MikroGoat Patreon Important Update (Patreon)

Hey everyone! I'm working on finishing the final batch of pages for Issue 2 of Spotting Basil (yay!) After they're done I'm going back to do the Laguna bonus pages. That's 6 pages. Stick around! They're pretty neat! Maybe you'll like Laguna slightly by the end of it.

After I finish the Laguna pages I want to keep my Patreon open for an additional month to work on Doggone full time. Doggone, for those of you who are Bronze tier and don't know yet, is a werewolf comic I'm doing alongside Basil. To me it is spiritually a companion piece to Basil and discusses subjects related to the themes present in Basil -- but not fully fleshed out. It's very much artistically in line with what I'm usually doing with SB. I encourage you to stay and see it through.

After finishing Doggone I'm going on hiatus to give myself a well deserved vacation. I've really been pushing myself to the limits as far as filling my schedule goes and battling some mental demons too. When going on hiatus I WILL NOT BE CHARGING ANYONE who sticks around (yes, this includes those who subscribed for a year -- you will be getting extra months to make up for it.) When I start issue 3 all remaining people will get the first few pages completely free.

One thing to consider though; when doing Basil 3 I will be slashing my schedule in half. Issue 3 will have more panels per page (my limit has always been 6 -- I'm upping it to 9 so each page will on average have more content.) However, as of right now, I don't make enough money to justify issue 3 being more than 1 page weekly releases.

Another big change going forward is that during issue 3 I will be doing side comics more and create pinups much less frequently. To me pinups are kinda tedious and not as creatively fulfilling I'm discovering. So while I do issue 3 of Basil, don't expect me to keep up with pinups that much. Maybe expect 2 pages of a bonus comic per month or 1 pinup. The trade off is that these will be exclusive to silver tier for 2 months before release.

The theme of issue 3's production cycle is preventing myself from mentally spiraling. I want to be able to relax and enjoy my time working on Basil. I'm killing myself and working so much harder than is warranted. To put it in perspective, I make 3 dollars an hour on Patreon for the work I put in...yeah...it's that bad. Maybe I can return to the kind to work schedule I'm doing right now if I ever meet my goal of 2000 a month (I can pay rent with that.) But going forward...I have to cut myself some slack. I have to give myself mental reprieve.

If this changes your decision on what tier to sub to going forward, I understand.

Thanks for reading my comic and supporting me all the way through. It's been a dream come true bringing this to you. I expect issue 3 will be anywhere between 100-200 pages long. That's yet to be seen.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

Thanks!
Mikro