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Well, here we are..! The end of the story, but not the end of this world. I've let you know the direction our cast is heading, but what other capers they may get up to along the way are now yours to imagine. Thank you for joining me for this victory lap of a final book; it's my gift to you, and I hope you enjoyed it.
Someday soon I'll be popping a "The End" type page up here, but apart from that- this has been Widdershins. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have, if not more. It's honestly a little difficult to find the words to convey how I feel in this moment, mostly because I'm not quite certain how I feel about it myself, so if this comes off as a little stilted, I do apologise; I imagine I'll be lying down and staring at the ceiling for a little while before the reality of ending a 15 year long project truly kicks in.
It's been a hell of a ride, and I'm very grateful to those of you who came along, especially those who threw some coin my way- I know I say this a lot, but I seriously cannot thank you enough. Widdershins would have never existed without you. The wonderful community of readers who contributed to the comments also kept me going, with your wonderful theories and kind words of encouragement. I know some of you are sad to see it end, but I'm afraid all stories must have an end, and ultimately I have to agree with Envy- it's always best to leave 'em wanting more.
Another webcomic is on its way, and I hope you all come along with me on my next, somewhat odder, journey! I'm not saying much about it just yet, except that we're going on something of a... road trip. With spies. In space.
So yeah. If you want an email to let you know it when it starts, please check the "newsletter" bit on this site and pop your address in there- I'll only be using the newsletter once, to let you know when that has begun, so consider that a no-spam guarantee. Alternatively, you can follow me on BlueSky, Tumblr, Instagram or whathaveyou, and I'll be talking about it there when it gets going.
If you've had a nice time with this comic and would like to support/celebrate/mourn it, please do check out the Kickstarter I have running for the final print volume! The campaign ends Friday August 28th, so be sure to check it out before then. This will be your last chance to get a signed and sketched bookplate of a Widdershins character, so if that is a thing you want, please take a look!
If you're reading this at some later date and the Kickstarter is over, I'll endeavour to keep my shop stocked with print versions of Widdershins for as long as I possibly can, so do check that out.
If you'd like to lend some ongoing support to me and whatever I do next, please consider dropping as little as $1 a month on Patreon to help out- I will most likely be posting some teasers of my next project there soon!
If a one-time tip for your server is more your fancy, then here is where you can do that, via Paypal or Kofi.
However! If money is a little tight for you, that's really okay. Widdershins will always be here for you, for free, forever. If you fancy, you can still support the comic hugely by simply telling others about it. Let your friends know about this weird little wizard comic you enjoyed, post about it, whatever suits you. I have no publisher and thus no press, so any time people spread the word, it helps immensely. You can even leave a nice little comment down below, that would absolutely make my day.
So for now, we'll say goodnight to Widdershins, and I hope to see you on the other side..!
-Kate
Cast: Alex Fenton, Ann Barber, Cassandra Fenton, Edmund Barber, Elaine Barber, Eliza Swift, Geoff Fenton, Gren, Jack O'Malley, June Barber, Kirti Malik, Nicola Barber, Nora Fenton, Nyree, Thea Pryce, Verity Cunningham, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Goodbye, all you lovely, silly, wonderful, brave people. I loved reading about you. Mind how you go. 😊
Thank you so much, Miss Ashwin, for fifteen years of delight. You are a skilled artist. 🌺
Congrats on reaching the end of such a huge project! I’ve followed your comic for a few years now, and enjoyed it immensely: intriguing setting, endearing characters which grow and change, enticing art… Looking forward to what you do next! And to buying the full paperback collection once it is available.
It feels so odd to be here at the end, but what a lovely ending it is. I just binged this last chapter once I realized how soon it was ending(which is to say about two pages back).
I’m very glad to see what while it might be the end of Widdershins, it’s not the last time we’ll see this world; there’s so much depth here in what you’ve hinted that I think it’d be a shame not to come back to it. For one thing, the Time Police arc feels like it needs to more closely addressed, to me.
Love the work, and congratulations for finishing it; I’ve been following you since the Darken days and I look forward to your future projects.
It’d be wonderful to get any additional side stories, character Q&As, doodles, or further thoughts on Widdershins down the road, but I kind of love the distant future people staying a tantalizing (and silly) glimpse only. So much is implied by the one page we get of them, anything further would be amazing, but conceptually they feel complete to me.
