June Rewards (Patreon)

Hey all, I just wanted to give you an update on June's reward schedule because it's nearly the end of the month and I'm obviously running late!

The June $10.01 drawing will still be posted tonight or tomorrow as expected. 

I had to urgently change the gallery password, which I will give out by PM when the new pic goes up.

June's $10 sketches and letter from Pogo will be pushed to next week.

  I really hate that they're not going to be fulfilled until after July's pledges are processed, and if anyone would rather have a refund than wait for the reward, please let me know! 

July's rewards should still go out according to the timeline on my FAQ.

For the most part, this has been an awesome month with so many new patrons that I'm incredibly happy and grateful for.  It's also kind of been a nightmare month, starting with having to rush replace a $500 tablet, and ending with (1) my credit card number being stolen, (2) a VERY nice pencil set I got as a gift that's not sold in stores - which I was going to use for environment concepts for the $10 sketches - being stolen from my luggage while I was in Chicago, and (3) a few new patrons pledging and ditching, or pledging for access to the $10.01 gallery I had linked through Smack Jeeves's Patreon integration (it was up for ONE day) and then reducing their pledges without ever actually paying at the $10.01 level.  Over 20% of June's $5 pledges are still declined too, which has made for some confusion in preparing Pogo's letters.

All this combined with the health issues I generally get after travel, and my brain is sort of short-circuiting right now, so this has been difficult to deal with.  Right now, all my effort is going into wrapping up the Q&A, keeping my freelance deadlines, and making sure I finish Monday's page in time.  I just need a few extra days for my health and focus to get back on track so I can wrap up the snail mail rewards.  You guys have always been so awesome and understanding during those months here and there where there have been delays, and I'm grateful for that!  As always, I promise that all processed rewards WILL be fulfilled!

If the pledging and ditching becomes a persistent issue, I might have to change some things, but I don't want to worry about that right now...  This is the first month it's ever been an issue.  For now, I've blocked the people who did it.  For people who pledged and reduced, I can't verify with 100% certainty that it was malicious or that they really did access the $10.01 gallery, so I'm working on a happy solution that I believe is better than "punishing" people.  I'll talk about it on Monday.

Meanwhile, thanks again for your patience!  While you're waiting, I'll also be posting some fun extras before the end of the month! :)