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Seriously, if you can afford it: even a dollar helps. You may not think so, but it does.
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Well, I've been guilted into handing over a few bucks a month, split between the webcomic artists I actually do look forward to reading and can find on Patreon.
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Jul 16, 2014 05:45
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I'm getting a hundred bucks a month from Patreon for two months now (minus their fees) and every single dollar helps, I can tell you. Even better than the money is the notion that someone cares enough to support you. Real mood-pleaser.
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Jul 16, 2014 06:53
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You can also just, like, throw them whatever you think their comic's entertainment value was worth for you for a month and cancel. Just use it for a one-time donation.
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Jul 16, 2014 09:12
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Echoing the love for Patreon, it's invaluable to a freelancer to have a bit of regular and predictable money coming in, makes the month's budget much easier to balance!
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Jul 16, 2014 09:37
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Patreon rules and without it I would be an even more hollow shell of a person than I already am. A ridiculously good idea for a site and I'm actually making a living off what I like to do which seemed really crazy and impossible for a long, long time. Also I wanna throw some love for some recently revived webcomics in here: Evil You Know and The Weave. Evil You Know is already getting into the weirdness while The Weave only just started back up but looks gorgeous and is going somewhere neat.
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Jul 16, 2014 10:57
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Congrats on the anniversary of your comic there!
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Jul 16, 2014 11:43
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Wolfe continues to be the best character in Widdershins (also the best character anywhere.) Poor Voss looks so deflated 
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Jul 16, 2014 14:43
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Man, gently caress the money, just knowing someone cared enough about my comic to pledge any amount would be a huge morale boost. The worst feeling (for me, at least) is that you're putting a lot of effort and time into something only for no one to see it or care about it.
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Jul 16, 2014 15:43
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Phylodox posted:Man, gently caress the money, just knowing someone cared enough about my comic to pledge any amount would be a huge morale boost. The worst feeling (for me, at least) is that you're putting a lot of effort and time into something only for no one to see it or care about it. Agreed. I feel I don't produce enough material to justify starting a Patreon or other similar money-tree. I also have only got about 5-10 readers, and out of those, who would pay me money, I don't really know. I'm considering putting a donate button somewhere so that if one of them does want to throw some money to me, they can, without me feeling weird guilt about a Patreon. (I'm sure if I increased my production that my readership would increase somewhat as well, but apparently I'm motivationally diseased) Also, even just a dollar would cover like 3/4 of just one new marker. Them things run out, and just having a few bucks to get some new ones (or ink, or nibs, or paper) makes a big difference. Because I'm starting to talk like this is the "making webcomics" thread, I'll get back on topic and throw out a plug for an artist I admire- Emily Weber, who finished her previous comic May the Rain Come, has started a new comic, Jupiter. May the Rain Come was a beautiful and touching comic, and even at the beginning where the art was a little unsteady, it was still rich in color and emotional punch. I have high expectations for Jupiter. She also is incredible at maintaining a daily update schedule.
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Kismet posted:I've also been keeping a list of webcomic Patreons organised by title, which you might find useful. Glad as I am that Patreon have introduced browseable categories, the comics section is still pretty huge and...uh...variable. Haha, I forgot about that list. I think I sent you a message asking to be added to it a couple months ago, but now that I'm looking at it I'm wondering if I actually sent you a message asking to add mine, of if I only thought about doing it and never actually followed through. But yeah, Patreon is really nice. This month it is buying me a good microphone and a pop filter for podcasting, and in the coming months it'll probably financing some bonus content that'll serve the dual purpose of padding my digital downloads store with more stuff. I think that Patreon can be a really effective means of putting money right back into your comic if you're using it in a way that optimizes that. Back to reading comics: every new page of Nimona has me biting my nails--it seems like it's going to be over really soon, and I'm not sure what kind of ending to expect and it's making me super anxious. I know the ending will be good, but that doesn't inherently mean it's going to make me happy. D:
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I think that the month-by-month stability of Patreon is helpful for keeping my budget, and was definitely less intimidating than setting up a Kickstarter, with far less risk. It's never really clear how successful any Kickstarter will be (or how that will be distributed). Sort of reminds me of a salary vs. bonuses, where the latter could end up being Christmas Vacation's Jelly of the Month Club  .
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raaaan posted:Haha, I forgot about that list. I think I sent you a message asking to be added to it a couple months ago, but now that I'm looking at it I'm wondering if I actually sent you a message asking to add mine, of if I only thought about doing it and never actually followed through. You're on there now! I don't think I did get a message from you, but then between this list and the creator blogs one I tend to get a lot of PMs so it might have got lost in my inbox at some point. If that's the case, sorry!
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Jul 16, 2014 17:38
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I haven't been doing patrea because I tend to spend 'a lot' of money at shows like spx, and I figure that's, by and large, just as good.
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You don't need to make an excuse for not using it, it's okay! I'm pretty sure we all get that it's not a thing everyone will be into. Any way you choose to support artists is appreciated, I'm sure.