Congratulations, Kate! I started reading around 2013, when Piece Of Cake was starting, and it’s been a real joy to follow from there to the finale. Your art and storytelling have certainly evolved during that time, but the heart and soul of the comic feel fully formed from the very beginning. It’ll be great to revisit it in the years to come.
I like that some mysteries are left open for us to speculate about. I feel like the anchors having a will of their own gives a new context to a lot of what we've seen, like modern-day Widdershins frying technology, all the Witch doors opening when Harry played the music box, etc. Others, like the origin of Sid's magpie or Mr. DeMontfort, remain tantalizingly vague, although as time has gone on I've enjoyed the latter being a Mrs. Columbo-like figure. The one I'd most love to know about is if Nora ever got to see Alexa's phone message! I'd like to believe Harry made Mal play it again at some point during the time skip, so I will.
I'll miss getting to speculate on the mysteries and world mechanics and character development and seeing other peoples' observations! It would fun if, somewhere down the road, there was a way to have the comic rerun daily with new comment pages, so we could all re-experience it and comment on things in the context of the finished story. Either way, I hope this group will stay active in the new comic as well.
Thanks again for all you've done in bringing this world to life, and can't wait for what you do next!
I can’t remember when I started to follow you, but it was in the first story. You have never failed to amaze me with your inventiveness and your art. As a writer and reader, I have to say that endings are sad but having a satisfying ending is far better than the story suddenly coming to an end without an ending. (I’m looking at you, Roger Zelazny.)
For fifteen years of entertainment — thank you.
Leave Mr. Zelazny in peace.
He’s been passed on a while now.
I can hardly believe it… It’s been just over 10 years since I started reading when I was 16 and I’ve said so many times how impactful Widdershins has been to me. It’s really shaped me as a person and a creative. I’m so glad it has a proper ending. This is such a massive achievement and I hope you’re extremely proud of yourself! Thank you for all of it, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!
Lovely suit-train on Harriet.
Or is it a train-suit?
Toot-toot-suit?
Thank you, this webcomic has been a delight.
It’s going to be a strange world without Widdershins Wednesday.
Thanks for a creating a great comic Kate. It’s enhanced the lives of so many people. It’s certainly helped me through one or two times in the last decade when life has been less than perfect. It’s also encouraged me to write fan fiction (although both my readers may not regard this as a Good Thing).
For me, the main USP has been how original the world building and the characters have been, with characters keeping their knees decently covered at all times (well, mostly). We will of course be expecting similar great things from your new comic. No pressure.
And don’t start the new comic until you have at least a ten page buffer.
Thank you.
I've enjoyed the world and it's people so much all these years. Cheers to a great story that ends well.
Thank you for such an incredible journey, Widdershins has been a highlight of my week for so long now, it'll be hard to get used to its absence. Can’t believe I’ve been reading since you did that guest piece for TJ and Amal almost 15 years ago!
I thought the comic was wrapping up after the Seven Deadly Sins arc, so everything afterwards felt like a lovely (and more necessary than I expected) bonus. Everything concluded in such a satisfying way too, you really stuck the landing. Really looking forward to what comes next, as little as we know, having faith that it'll be great because you're behind it!
I had forgotten about TJ and Amal! Maybe that’s how I found this?
What a ride! I started reading Widdershins when I was in the early years of high school. I’ve graduated university since! I never commented much, but it’s been really wonderful to grow up alongside this story. I’m happy to see it get the ending it deserves, and excited to follow whatever you do next. Congratulations.
I found your comic back during the second story arc and followed it every update up until my computer self destructed and I lost a lot of bookmarks. I got the bookmarks back seemingly randomly during a new PC build at the start of this chapter and quickly caught up. I wish I could have read in real time, but I am so glad to have found it again in time to see this. I am exited to see what you do next.
Thank you so much for this comic, Kate. I first discovered it during the Envy section of Curtain Call and fell instantly in love. It’s one of the fictional worlds that lives in my head all the time, not just when I’m reading it, and I suspect that will continue to be the case even without weekly updates. I definitely plan to follow wherever you go next, but nothing will ever be quite the same as Widdershins.
