So it's time for another break update. I'll cut to the chase for anyone who doesn't want to read a lot - I'm going to remain on indefinite hiatus for now. I really have no idea when I'll start again.
I know this is disappointing, and I'm sorry. I was really hoping that as I got closer to the 1 year mark for the break that I would feel like returning. I'm pretty sure I'll eventually get back there, I just need to stay "pawsed" for now, especially with all the extra stress and anxiety from what's currently going on in the world.
Regarding the Patreon, please feel free to suspend your pledge if you want to. I can't close/suspend the Patreon without blocking access to everything and losing the grandfathered account, but I know money is getting tight as the economy goes downhill and I'm not currently active with the comic, so it's totally understandable. I am still doing monthly wallpapers for the $5 tier for now though, so if you dig those they'll be around for a while. That being said, The $1 tier is set as a general tip jar and I greatly appreciate anyone that is still supporting me as an artist. It really does mean a lot to me, so thank you!
Finally, I still intend to print Volume 3, but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do it this year. There are so many restrictions in place - both from tariffs and now because of Covid19 - and everybody is tightening their belts anyway, so it's probably better to hold off on a Kickstarter for now. But I'll try to do it sooner if possible.
I'm still active online otherwise, so if you want to follow me and my general art you can find me on Twitter at @celesse. I know it's pretty different in style from Gamercat, but it's there if you're interested! And you can check there to confirm that I'm not dead, don't have cancer or disprove any other weird rumor people try to start ;)
1,027 thoughts on “Pawsed!”
AnotherMemory
In true GaMERCaT fasion, I would like to tell you to ‘hang in there’ ^ w^ Thank you for the update (and the wonderful pun) and I hope there will one day come a point in your life you’ll be able to resume your lovely webcomic. Until that day comes, I wish you the best (after that day comes too, as well as if it never comes) and stay awesome~!
The GaMERCaT 1# fan
You mean,PAWsome?😹
gaMERcat fan1
lolZ
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Furry
The cat puns… keep them up! Also *blue shells AnotherMemory* job done!
Furry
Oh wait he got that bullet.. and he’s coming after me OH GO-
Doom Cat
Thank goodness you didn’t comment ‘first’ or some guy would probably rage
CelesseAdministrator
Thank you! I do really appreciate the support and kind words :)
Continue the strays!
Awwww man! First the strays and now gamercat! So many great thing must come to an end! Anyways, hope you borrowed your friends stardew valley journal and stay safe!
Starcatmeow
I love comics and cats and video games so puurrrrfect book
Starcatmeow
I love comics and cats and video games so puurrrrfect book meow gamer cat
Immo
hiya! hope that you’re ok and not too bored stuck at home! i love gamercat and it is just purrfect! when you’re back, do you think you could make a rollercoaster tycoon comic? it’s really funny when you put people in a river and then their status is ‘drowning’ or if you make unfinished rollercoasters so the vechile flirs off!
gamerdog
I have some ideas for gamercat! how about a stray siamese cat named silver who has never played any video games other than mario until he comes over. there’s also a posh cat named chloe who has loads of video games cus her family is rich. she has a mega crush on silver.
Celesse, make more comix plzzzz
is it too late? i’m with you gamerdog. sounds like a good idea. a few tweaks and that would be great.
Don
Hope you get the virus 😒
TeamMilkBot
Keep that to your self!!!
Doom Cat
Don I hope you step on a lego
Boom cat
I agree doom STEPON A LEGO
Couch_Potato_Cat
Don! That is ILLEGAL!
EEEEEEEE
Wtf dude?
MaJOrA'S MasK
Don, if you don’t have anything nice to say, shut the heck up.
glich is adorible
i agree.
glich is adorible
don…the virus is no joke it has devistated over 9.7M lives. you just hoped a deadly virus on a fricking LEGEND! what the F is wrong with you!
glich is adorible
i mean 10.2M in the F-ing US! *rages*😡😾😠
idk
never, joke about the virus, don, pleas don’t be mean on this positive site, i ruins everyone’s feelings and makes everyone mad, and these people mad means they will GO TO YOUR HOUSE AND BURN IT DOWN PEE ON IT AND ALL THE SEAGULLS WILL KILL YOU AND THE GODS WILL CURSE YOUR LIFE FOREVER AND MAKE YOUR LIFE HORRIBLE AND A SEAGULL WILL POOP ON YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL BE TORTURED AND BURNED ALIVE AND EATEN BY SEAGULLS AND SEAGULLS WILL HAUNT YOU FOREVER… oops, i got angry. don, just don’t be mean or you will face the consequences… and i hate seagulls
DEATH
I hope you get something much worse! :D
DEATH
Like, say, a blue shell! Or the Black Death (in case you don’t know, the Black Death is another name for the bubonic plague). Or literally any disease or sickness that’s more deadly than coronavirus.
Redsetter
Don I hope you fall into a pit and die
Nyan (Nano)
Don’t joke about the virus. Samantha is a real person and she could get the virus. We never wish it upon anyone. Never. It’s extremely insenitive and if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it, okay Don? Glad we’re all on the same page.
Don’t make me bring out the red shells.
Nyan (Nano)
Literally, it’s not a joke. Sorry to extend my comment but I want to say that I didn’t mean that joke about the red shells and I’m being serious.