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Personally I love being able to support people on Patreon, but I have very little actual money to do it with -- so what I do is set a monthly budget for myself and adjust what proportion of that I'm giving to various people according to what they're putting out and how much they're making from other donors. If I start giving to someone new, everyone else gets just a little less. If someone goes on hiatus or skips a month, everyone else gets a little more. I do also think there is an effect where the more people are supporting somebody, the more people are inclined to join in (kind of like buskers lining their tin with coins to encourage donations), so yeah, another reason that just chipping in $1/month can be surprisingly helpful.
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Kismet posted:I've also been keeping a list of webcomic Patreons organised by title, which you might find useful. Glad as I am that Patreon have introduced browseable categories, the comics section is still pretty huge and...uh...variable. Cool!! As soon as I become a productive member of society (with a reliable credit card to prove it) I'll be getting all over this list. You should probs. add Lamezone/Partydog/Cate Wurtz to the list too.
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Jul 16, 2014 19:30
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Done! I totally missed that she was on Patreon somehow, that's awesome.
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Also, you can design some gods and goddesses for K6BD. If you're enough of a scrub to be bossed around by a bunch of birds, that is.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:33
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I haven't kept up with the comic for awhile (largely because I'm not sure what's happening in it anymore), but Supernormal Step's creator Michael Lunsford is also on Patreon.
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Jul 16, 2014 23:03
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What's the deal with Octopus Pie right now? It seems really overwritten and unnatural for some reason.
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Gabriel Pope posted:Wolfe continues to be the best character in Widdershins (also the best character anywhere.) Poor Voss looks so deflated Today's is great too. At first I thought Voss was jealous that Envy was calling someone else important, but now I see he's just surprised. They've known each other long enough that they don't have any illusions about their relationship, I guess.
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Today's Poppy update with the shocking revelation that Lily is adopted
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Fetterkey posted:What's the deal with Octopus Pie right now? It seems really overwritten and unnatural for some reason. It's definitely a tonal shift- we are just getting into the meat of it now, I think, so i't hard to tell what she's going for. It might be a wind up for some terrible sucker punch, which I think is likely. Or they could sleep together. Probably both!
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RickoniX posted:Today's Poppy update with the shocking revelation that Lily is adopted Wait wasn't this on the April fools list?
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Fetterkey posted:What's the deal with Octopus Pie right now? It seems really overwritten and unnatural for some reason.
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So, taking odds on how long it takes before Petunia gets turned into a fish in Poppy O'Possom 
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Jul 17, 2014 10:50
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snucks posted:It's overwritten and unnatural because Will and Eve are nervous together and are both trying to articulate to each other the emotional arcs we've seen firsthand over the past ~500 pages. It feels a lot like the comic's coming to an end, although I haven't heard Gran say anything about that. Gran's mentioned wanting to take the comic into color starting possibly with the next arc, so I think the comic isn't ending, but it's probably moving into a new act.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Wait wasn't this on the April fools list?
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Parts Kit posted:Yes it was. So at this point either everything or everything but one thing is going to come true I guess?
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RickoniX posted:Today's Poppy update with the shocking revelation that Lily is adopted I don't see it. Is that "Lala is as much my child as that cute little girl there must be yours" line (with Lily making the Best Pose) supposed to indicate that, because I thought it just meant to highlight and explain part of how Poppy's world works and that a wolf really can be the daughter of a ram under whatever circumstances. There's something obvious I'm missing, isn't there.
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Ofaloaf posted:I don't see it. Is that "Lala is as much my child as that cute little girl there must be yours" line (with Lily making the Best Pose) supposed to indicate that, because I thought it just meant to highlight and explain part of how Poppy's world works and that a wolf really can be the daughter of a ram under whatever circumstances. It's the joke. The post was a joke. The joke is what you're missing.
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Jul 17, 2014 15:26
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It might also shed some light on why Poppy's family photos a couple of chapters back showed her surrounded by cats rather than possums.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:It might also shed some light on why Poppy's family photos a couple of chapters back showed her surrounded by cats rather than possums.
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Jul 17, 2014 15:33
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The cat bakers are probably the Trench family she stayed with as a refugee child or something along those lines.
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Jul 17, 2014 16:57
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...didn't Kevin and Kell have exactly this thing happen years ago?
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Ofaloaf posted:
I think it's more the "...not that I'm doubting you, but act- " bit of it which implies that Lily is adopted.
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raaaan posted:Back to reading comics: every new page of Nimona has me biting my nails--it seems like it's going to be over really soon, and I'm not sure what kind of ending to expect and it's making me super anxious. I know the ending will be good, but that doesn't inherently mean it's going to make me happy. D: Dunno if you saw this in the comment section or not: https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/489491604009668611
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Oxxidation posted:It's the joke. The post was a joke. The joke is what you're missing.
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Captain Bravo posted:Dunno if you saw this in the comment section or not: https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/489491604009668611 That's okay because clearly she maintains like a three year buffer right right right?
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