A beautiful sendoff to a wonderful story. Crazy that it’s been 15 years! Looking forward to your next project, whatever it may be ☺️
Sigh... man, what a ride. It's been a long and beautiful road and as much as it hurts to see it end, it's also nice to finally see what it was leading to. Wednesdays are going to be a little bit blander from here on out. It was an absolute pleasure to read this amazing story.
I jumped right onto Widdershins from the end of Darken and you can bet your butt that I’ll be first in line for whatever project you start next! Thank you so much for everything!!
My god, i read the for 15 years??? So good, great job, were all old, look forward to the next one!
Thank you so much for writing this comic! It was one of the first comics I picked up way back in middle school. I’ll miss it!
Thank you for this wonderful comic.
I’ve been following you from the days of Darken, which I also adored, and am eager to follow you on the next adventure.
"Road trip. With spies. In space." - well, I've just finished re-watching Cowboy Bebop, so that is very timely ;)
I followed over from Darken, back in the day. will follow again.
So, uh, did we ever even see Florrie’s husband?
No-one’s seen him since Florrie bought that cask of amontillado and had some building work done in the cellar.
What a long, strange, wonderful journey it has been! Thank you for creating such a wonderful world full of wonderful characters to share with us! Greatly looking forward to what come next ^-^
What a wild, weird, and wonderful journey it has been! It will be a shame not to have Widdershins to look forward to every Wednesday, but a well-handled ending is the best way for a good thing to finish! Wishing you all the best of luck getting ready for what comes next, and you have my support on Kickstarter for the full book collection! Thank you for telling this incredible story, Kate.
Congratulations on completing the story! I’ve enjoyed getting to experience your world each week and while it’s always sad to see a story end, I look forward to seeing what you’ll create next! Thank you for all the laughs and feelings Kate!
And so this work has ended.
Thank you for all the great moments, and good luck with future projects!
Well done! Nice to see a good long-form story wind down satisfactorily. Can’t wait to see what you do next!
Two questions I still have:
1) What’s going on with all the people in the future? Both the 2030’s future and that mysterious “investigate the Hotel Gula incident” CIA-ish gang? I feel like we never really got closure with any of them.
2) Where did the name “Widdershins” come from? Is it a Disc World reference, or is it from the classical meaning of walking anti-clockwise around a church?
….I bet Future Arc is the next story :P
It just hit me how long I’ve been paying attention to this comic for. I got into it in college, which makes that, gosh, 7 or 8 years ago? It’s been with me through a signifigant portion of my life. I was using the Tamisin731 username back then, and I remeber how elated I was when the PHOH answered my question about biscuits. I think I still owe them :).
Thank you Ms. Ashwin. This has been an amazing journey and an amazing fan community to be a part of. I look forward to your next project!
Congratulations on completing your comic! What an accomplishment! Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
Wow. I have been following Widdershins since sometime in the middle of Book 7, so more than half of the time it has run. Everything about these characters and this world is incredible, and I’m so glad I got to be along for the journey.
Wow wow wow wow! Congrats! I’ve been following this for at LEAST a decade now, and its so trippy to think that this is the end. Genuinely, kudos to you for going the distance and bringing this fabulous wonderful story to a satisfying conclusion!
This was truly a delight. Thank you so much!
Widdershins taught me so much about writing fantasy, particularly in how you can get the feel of an era but leave out whatever prejudices you like. Really helped me relax about worldbuilding.
Makes for so many more stories when everything isn’t a struggle to survive despite the prejudice
All the family in one page, and STILL no trace of Mr de Monfort! Unbelievable!!
Congratulations on finishing, Kate! The journey was absolutely amazing, and I am so grateful you let us be a part of it! I’ll miss this comic a lot, but I am also looking forward to the next thing you show us. No matter what it is, it is sure to be fantastic!
Thank you so much! This story has been a constant part of my life for over a decade and I’ve enjoyed the story and the characters so much!
Kate, congrats on finishing Widdershins! Thanks so much for all your work weaving this magical world and its inhabitants. The characters will live on in our hearts and minds and find new adventures (and shenanigans, of course). Thank you!!
Looking forward to your next project!
