So about that truck...
Added 2015-09-18 20:19:32 +0000 UTCI just got word back from the mechanics about my truck. It looks to be estimated at $1200-1600 to fix it. Ouch. Yes.
I've figured that I can take 35 commissions (non discounted, I can't afford it) to pay it off. I can do this.
But to do this, I need TIME. The comics take up almost all the free time I have. It looks to me like in order to pay this off, within the time constraints that NC's stupid vehicle laws force upon me, I will have to stop running the comics all together, possibly in October, in order to pay this off.
I don't want to ask for extra donations, but if anyone has any other ideas, I'll consider it.
I am tempted to offer a very large TF comic auction that, should it get to $1600 (haha, lol) that I'd offer lots of detail and several pages.
Though more realistically, I might offer two or three multiple page TF sequences.
Please tell me your thoughts on this, because combined, you guys pay
$600 a month for comics, and I don't want to fail to deliver.
Comments
The comic auction idea is a potentially powerful one. You could accomplish it with your own flavor of auction. Eg: Bid range: $50-149 -One winner, one page comic. Bid range: $150-450 -Top two bidders win, each $150 is another page. Bid Range: $500-1000 -Top three bidders win, each $125 is another page. You could complicate it more by having something like: -At $50 you get an inked page. -At $75 you get flat colors. -At $100 you get shading. -At $150 you get detailed backwards. -cycles. $200 is a second inked page, etc. But if you do complicate things, try to keep the data in easy to understand chunks. A complex auction promotes fear, not bids. Regarding "You guys are paying and I don't want to fail to deliver." I'm more concerned with entertaining behavior. Humorously, an artist handling their problems with cleverness, skill, and charisma is just as entertaining to me as the comic updates themselves. Problems happen -- as long as they don't happen too often (implying poor planning and behavior) then it's easy to wave away. However, spontaneously turning a problem into a positive is more engaging than the pre-planned comic story. In my experience, the most important thing is to maintain your reader base. Most of your readers do not read the news and only read the comic. They also don't care about anything but receiving new pages -- consistent, on time updates are the most important thing for internet popularity. So the primary thing is to ensure that your readers receive regular updates. If you end up taking several weeks off working on an auction comic, it's not necessary and could be confusing to post these comics in place of the normal ones, but it certainly wouldn't hurt if you replaced the latest page with a teaser and a link every time you put up one of them.
Stickman
2015-09-19 00:17:08 +0000 UTCI think you have a lot going on and taking a break from the comic might be necessary to get back on track. I cannot afford a $1600 comic but I would be willing to take another 3-page sequence like the ones I usually get.
Pheagle
2015-09-18 21:28:00 +0000 UTC
