On why we are dead. . .

[windlion]

If you hadn't noticed, we haven't updated in a month. This isn't because we have shuffled off the mortal coil; nor is the comic completely dead. What happened is as follows: Nnie went on vacation, I couldn't update by myself, and the comic dropped for a week or two. Then Nnie got to thinking about something that I had brought up awhile ago-

Comments

[lilyellowflower]

I wouldn't go back and try to revamp the whole comic. I know, it's tempting to go back and just re-do stuff when your skills improve, because you want people to only see the best you can do. But, it's incredibly unrealistic to do that, because it's just too much work, and the more you work, the more you improve, and you'll have to go back and re-do your comic a million times. If you look at any of the successful webcomics out there, you can go back to the archives and see how they started and how their styles evolved and how the storytelling changed. I think Questionable Content is the best example of that. Look at their first comic. Look at today's comic. Look at any number of random comics in between. Jeph Jacques re-drew the designs of his characters several times, shifted the focus of the comics back and forth between witty musings, indie rock references, serious character drama, and hilarious situations many, many times. And his is one of the most widely-read webcomics out there.
Now, I'm not saying, "Be like him!" because that's just dumb, and probably insulting. I think you two are great in your own right, but learn from the people who have made it, and from those who haven't. I have several artist and writer friends who are very talented, much like you two, but have made the mistake of not being able to stand any of their old work, and just killing and re-doing it over and over. One of my friends had an amazing story-line for a webcomic of hers, but it never got off the ground because after the first chapter or two, she'd get sick of her own drawing style and go back and re-do everything. This happened several times, and I don't think anyone reads the comic anymore, if it's even still up (see? I've stopped checking), and the ideas and characters just fell off the face of the earth into dust.
I would suggest instead of going back and changing all your comics so that everything is uniform in style to what's current, leave them be. That way, it shows an evolution of style and storytelling, and people can see just how far you've come. If you don't like how you're doing things now, then change the comics that you write/draw in the future. It'll take a strip or two for people to get used to the new look of the characters and new focus of story-line, but in the end, readers will accept whatever way you choose to tell your story, and chances are they'll be happier with it. I remember every time QC went through a big change I was like, "Man, this is weird..." but I got used to it, and I have to say that I like how the comic has evolved. It could have probably done pretty well if nothing had changed about it from day one, because there's a market for every type of comic style, but I like the fact that the artist kept getting better and that he experimented with different writing styles. If you never risk change and if you're afraid of showing off your humble beginnings, you'll never grow as a writer or an artist.