I’m so sad that Widdershins is done, but I’m so glad that you shared it with us! Looking forward to what you do next!
I’ve been following along since the beginning (actually, a bit before the beginning of Widdershins). It’s been a great ride, and I’m always happy to see a story end properly. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.
Thanks for this story, I’ve really loved it! This is really the only time I’ve commented on anything, but I wanted to leave my note of appreciation with everyone else’s. I can’t remember when I started reading either, but it was some time in the first book, maybe about when Harry and Sid were in the a cave?
Anyway, time to re-read the whole thing in celebration and farewell :)
From following your work since somewhere in the middle of Darken until the closing chapter of Widdershins, I suddenly realize I’ve been reading your work for almost half my life XD
Looking forward to see what adventures you’ll take us on next
Was going to say that I was a late-comer to the comic - then I checked the archive and found that the first page I read ‘live’ (when first posted) was from sep. 15! It feels nothing like that long, which is a testament to how engrossing the weird wonderful world of Widdershins has been. Looking forward to the next adventure (in Spaaace!)
Thank you! And Gren . . . puppies! So cute!!!!
Congratulations Sid, Harry and Kate!!!🥲
Mr Witch! The congregation of cake appreciators! Our good friends The Magpie and The Purple Hippo of Happiness!
Been following these twelve years past, and to see it land so… Congratulations and thank you. <3
So much love for this. It’s been a complete joy and I can’t thank you enough.
This has been an absolutely wonderful 15 (really????) years with you and this comic, Kate. I’ve been following your comics since halfway through Darken, which I enjoyed deeply, but Widdershins holds a very special place for me - it’s not only been a joy, but an inspiration that has kept me going on my own creative journey through many many low points. (Even if I still have nothing to show for it; I’ll keep trying!) Your art, stories, and characters are all wonderful, both on their own and honestly somewhat aspirationally. The worlds you make are always full of life and personality and I'm so glad I got to ride along through to the end. And as much as it's always sad to see an ending of a story you're enjoying, I genuinely love the way you wrapped things up. It's been a bittersweet but satisfying denouement and honestly that might be the most impressive feat of it all.
I'll be looking forward to your next project when it comes!!
Congratulations on finishing such a monumental project. Having been here since Darken, I look forward to your next project.
Thankyou for all your hard work in creating this and putting it out on the Internet for us all to read for free. It’s been a great run and while it is sad to see things end with a few questions still unanswered, it is great to have everything wrapped up and completed. I hope I’ll be able to afford the book set before they all sell out … Looking forward to the next project 💘
I found Kate two days after Darken ended; I’ve been here since day 1. It’s been a long and wonderful ride.
Best of luck, Harry and Sid!
And thank you, Kate.
Gosh, I’ve been on this train for a minute. Widdershins is one of my all time favorite comics. I’m very much looking forward to what comes next, but still feel a little sad. It’s been a great ride. Can’t wait for the final volume to come in so I can sit down and devour it again. <3
What a beautiful ending. Thank you so much for this world full of love and hope and people doing their best. I don’t have words for how special Widdershins is, and I don’t know if I ever quite will, but it has been a joy and an inspiration and a solace over all the years. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and I can’t wait to see that email pop up with news of your next adventures!
A WEDABING!!!!
Congratulations on finishing another wonderful webcomic! Looking forward to the next one.
…Now to go back and reread the whole thing.
Thanks so much for hours of entertainment, Kate. You made my day, more than once, and I’m really grateful. With this wonderful finale, little Anne gets me again, she’s really something, I wonder what she’ll become ;)
Looking forward to discovering more of your work, I wish you the best.
Dang I can’t believe I’ve been keeping up with this comic for around fifteen years. Congrats on reaching the finish line, and thank you for the good times!
The little Barber/Fenton girls flustering “Uncle Mal” with attention has been a part of my own head canon ever since they were introduced, glad to see Ann making it happen,
Wow what a ride. I can’t believe it’s been so long! I’ve been reading your stuff since Darken’s Long Way Home arc so it’s been 20 years… Widdershins has been so SO great from start to finish, I have so many favourite chapters! I can’t wait to see what you get up to next!
I am uncertain how many years I have been following this comic. Thanks for giving us your art and story. I agree, it IS weird when a massive project is completed. Well done on sticking the landing!
