When's the next book due? Roughly?

[pouzzler]

Hello, I did enough searching of Oots news, of the forum, and of its rules to be able to plead plausible deniability just in case I didn't do enough searching. (Yes, this makes little sense)

The latest book goes from strip 670-something to 940-something, which is 270 strips. The last strip was 1111, which is 230 strips since the latest book's end. Even though each new book is bigger than the previous one, there is some kind of point at which this must stop, or they will be unwieldy, and Richard Burlew might expose himself to a carpal tunnel victims class-action.

My hypothesis is therefore that the next book will also be around 270 strips, and is therefore due in 40 strips, which is a few months to one year. I'm a tiny little bit tired of the addiction of going to webpages everyday to check if new comics are up, and would rather wait until the book has been printed (not even mentioning that it's better for Richard Burlew's finances).

Is anyone able to roughly confirm or infirm this hypothesis?

[snowblizz]

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: No. It's going to be as long as it's going to be. However long that may be. Guessing schedules only leads to tears and bans.

The only solution I know of is to find stuff on the forum to enjoy and follow daily-ish. Luckily there are a lot of creative, intelligent people with similar interests with the exact same problem as me so I've found several threads and sections to keep me distracted.

[Yanisa]

I believe there is a statement that there will be 7 main books, even if the last one is going to be unwieldy, but I can't find said quote, but I don't think you can judge a book by it page count.

Also, we are getting a side book "probably not that far in the future".

[The Aboleth]

Who is that "OOTS Truth" person on the Twitter thread? Seems like a troll, but that avatar just speaks to a level of vindictiveness that many trolls don't reach.

Anyway, as already mentioned the next book will be as long as it needs to be for Rich to tell the story he wants to tell. Fortunately it looks like we'll get a "side" book in the near future, so that may help your book craving until the next "main" release comes along.

Also note that Rich is probably still fulfilling Kickstarter obligations, which also may factor in to any waiting period. Good on him for keeping up with the Kickstarter stuff, I say--I wasn't a backer at that time but I respect Rich for continuing to work on fulfilling his Kickstarter promises even after all this time (many Kickstarters would have long given up by now).

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Who is that "OOTS Truth" person on the Twitter thread? Seems like a troll, but that avatar just speaks to a level of vindictiveness that many trolls don't reach.

I have my own private guess, a user that the Giant called out and banned, but saying more about it would fall under "discussion of banned users" so you'll have to do your own legwork.

GW

[The Aboleth]

I have my own private guess, a user that the Giant called out and banned, but saying more about it would fall under "discussion of banned users" so you'll have to do your own legwork.

GW

Yeah, after my post I went poking around their Twitter feed. It was exactly the sort of content you might expect...I'll say no more on the matter for fear of The Rules.

Back on topic(ish): Any guesses as to what other "Azure City themed" stuff might be included in this near future book? I haven't read How the Paladin Got His Scar, so I can't comment on its content, but my guess is maybe a map of Azure City might be included? Maybe even an entry similar to the one we got in the Gobbotopia comic?

[Kish]

I believe Rich estimated (on the forum) when the Order left the Godsmoot that the current book was about 1/3 done. Not entirely certain, though.

Having looked at "OOTSTruth"'s tweets, I am all but certain he's the same poster Grey Wolf is thinking of.

[Jasdoif]

I believe there is a statement that there will be 7 main books, even if the last one is going to be unwieldy, but I can't find said quote, but I don't think you can judge a book by it page count.

Here you go:

Yeah, it'll be seven, even if the last one looks like a phone book.

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I believe Rich estimated (on the forum) when the Order left the Godsmoot that the current book was about 1/3 done. Not entirely certain, though.

Something of the sort, yes.

The reason that this scene is not the climactic pay-off that everyone seems to be looking for is because this is not the climax of this story. This is the beginning of this story. The point of this scene was to elucidate the stakes for the rest of this plotline and set up the conflict, so complaining that it does not resolve said conflict is completely missing the point.

This is the equivalent of the scene where Tarquin stands on the balcony and tells Elan about how he's schemed to bring three nations under his control and how they're going to have a great duel someday, and Elan looks on in horror at the giant flaming letters. Which, if you'll remember, occurred one-third of the way through the last book, about where we are now....

[2D8HP]

Who is that.....

I seldom read "Twitter" so I was unaware of those messages, I know I shouldn't be suprised anymore as

....the world is a very big place with lots of people with internet access now and someone somewhere sometime has probably voiced most every opinion that may be imagined....

, yet I'm still amazed by that level of weird.

[Werbaer]

The latest book goes from strip 670-something to 940-something, which is 270 strips. The last strip was 1111, which is 230 strips since the latest book's end.

947 to 1111 are 165 strips, not 230.

[Lord Torath]

Porthos is thoughtfully maintaining a comparison of the various books by page count. Looks like we've got a ways to go yet for this book, if the previous books are a guide.

[Euclidodese]

947 to 1111 are 165 strips, not 230.

The worrying thing is that I just accepted it, I thought: Wow, has it really been 230 strips? It seems like very little has happened...

And I didn't even realize that 1111-947 didn't equal 230.

[Kish]

It didn't really seem all that off to me to think that we might be coming up on the climactic confrontation of this book--though that would have made it more straightforward than any since Dungeon Crawlin' Fools.

But no, we've probably still got a ways to go.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: This treads into update schedule discussion territory, so while it's been quite civil and possibly informative, I need to close this thread.