SURPRISE!!!! - You know how Darkwing tweeted that there was something special in the works? No, he didn't mean the crossover with Addictive Science (although that's pretty nifty, in and of itself!). No, he meant that for the duration of this story, At Arm's Length is back to its original three-a-week schedule! This is just our way of reminding you that the current two-a-week schedule is not a matter of the brute physical ability to produce three strips a week, but, rather, a matter of not being financially able to invest that much time on a continuing basis. If you'd like to see three new At Arm's Length strips every week, consider surfing on over to our Patreon page and making a pledge; the instant all those Patreon pledges add up to a grand total of $500 per month, that three-a-week schedule will become Reality!
Addictive Science has a lot of lighter-than-air ships, I've noticed. Honestly, aircraft carriers are better though... especially if they can FLY!
However... the comic could be so much more if we had the ability to fund it as such. For instance, if we hit our next goal level, we'll do away with the ads. That's just one thing. Along with taking better care of the website, we can also increase the number of comic pages a week, up to 3 or even 4 if enough people contribute. Not to mention other goodies, like PDF-book versions of the strip with exclusive stories, more artwork, etc.
Some of you may be thinking "The comic USED to update three times a week anyway, so what gives?" Well, here's the thing: when we first started, Brooke was a college student with a lot of disposable free time and few expenses. Now she's graduated, and time she spends working on AAL is time she could spend working on higher-paying gigs. Plus our noble letterer/editor Cubist, who basically volunteers his time for a pittance to make sure you guys get that wonderful Astro City font you love so much (warning: the preceding was an opinion, disregard if it offends your sensibilities) probably wouldn't be opposed to having at least a little financial incentive to keep these strips rolling out.
As for me, well, I've basically been funding this comic out of my pocket for the past 6 years, including production and advertising costs. Don't get me wrong: I knew what I was getting into when I started this, I'm not shocked by this nor the fact that it costs money to get the word out there. I can afford to keep the comic at two pages a week right now, but that's it.
@DarkwingDork: Such shameless plugging of your comic! Shameless shameless shameless! Have you no shame? Shame shame double shame!