Hi! I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this comic Kate. It’s been one of my favorites for years, I think since around the end of curtain call. I hope you have fun with whatever you do next!
Thank you so much for your hard work. I still remember encountering you on the Keenspace forums forever ago, and it’s absolutely brilliant to see what you’ve done in the intervening years. Looking forward to another great adventure in the future.
Cheers to the final and cheers to the next trip.
It is with warmth born of much enjoyment that I move this one from my “current” folders to “Completed.” Well done, and I look forward to your next project!
I’m sad to see Widdershins end, but looking forward to what will come next! When Darken ended, I thought I would I will never like Widdershins as much, but that lasted for less than 5 pages. You have a knack for storytelling, worldbuilding and, above all, making loveable characters!
Grow a lot of corn in 15 years…
Thanks, Komi. Been fun.
Congratulations on completing Widdershins! As someone who’s been following it since page 1, what a wild and fun ride it’s been. Every new page was like a present that never failed to brighten my day. I’m stoked to see what you’re cooking up next!
Sorry to see the comic go: happy that it was here.
I stumbled on Widdershins on GoComics maybe 10 years ago when we lived in Belgium. Followed it to the website and carried it with me back to the US. It’s been a comforting thread of continuity during a very unsettling time. I shall miss it very much.
How appropriate that I’m first seeing this page in greyscale. (My phone went into night mode half an hour ago.)
I want to thank you again for this wonderful comic named after one of my favorite words. I better go check out that Kickstarter and Patreon now.
Wow, seriously, fifteen years! And to think I was there for basically all of Darken before that! I feel a little old XD Endings are always so bittersweet. You closed out our widdershins adventures so well, tying up enough threads for satisfaction, leaving enough for imagination to continue. Incredible work. I VERY much look forward to your next comic endeavors!! Thank you so much for all the amazing years in Widdershins.
I started reading Darken sometime in my teens when my brother and I first got into comics. Darken was pivotal in a passion that’s followed us for almost 20 years and always given us a shared interest to chat about. Thank you so, so much for Darken, Widdershins and everything that you put out into the world. I’ve loved reading through all the comments and theories in the community that you’ve created even if I’ve never commented. I’m looking forward to being able to share your next project with everyone I talk to
I know it’s been a few days since this final page was posted, but I just needed to say my piece. Kate, I have been following your amazing comic for the past few years now, and I wanted to tell you how much I have loved reading it. Widdershins has been one of my favorite comics that I have ever read, and although my Wednesday’s will be longer without your lovely characters, my life is richer for having been able to experience your writing at all. I have adored being able to watch your art and writing grow and develop as the years have gone by, and have grown to adore your worldbuilding and the people in it. I will dearly miss seeing new pages every week, but I hope to continue following your writing journey wherever it happens to take you. Best of luck.
!!!!! That was a journey and a ride. I’m so glad I learned about this comic a couple months ago and, this is really wholesome, overall and these epilogue pages too. Thank you a lot.
Do you think there will ever be a followup story, or a crossover with a future comic?
Thank you so much for the journey! It is always melancholic to after so many years of weekly visits move the webcomic's bookmark from the day folder it lived in to the ‘finished’ folder, but it is amazing to witness the persistence that it took to get it there instead of the ‘discontinued’ folder! Will cartainly dip in there for a re-read any time I’ll need a warm, familiar story to pick me up
I came to this comic on the late side and it has been a tremendous delight. I’m so impressed with everything you’ve done here. Can’t wait to see what comes next for you!
Wait.
The upcoming project will be “odder” than “Widdershins”?
Scary.
….well dang. Hard to believe I've been here since just about the beginning. (I …. Feel old.)
Marvelous, marvelous work, Kate. I am genuinely miserable that you’ve finished it, which means you done did good. 😅 I'll miss this world and these characters a lot! Thank you for the literal years of hard work, and for being so gracious as to leave said work accessible for free. I hope your next project brings you joy and fulfillment!
A long time ago, when I had just discovered webcomics I discovered Darken.
Which was awesome, alas it came to an end. But there was more, there was something new. And now that too has come to an end. Can’t wait to see what you’ll do next.
A long time fan.