Posted March 18, 2019 at 11:29 am

Hey everybody, the kickstarter for book 3 is funded, so those puppies are getting printed. We've got ten days left in the campaign, so if you were thinking about buying, might be a good time to drag that credit card out.

We've also added a few other tiers since the beginning, like the PDFs of all three books, or all three physical books with signed bookplates. Give 'er a look.

Posted December 11, 2017 at 01:49 pm

As you may have seen elsewhere, Patreon is changing their payment schedule in a way that will make credit card fees rise for smaller pledges, and passing the fees on to patrons. We posted about about some of the implications for this.

The short version is we are exploring alternate ways of supporting the comic. We've gotten a fair number of requests for this from people who would rather not use Patreon anymore. For the time being, people wishing to use Paypal to make monthly payments, or one big for-all-of-2018 payment, can send it to machallboyd@gmail.com. Just include a note if it's a for-all-of-2018 payment so I know how to tally it for the double comics goal.

We're taking a look at Kickstarter's Drip, though this is still in closed beta. Some people have requested a PO box they can mail a check to. As more stuff gets up and running, we'll post about it here.

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Posted November 5, 2017 at 01:36 pm

We just hit $1,000 on the Patreon and that puts us at double comics! 

We were going to wait until all the pledges got charged at the beginning of next month before starting the double schedule, but we were pretty close last month so we're going to start in a couple of weeks, which will give Ian a chance to figure out how he's going to pull this off and build up a buffer.

In the meantime, the next two comics will be released to patrons a day early. This week's should be visible now.

Posted September 18, 2017 at 02:01 pm

Since we put out the goal to do double comics at $1000/month on the Patreon, we've gotten a flood of pledges and we're now in striking distance. We just need to $200 $164 $90 $62 more in pledges to put us over and do two comics a week, which is why I'm hitting you with the PBS business right now. (The alternative was a Sarah McLachlan soundtrack over a montage of us looking real sad.)

I'm pretty hyped to do this and am planning to visit Jo and Handsome Bob a lot more with the extra strips. If you can put in a dollar, a dollar is great! Patreon people love a lot of small pledges because they're more reliable than a few whales. (And of course don't put in money if it will impact your well-being! Times are tough and you gotta take care of yourself!)

Posted June 11, 2017 at 02:25 am

As you may know, we have a Patreon where readers can pledge to support the comic monthly. Though we both work regular jobs, it's been a big help for some expenses. For instance, it recently let Ian buy some digital art tools that helped with some hand pain he'd been having. Many of you donate, which is sweet as hell and we thank you for that.

When we set up the Patreon, we set a $2,000-per-month goal at which we would do two comics instead of one per week as kind of a pie-in-the-sky wouldn't-it-be-nice goal. Well, the Patreon is doing pretty nicely for us at around $500 a month, so we're going to drop the goal to $1,000 a month, which actually seems doable at this point.

Of course, there's some stuff in it for you, too. At $1 a month, you get access to a monthly stream/hangout where Ian and I chill while he draws the comic while fielding the occasional question from chat, as well as a monthly recipe from Jes. At $5, you also get hi-res wordless art of the latest comics.

-Matt

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Posted November 18, 2016 at 12:59 pm

Hey folks, got a couple of new items up at the Topatoco store.

We got one that people in tech areas might like.

startup shirt

And we got one for people who are really enthusiastic about cruciferous vegetables all being the same species.

cruciferious shirt

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