Important Update 27/11/2020 (Patreon)

TL;DR: I am going to pause Patreon billing again for December, so Patrons aren’t charged come New Year’s Day.  (Please note, this only affects existing Patrons who do not change tiers.  If you join or alter your pledge, you will be charged.)

Frankly, I am fast losing interest in this venture.  It no longer feels rewarding to complete a comic page or a piece of artwork.  I don’t seem to feel anything by supporting other Patrons either.

I can’t deny that financial security hasn’t played a part in these feelings.  As much of a social faux pas it is to state this, the financial incentive isn’t a motivator for me; I’m actually doing alright, and I am extremely grateful to all of you Patrons and commissioners for affording me this luxury during such turbulent times.  I am neither lacking nor wanting for anything material.  Related to that vein, it’s true that I may have overworked myself with commissions.  I have three left to complete, and two of those three I haven’t even started penning yet, at the time of writing this.

I’ll spare you the eternal internal self-loathing parley (including obvious statements as: “some people have it much worse than you do!  You should be grateful!”; “You’re not that special, you’re easily replaceable”; “Nobody actually cares, they just want the art,”; “Just suck it up and get on with it,”, and so on and so forth…) and melodramatics of “I don’t like myself.”  I’m not cadging for sympathetic platitudes or aggrandising mollycoddles.

The world is what it is: very unpleasant right now.  We all know that much too well, right?

Anyway, sticking with the facts, I’ll endeavour to complete what works I can (What else am I going to do during the daylight hours?), but please don’t expect anything big like holiday-themed pieces.  As it is, I’m scrapping any anniversary works for my 5 years on Patreon, and I can’t be bothered with Christmas (I’ve never liked Christmas as an adult to be honest, sorry).  I’ll just aim to play catch up and get each of my objective tiers fulfilled, especially those projects which failed to launch…

I’m contemplating about changing the Tiers entirely next year, because I no longer feel able to complete my current Patreon obligations on a daily basis.  I’ll go into more detail about that when I’ve made up my mind.  For now, I’ll just work.

That’s all.  I’m very sorry for all this and for what Americans call being a “Debbie Downer”.  But I feel you Patrons deserve the truth.  I owe you that much at least.

Thank you so much for reading and moreover, for your time and support, irrespective of whether you’ve been a veteran or a newcomer.  Really appreciate it.

Stay safe, stay sane.

Kind regards and best wishes,

‘Kam

P.S. I’m British, ergo no Thanksgiving-related things lately.  Sorry.