hakei Oct/Nov 2024 Updates

Hello everyone,

here's what I've been up to!

1) Patreon Re-opening

I’m planning to officially re-open my Patreon in January 2025!

Here’s a quick look at the tiers that'll go back to their original status:

• Support Team ($1) – Just a tip jar for support

• Angels ($3) – Early access to BnZ episodes

• Principalities ($10) – NSFW art/comics & early access to BnZ

I’m still deciding about a sticker/miniprint tier. If I add it, I’ll probably mail it without tracking to keep costs low.

Also, how my next series fits into this structure depends on how things go with the publisher. I'm not sure if they usually want digital publishing rights too, or just physical publishing.

I'll keep you guys posted!

2) Next Series

I've made some big progress with this one, making changes to the characters and the story after the editor's feedback.

The reaction I got seems positive, so it's just back to the waiting game for the rest of the publishing team to give their input 🙏

Again, if you want to see the comic pages I drew for this step, you can see them at the Patreon's-only discord server.

Paid patrons should get automatic access to it via your Settings: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access
(if not, let me know so I can send the link to you manually)

3) YWAM physical book

Unfortunately, I haven’t made much progress in finding a publisher for YWAM.

There was someone who initially offered to connect with publishers on YWAM's behalf, but I'm sad to find out now that it hadn't happened at all 😔

So I’m now considering a Kickstarter, though I’m unsure if I can build enough hype to reach the funding goal. I know a full or partial book set gets the most attention.

But since I don’t have the time/energy to reformat the chapters myself, I’d need to hire someone to do it.

Reformatting for print would cost about $2,000 per volume, with around three volumes needed for Season 1. So it's at least $6000 that I'd have to invest upfront without any guarantee of selling enough books to break even.

And considering printing costs are at least $2000 per volume, the Kickstarter goal $$ would have to be suuuper high.

One potential solution is Rocketship Entertainment, a publisher that helps webcomic creators run Kickstarters. I plan to submit YWAM to them and hope for the best 😔🙏

4) LA Comic Con

It was great meeting everyone at LA!

I got covid from the event so it was def memorable for me AHAHA

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Thank you everyone, as always!

Best,

hakei