much not the New York of 2025. If you’ve wound up here because you somehow remembered the original, welcome back.
Other comics I’ve made can be seen here.
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