With this larger update I am making the announcement that Kevin and the Light of Destiny is ending its life online as a webcomic. I will take a moment and share with you guys why, but first I want to say how truly worthwhile you guys have made this experience. Kevin started as a little idea that grew into a bigger story and really became something that I have grown to truly love. It really bums me out to end its days a webcomic. It really does, but let me tell you why I am stopping.
About a month ago or so my work let us know that things were going to slow down and that one source of my income that I really depend on was going away for the foreseeable future. This really made me have to sit back and think, how am I going to make up this difference. Especially with another baby on the way and all… It just created a big commotion for me internally. I sought out counsel from friends and my wife and last weekend my wife and I sat down and had a brutally honest conversation about where we are in life. We discussed what we felt was and wasn’t working for me in my art career, and what was the best use of the little time I have. Unfortunately, Kevin drew the short end of the stick… The reason was that it simply takes far too long to make and that time could be spent working on my paintings and seeking commissions which have been gaining some momentum. We talked about options for Kevin to continue and what made sense for me as a comics artist and I ultimately decided that the best thing for me to do was focus more on my paintings and make my comics in a more easily producible way. Along with that decision, I will be disappearing from the webcomics scene for awhile to write and draw. I will be returning when the next book on my plate is done. I won’t be making it as I go next time around. But more importantly, I need to focus on finding a way to help support my family with my art and make ends meet. I’m hoping the things I’m pursing will help do that.
I hope you all understand, and I don’t believe this will be the last of Kevin or his adventures. I never start a project without the intent of completing it. I just don’t know when and how that will happen. Thank you all for an amazing year of sharing this book. It’s been fun.
Please continue to follow my work on my personal site: www.michaelelregina.com
And remember you can pick up some of my art prints through my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheAdventureShop
Really sorry to hear things are tough right now. It’s a shame it had to happen right now, just as things were getting interesting – I mean, WHAT A CLIFFHANGER – but we can’t control everything, so we have to adapt to what life throws at us.
I’m hoping we will see more of Kevin before too long, but don’t hurry back and make life tough for yourself!
Best of luck with the commissions and other art sales.
Regards.
Thank you so much! That means, a lot. It really does stink. I was geared up to really go crazy on Kevin and then things just got taken out of my control, you know?
I am so sorry to see Kevin go…
I understand your reasons and know you have made the right decision for you and your family.
One day you will come back and finish Kevin… you don’t have a choice, I wanna read it hehhehe
Awww
…understandable but still
Any chance of getting a paragraph or two telling us where the story was going to go and how it would’ve wrapped up?
I am sad to see such a good comic come to an end
I hope everything works out for you Mike!
Thanks everyone. Scott I don’t think I will give away much yet. I still hope I can come back to this story at somepoint. Wouldn’t want to reveal it all publicly just yet. :-/
Sorry to hear you go but I’m glad that you will still be creating art through paintings. Good luck with your future endeavors. And by the way these last two pages are awesome! Kudos.
Thank you Angela!
and i wont be gone from comics. But I do need to find a more feasible way to produce books than this. I have some plans for the future and I hope to share it all very soon, but I will finish whatever project I do next before I turn it into a webcomic. I may start pitching Kevin around too. I don’t want to end this book. It needs to be completed… just the wrong time in my life, I think.
Thank you and good luck. I guess I’ll check back later for future plans then?
And this is some pretty intense action for an all ages thing. The visuals remind me of 9/11, except this time it’s a plane flying away from the exploding tower. (And way to lay it on the little kid, one eyed leader-guy. But I guess he’s right. Kevin is the only one who met the bad guy.)
No worries, Michael. I will miss Kevin awfully–its definitely one of the good ones out there and I like the G-rated aspect, too. I’d hope that in whatever way you find to make creation more feasible, that the visual quality doesn’t suffer. The Kevin comic is so beautiful to look at.
Is there any way to be notified of when it is available in print? Even if it’s years down the road? 
God bless in all your endeavors!
Well, thank you Nicole. All of you guys have made this book worth the effort it took to make. But I’m realizing now why books like Kazu Kibuishi’s book, Amulet are made by a team. It’s just a mountain of work to try and do on your own when you’re trying to paint each and every panel of every page. I think for the immediate future I will be focusing on making all black and white comics, as a way of producing the work faster and telling my stories quicker. So visually there will be a difference, but my paintings will be the outlet for the bold and beautiful for the foreseeable future. And I will be happy to let you guys know when a print version becomes available!
Hey again…
Thanks for sharing your dream with us; I hope we’ll still be here when the dream comes again.
I, too, am sorry to see Kevin go, but I also understand how Real Life trumps all. Congratulations on your newest family member!
Oh, and everyone: Buy the paintings! They are awesome!
Aw, thanks, Danzier!
I will have something for you all to see soon and very soon. And thank you again for the purchase of the print. I really try hard to make these prints top quality. And I’m glad they come out so well.