I find it sad that the creator has all this merchandise and has to set up dates for the next frames...
It's a webcomic, it's posted when it is and you shouldn't go spending all your time making a 14 minute flash animation. I think this is getting a little out of hand as far as production goes.
I read Homestuck a long time ago when the latest page was the one where John is standing in his front yard, and the opening title plays. About a half a year later, I came back to find that it's already at ACT 5, and it took me NINE DAYS to read from ACT 1 to ACT 5. Now I come back about 4 months later, and ACT 5 has just been finished. It's becoming more of a job for the author than a webcomic.