Patreon ($1.3K Reached by End of Month 1)

[Davis8488]

For all those who love Thunt, and have stated a desire to do something for him, Patreon is now active.

[Glemp]

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE.

And as soon as I sort out PayPal, Thunt will become my first subscription (because "pledge" sounds like a weird American fraternity/cult thing).

EDIT: I am now one of Thunt's mighty Patrons.

[Davis8488]

It was pretty awesome to see that his dollar per page amount doubled while I was asleep.

Also worth noting, if you look at the number of his patrons who only support 1 artist as of yet (8 at my last count), it would suggest that Thunt is drawing people to the site.

[Glemp]

It was pretty awesome to see that his dollar per page amount doubled while I was asleep.

Also worth noting, if you look at the number of his patrons who only support 1 artist as of yet (8 at my last count), it would suggest that Thunt is drawing people to the site.

As one of those single-artist Patrons, I was already a member - I just hadn't figured out how to donate fairly without going bankrupt. Thunt's irregular schedule actually helps me a great deal in that respect.

[Mec]

Cool. I'm in.

[Glemp]

Blog post: http://www.goblinscomic.org/my-new-patreon-page/

[Synch]

Question: If you pledge say $5 per page, does that mean you start by paying a lump sum of $5 for every page Thunt has done so far then $5 per page release, or just $5 per page he releases following the Patreon page going live?

[Liesmith]

Now that I'm one of the 83 Patrons, I'm officially 1/83rd of Tarol's boss, and I demand that he wears 1/83rd a suit and tie every time he draws! Buahahaha! I am lightly buzzed on power!

[Krulle]

Question: If you pledge say $5 per page, does that mean you start by paying a lump sum of $5 for every page Thunt has done so far then $5 per page release, or just $5 per page he releases following the Patreon page going live?

Only future ones...
If tgere have been three patreon pages before you pledged, you do not pay for them, but only starting the fourth page...

[WearsHats]

Right. You only pay whatever you've pledged for any pages produced from the time you first pledged. And you can change that amount at any time. And you can set a monthly limit so if he suddenly starts producing a page every other day, you don't have to be charged $75.

[wutzibu]

Since the 5$ tier includes a picture from other characters at the same time i thin we should make a 5§ and up subforum where we could discuss these without spoiling others (and making that reward and the knowledge thereof public to non patreons)

[Krulle]

That would be a good idea...
I'm more interested in that, than HQimages...

I'm sure that we'll get to read more failed attemps by the Tuck/Yodette/Baka trio....

[wutzibu]

wait, arent they dead?

ohh nvm i just realized they where player characters. now i imagined the look on their faces when herbert told them how they died^^

[Davis8488]

There's a sword that appears on the Patreon page above the Goblins logo, that seems familiar. Does anyone else remember it?

(Also, I find myself quite excited each time I look to see a significant increase to Thunt's $ per Comic.)

[WearsHats]

Might be one of the items he drew for G:AR art which has yet to appear in the comic.

[Krulle]

Problem:
I find the gap from base support 1$ to the first incentive interesting me (the other character stories) too high (if the update frequency goes back to where we all hope it'll grow again, you could buy physical books every other month with the difference; which should also supply Thunt with support, and you can gift them to friends, colleagues,... and make them fans too).
Idea:
Maybe create two 3$ incentives, 3a for HQ-images, 3b for the stories of other characters at the same time.
And the 5$ incentive combines 3a and 3b, thus giving both...


Also: I'm slightly afraid that Thunt will put in even more work into details, as they become visible to the fans, and thus might loose even more time when doing the pages....
I would be happy with a other-character story every month, and feel fine if they were included in the physical/e-books as bonus material too.
Just don't slow down the update frequency. That's the thing that forwards the story I fell in love with.

[Guus]

A goal of Ôé¼4000,- per page? Holy tapdancing Christ!

[Krulle]

4k per page on Patreon does not mean that it's 4k per page in reality.
Not even disregarding the Patreon fees.
If you put in a patreon maximum limit of 13 dollar a month, and THunt produces 3 pages a month, he does not get 5 dollar/page from you (if that's your tier), but it limits at 13 $ for that month, which would be 4,33 $ per page (while you should still receive the 5$/page bonus of extra-character stories).

