16 thoughts on “Arcanum”

1. Did not see that coming finally we see the mysterious tolkiens

   December 2, 2013 at 12:05 pm    Reply to this

2. Yay, it’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

   Heh at, “You’re learning…”

   Crap, finished reading the issue. Back to wait mode.

   December 2, 2013 at 6:18 pm    Reply to this

3. Ok, it’s working now.

   As for actual commentary, I wonder if they have issues with running water or not.

   Also I have to agree with him. Were I in his situation I’d want all the life saving undergarments too. Not a gun, partially because I don’t like shooting people and partially because magic energy makes them unpredictable.

   December 2, 2013 at 6:35 pm    Reply to this

4. Welcome back Arcanum, you were missed.

   Another great installment. Here’s hoping for more.

   December 3, 2013 at 6:47 am    Reply to this

5. I seriously ship these two, they mesh together in my opinion

   December 3, 2013 at 12:36 pm    Reply to this

6. Despairing as to whether we’ll ever see more of this.

   January 6, 2014 at 5:40 pm    Reply to this

   • Don’t worry, you will!

     January 10, 2014 at 5:13 pm    Reply to this

7. I don’t mind waiting (ok, I do) but for gods sake tell us why there have not been any new episodes for over two months. Hey, I understand this business, but communication is helpful to avoid reader dissatisfaction and unmet expectations.

   February 11, 2014 at 10:02 am    Reply to this

8. 3 months since the last chapter released and still no update on a potential return. This thing done?

   March 3, 2014 at 11:14 am    Reply to this

9. Please a little more communication and info

   March 9, 2014 at 8:38 am    Reply to this

10. I’m about to give up on this site. Nothing new for three months? The sires was entertaining, and no word, no explanation, nothing. I’m very disappointed.

    Look, I’d like you to succeed in your business plan, but putting up a site, exciting your readers about content, then suddenly seeing that the plug has been pulled? Is Mark Waid too involved in comic shop ownership? Are the creators prima donnas who work slow? Did someone die? I usually the simplest explanation. Someone ran out of money?

    March 10, 2014 at 11:24 pm    Reply to this

11. With no communication, all that is left is speculation. Worse, Arcanum keeps popping up with an “every Monday” tag. So I keep coming back hoping to see something, but still dead.

    March 13, 2014 at 10:48 am    Reply to this

12. I, for one, am waiting patiently. A good comic is worth it.

    For you kids whining about your expectations:
    1) you’re not paying to see this
    2) it takes less than 5 seconds per week to see if new material has been posted.
    3) since you are reading web comics in the first place, you’re time must not be very precious anyhow
    4) the artist does not owe you anything

    March 14, 2014 at 10:19 am    Reply to this

    • Well, your rude suppositions notwithstanding about how I choose to waste my time, I still think that a professional like Waid or anyone else striving for professionalism could do us the simple service of telling us wtf is going on. I won’t judge, I won’t complain, if comics don’t get done regularly, they lose their audience. The fact that I’m here commenting means that I recognize the quality here, free or otherwise.

      Just tell us something.

      March 26, 2014 at 12:08 am    Reply to this

      • Hi all,

        Arcanum is not dead, but it is on hiatus. If you sign up for the email listserv, you’ll get an email when it starts updating again.

        A TV project unexpectedly came up for John, but he’s excited to get back to Arcanum as soon as he can.

        March 31, 2014 at 11:24 am    Reply to this

13. Will, you are wrong. If the creators of this comic, and this site, want a commitment from us to keep coming back and keep their web traffic hits up, then they owe us at least a smidge of communication to let us know the status of their comic. There may not be ads on this site, but you can bet that they are monitoring page views. It’s how the site is sold to other artists.

    As I mentioned over on the Insufferable page, I’m disappointed in Waid. He could easily post something on his blog about why these comics are delayed. He’s launching new stuff and in the past he’s provided info on when a series would return (it was even done here in the last gap). Why the silence now?

    This isn’t an amateur site with fan comics. This is a site that is supposed to prove a new model of comic delivery works, but they aren’t delivering the product.

    March 25, 2014 at 5:47 am    Reply to this