2019 Odds and Ends (Patreon)

Hello, everyone!

First up — today’s comic update will actually come...tomorrow. I completely forgot to set up the auto update and I’m away from home and my files tonight. Sorry about that!

That said though, after tomorrow’s update I’m going to take two weeks off for the holidays/new years. One week for a bit of catch up and the other to actually just do nothing for once, recharge the ol’ batteries and so on. I do have a couple panel breakdowns/WIPs coming in the interim, though!

Goodbye 2019:

With the year winding down, I just wanted to say thank you again for the support here! 

It simply wouldn’t have been possible to put in all the hours on Oren’s Forge and make it through this year financially. It means the world to me to be able to tell these stories and have an audience who enjoys and connects to it. So, just… thank you guys!

But that said, please don’t feel obligated. Know that I appreciate the help immensely, but take care of yourselves, too!

Tier Changes:

Going forward, there’s a few things I’d like to change about the different Patreon tiers. I don’t feel like I’m able to provide a ton of additional content for higher tiers just because making the comic takes up the majority of my time. Ideally, I’d like everything to be available to folks at $5 and up, with some higher tiers for anyone willing and able to help support at a higher amount.

So, with changes coming, if you’re at a higher tier and dropping down to $5 makes sense for you, please do!

Physical Items:

One of the things I’d like to explore early next year is making some physical items (like pins, stickers, or embroidered patched) and offering it to $5+ Patreons at a big discount. 

Would that be something you guys might be interested in? Any specific items you’d like to see?

Streaming in 2020:

Over the holidays I’ll be building myself a new computer. It’s a long time coming— my current PC is about nine years old (as is the HDD, if that gives any of you IT folks nervous palpitations.)

While it’s been a faithful workhorse for years, it’s definitely starting to wind down and putting a limit on my productivity. With my new build, however, I should be able to stream! This means I can stream working on comic pages and do a monthly Patreon request stream!

Publishing News:

I get asked about a hard copy of the book a lot, so here’s what’s up on the publishing front! I’m still in contact with the publisher (Paquet) who did the original French language edition of Oren’s Forge. They are definitely interested in the second half, but I’m putting the breaks on until I can give them a really firm completion date. They also have an English/American imprint that might pick up the title once it’s finished. We’ll see— I still have a fair bit of work to do!

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for how I can make this Patreon better, please let me know! Otherwise, I’ll just keep plugging along, making pages and working on the script for the next chapter.

One again, thank you guys! Here’s hoping we all have a great 2020!