[WearsHats]

It's a stretch goal, and the highest one at that. "If we get this far, that would be awesome and would let me do something really cool." It doesn't necessarily mean he actually expects to hit it.

[Sessine]

So, here's the thing. From what I know of Thunt, I foresee those little glimpses of what's happening elsewhere in the world becoming a delayed -- and increasingly unfulfilled -- promise, one that stresses him out yet again. He's just recovering from a crash-and-burn triggered by exactly that. I do not want him starting to think of me as his boss again. I do not want that on my conscience.

Even sending out the hi-resolution versions of the comic is an additional obligation, and if he forgets he's going to feel guilty. I don't want that!

So, much as I am tempted... Sorry, Thunt, I am not going to LET you stress yourself on my behalf. I am going to sign up for the total monthly amount that I can afford to give you, which isn't a lot, and I will say that I don't want any rewards.

[Xavier78]

Yeah, no thanks. Hunt already has a crap ton of promises he can't/didn't keep, so lets add more AND pay him for it? You are crazy. I like Goblins, I do, and I'm sure Hunt isn't all bad, but this? Too much.

[YardMeat]

$1.00 per comic page - No extra work for THunt.
$3.00 per comic page - He sends you the hi-res version of the comic, which he already makes anyway. Extra work: I guess you get put on a mass email list?
$5.00 per comic page - You get sketches of other things going on in the Goblinverse. Again, these are only sketches, and we've seen THunt be able to work through sketches pretty quickly in the past. It's mostly the coloring, shading and detailed background images that slow him down. I don't imagine this will be a lot of extra work and it seems like the sort of thing he enjoys doing as much as he enjoys the comic itself.
$20.00 per comic page - A small sketch on a postcard. Sounds like a deal. This is another quick sketch, like the kind I imagine getting at a convention. Only 4 people have signed up for it so far, and let's face it, very few people are going to choose this option.

I don't really see this as THunt signing on for a lot of extra work. The prices seem fair and the goals are quite reasonable, especially considering his progress.

[Sessine]

Yeah, no thanks. Hunt already has a crap ton of promises he can't/didn't keep, so lets add more AND pay him for it? You are crazy. I like Goblins, I do, and I'm sure Hunt isn't all bad, but this? Too much.

To be clear... I am going to contribute, at the $5 per page level, with a cap of $10 in any given month, that being all I can afford. To hit my cap he'll only have to post two pages in a month. I'd subscribe at a flat monthly rate if he offered one, but he doesn't. He clearly does want some sort of performance incentive, so, okay, I'll give him that.

Just... no way am I going to let him take on any additional obligations on my behalf. Not even small ones. No More Promises, Thunt!

I'm not going to say no-one should accept the rewards; we're all going to have to make up our own minds. I wouldn't let a friend with an ankle in a cast limp across town to buy me a candy bar. He wants to go jogging on his own account, fine. Or for someone else, I can't stop him. But not for me. I can do without candy. I'd rather have a friend whose ankle is getting a chance to heal up properly.

[Guus]

Oh, I'm very well aware that it's a stretch goal, I just think it's way too much. We're talking per page here. A standard issue comic is what, 20 to 25 pages? That would mean forking over 20 to 25 dollars if you'd count it as a standard issue, at the lowest pledge. Heck, I think it'd be fine if it was somewhere around 10-15 dollars, but 20 is already too much, and that's just the lowest pledge. I get that you can cap your pledge, which makes that argument redundant, but at first glance it doesn't seem to be that way. Maybe he should add a note on his patreon page that this is something that can be done, but if I look at it it doesn't really scream "this is awesome, I want to support this" to me, the way the page is set up, the way the pledges are presented and the goals set up.
You know what would be cool? If he (or someone else, if it's too much work for him personally) would get a system running that give pledgers of a certain amount a hardcopy of chapters as they come out. Those goals are only loosely related to Goblins, and I think he'd be better off dropping them entirely.

[Krulle]

I think the goals are something Thunt wants to do anyway.
And reaching those goals would mean giving Thunt sufficient breathing space to allow to make it happen.