A comic status update. (Patreon)

I haven't done one of these in a while, but enough has changed I thought I had better do one now so if things got worse you all wouldn't be totally shocked.  I talked about it on the discord server, but since so few of you migrated to it I was basically talking to 10 people, five of which are mods.  

Anyway, readership for the comic is down by about 2000 people.  It has been for around 2 months.  I can't say why for sure, but it could be any number of things I've said or done, or just general malaise over a comic that has been running for over a decade.  Ad revenue is so minimal now that patreon is, essentially, the entire source of my income.  So, in case you've ever felt like your pledge didn't matter rest assured it does.  A bit over 700 people are making it possible for me to continue Between Failures, and there's no way to thank you in any way that approximates your value to me for allowing me to continue telling my story.  

It's very depressing to lose such a huge number of readers, but if 700 people are the only ones in the world who want it then that's how many I'll make it for.  I'm kind of a relic from a time on the internet that no longer exists.  There are so many talented artists and writers who have training I lack that I'm always lagging farther and farther behind.  

So, to sum all this up, thank you for keeping the lights on, so to speak.  Even with my extensive vocabularly I lack the words to thank you all properly. 

XOXO

J.T.