I want to be honest with you all and let you know that my health is not great right now. In notes accompanying the former, posted early November 2022, Oseman shared, “Since going on hiatus from the comic, I have been incredibly busy with the release of the Netflix show, then writing season 2 in an extremely short timeframe, and also creating the Heartstopper Yearbook. Since then, there have been two official Heartstopper updates a belated Halloween episode and a holiday episode.

I’m really sorry to everyone who’s disappointed, but if I carry on, I will not be able to create something I’m proud of or happy with.” The strip has been officially on hiatus since May 2022, with Oseman announcing the hiatus by writing, “I have been suffering from severe stress and burnout for a very long time which has been impacting my physical and mental health, and I can no longer create the comic to the best of my ability. (She’s also the sole writer on the Netflix series.) Originally published on Tumblr and Tapas, Oseman added WEBTOON as an additional publishing platform in 2019 print rights were acquired by Hachette in 2018… and then, partway through 2022, Oseman brought the webcomic to a temporary close.

The coming-of-age romance series that won both critical and audience hearts upon its Netflix debut in April 2022 started life as a webcomic in 2016, with Alice Oseman responsible for both writing and art. Having successfully conquered Netflix with its first season, Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper is headed back to where it started with an April 1 date finally announced for its return to regular publication as a webcomic after almost a year.

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