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The Expansion Curse

Added 2021-04-11 05:13:27 +0000 UTC

So, this is going to be the final month of The Expansion Curse. To tie the story out, this month will have 24 images rather than 16. That means in total, the comic will end at a neat and tidy 200 pages. However, I have a problem. As of right now, every single page through month 11 is here on Patreon. That means a new $3 patron gets not only the benefit of the comic for the current month, but every past month as well. That's not really fair to those that have been supporting for longer. Also, it kinda stinks for me, as I've done a lot of work on the comic only to almost give it away to anyone that joins and after April, if left up on Patreon, IS giving it away for $3. There's a solution that would allow me to try and get the income off the comic. That would be putting it on Gumroad. However, I said this comic was a patreon exclusive.

So, here's my question. If, after the April content is released, I was to take all the images off Patreon, put them in a PDF, and sell it on Gumroad, would you, as a supporter of the comic, and me, be mad if I did that? For those wondering, I would also email a PDF of the comic to any patron who is active in April, and has supported at least $20 over the previous year. That way, you'd still have the comic.

To put it in perspective, a 200 page comic would go on Gumroad at $20. I went through the last 11 months of support. At the $3 tier, on average, a patron has paid $5.77 with a large majority of the one-time pledges being in months 9-11.

What do you think? Would you be okay if I sold it? I would love to hear any comments as well.