Foreveralone
I hope both sides of your pillow are warm don
Kuro
Don i hope you step on a lego and then fall into a toilet face first (the toilet hasn’t been flushed btw)
Ya'done
Don, great job in being a total moron. You’ve embarrassed yourself by being a jerk who wants the world to burn. Don’t know what you’re pissed about
Redsetter
Hey! I love all of these and they’ve helped me through lockdown! Once this is back up, d’ya th8nk you could do a super mariokart deluxe 8 comic? It’s an awesome game and I’ve been playing it with my family
terralord43
thanks for all the comics over the years. by the way, could you please make a terraria comic?
Seongjun
Can you make a starcraft cartooned comic? Just asking.
NecroFerret
I love this comic. Please, Celesse, if you could make more of them — unless you don’t want to, because that’s OK too. But if possible and you want to, I would LOVE more GaMERCaT — maybe some reactions to the new Pokemon games, etc.
WarriorBit 2
can you do piggy roblox? its a puzzle game so pixel would like it.
idk
what actually is the, “first” thing with the blue shell, it doesn’t make any sense!?!?
ChaosSorceror_Davidicus
Theoretically, it does. As I’m sure you are already aware, the Blue Shell is an item from the Mario Kart series, a weapon usually obtained by those closer to the back of the pack of racers. It’s shtick is that it targets the player in first place in the race, seeking them out, then crashing into them causing a large explosion, giving other players a chance to catch up.
I believe the logic here is that those who claim “first” without adding any significant input to the conversation regarding the comic or topic of the comic, claiming “first” purely so their’s is at the top of the comment list, are deserving of having such a fate befall them. It’s a bit of a childish response, as it is giving the poster exactly what they want, but there’s not much else one can do if annoyed with such things. One could argue that it isn’t worth one’s time as the poster of “first” has already wasted our time by scrolling, and the one responding with “blue shell” comments are only really fueling the fire, causing the rest of us to have to scroll down even further to get to actual comments worthy of reading.
Anyway, that said, welcome-ish back-ish, Celesse. I genuinely thought the comic was dead. Even put it in the “probably dead” folder. Given your comment, that’s probably where I’ll put it anyway, and come check back in another year. At least you took the time to respond, unlike the 3-4 years without word we’ve had waiting for Nerf This’s creator to say anything. It isn’t that a comic creator has a life and might not want to keep the comic up that bugs a reader, especially for a well-made we get to read for free. It’s when they just drop the comic without saying anything at all.
Couch_Potato_Cat
Wow, ChaosSorceror_Davidicus. Your explanation is LONG! I just spent eleven minutes reading your whole comment. Not that that’s anything compared to the time I’ve spent reading the gamercat comics. I love GaMERcat so much!!! >w<
WhenWillIReadAnotherGaMERcatComic
Ikr Couch_Potato_Cat, his comment was so long…
glich is adorible
wow. just. wow. *faints*😐
ChaosSorceror_Davidicus
I can pontificate longer if you’d like. I didn’t go to college to learn a buncha words to NOT use em.
Name
@ChaosSorceror_Davidicus, I smell increasingly verbose.
anonymousnerd
Increasingly verbose? FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ZORK
JustAGaMERKiD
Well that makes sense.
Celesse, make more comix plzzzz
thank you for explaining how the blue shell works, ChaosSourceror_Davidicus, you are appreciated for your explanation.
Ava
Ha.
Moonlight paw
Anyone here from october
RainePup
yup
Mao mao
Hi here I am
SaucyLlama
I feel Malcom needs to find a girlfriend of something. Just sayin. I feel like it might be good comic material.
StruckZeus
i read through the entire comment section… yeah, im THAT bored -_- AND I SAW NOBODY SAY FIRST FOR ONE WHOLE FRICKING YEAR, SO HERE GOES…
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Catagent21
Look here —–>
there is a bar. Use it to scroll down in 1-5 secs.
Kittenmaster72
the virus just had to show up am i right lol, it can get very boring sometimes having to stay inside for multiple weeks but a wise cat gave me a solution…play video games! we will all get through this crisis together and i hope you all stay safe until its over.
Doom Cat
True gamers have self isolation at max level
The Crusher Of Your Dreams
Doom Cat, Why do you think so much like me?
The Crusher Of Your Dreams
BTW we have not only self-isolation down but also more ideas for what to do other than games too.
Doom Cat
👍
Anon
Us gamers have been doing this for years
ItzMeDB
I live like this every summer, it’s nothing new to me, the problem is that during breaks you deplete YouTube of interesting videos and burn yourself out of the games
Or that’s just me
Couch_Potato_Cat
It’s not just you……..
QuarinGaming
Lol.
glich is adorible
#gamesforever!
Random Guy
I only started reading gamercat about maybe 1-4 months ago, I enjoy the comic and I am sad that it’s been ‘pawsed’ for about 1 year. Continue the updates, please.
Ken
Totally understand. I miss the kitties and the laughs, but you take care of yourself and do what you need to do. We’ll be here waiting when you get back!
Anonymouse
Me too.
CelesseAdministrator
Thank you! We’ll see how this year goes ^^
idk
me toooooooooo
Navi
Celesse needs to make more comics. Who will document my and GaMERCaT’s wacky adventures?
glich is adorible
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Name
Navi have patience. Everyone needs breaks and time to themselves
anonymous
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