2025: The New Year is here.

Wow. I can't believe another year is here. Every time I reach the January mark, I am surprised how far the Beloved Universe has come and just remember to appreciate all the people who have taken the time to read all the different content I release. I cannot tell you how grateful I am.

Last Year in Review.

Last year did not have all the releases I really wanted to do. Life and stress kept me from accomplishing a lot and it is disappointing in a way. There is so much of the world I wanted to tell and just never got to. Now, pessimism isn't my way so here is the list of what I'm planning to do this year.

Beloved Maid is winding Down

As of this post, there are only two issues left with the last issue being a double feature with double the amount of pages. Aevina and Larry have come far and I'm pleasantly surprised how well the story went. At the beginning I was not quite sure where I was going but it turned out well.

With the completion of the series on the horizon I plan to release:

Beloved Chains is still going strong.

This has been a slow issue thanks to my own stress issues and the health issues of the artist who is finishing it up. I'm happy to report that I have the drafts of most of the artwork and just waiting for them to get inked. I put a few snippets of it with the Beloved Universe Discord for those interested.

Issue 5's script is written and after the artist is done with a different non-Beloved Universe project, he plans to start working on Issue 5. My goals for this year are:

Is there a future of new webcomics?

This has been a question I have been mulling all 2024. It is pretty expensive to get these made and I'm not making any sort of profit (which was never my intent. I'm going to tell this story one way or another). I'm a writer by heart and I have been considered continue the Beloved Chains story by Light Novel after the arc that the comics are doing is complete.

That way people who don't want to read get a sense of completion while others who want to keep going can through the novels.

I haven't made a decision yet though and hope to have something by mid year 2025.

Visual Novel

The visual novel is not dead. I know that this is a refrain but I have not had time to work on it. The art has also slowed due to that artist's life being really busy but she's still producing work. Since this project has wound up at the bottom of the list, I haven't pushed it with her.

It will be done. I just don't know when so this year I'm not making any promises.

Ending

Well, that's it for this first update. Not a lot but we are moving forward! I look forward to providing more stories and content for those who are enjoying it and thank you again for being here!

Jonathan S. (LuckyFoot)