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The Patreon Fiasco: Jack Conte tells creators “We ****ed up.”
The creative community is still waiting on Patreon to officially address the new policy of passing transaction fees on to the patrons (backers), but it appears that co-founder and figurehead Jack Conte...
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Patreon’s Silence Is Destroying Their Two Greatest Successes
Last Wednesday and Thursday, Patreon told their creators and patrons they were changing their fee structure. It’s been a fiasco. They’ve been silent since updating their blog post on the fee changes...
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Patreon Comes To Its Senses – Fee Changes Cancelled, But How To Move Forward?
Jacke Conte has finally spoken. We’ve heard you loud and clear. We’re not going to rollout the changes to our payments system that we announced last week. We still have to fix the problems that those...
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Can Patreon Keep a Comic Store Open?
A couple weeks ago, we told you about Mission Comics in San Francisco having a community meeting after they’d experienced some sales drops and were concerned about staying in business. They had the...
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Matt Chats: Shawn Crystal on Patreon, Podcasting, and What It Means to be a...
I first learned of Shawn Crystal through his podcast, not his art. Skottie Young tweeted that he was recently a guest on InkPulp Audio, so I listened and was entranced by a discussion less about any...
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INTERVIEW: Alex Robinson on Podcasting in the era of angry Fandoms
Alex Robinson has had a long and illustrious career in comics, writing and drawing a number of critically acclaimed graphic novels, including Box Office Poison (1996), Tricked (2006), Lower Regions...
View ArticleTumblr Bans “Female-Presenting Nipples”& More in New Policy Shift
In a move that will fundamentally change how its platform is used, blogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that it will ban all adult content starting Dec. 17. The shift in policy comes after the...
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Patreon’s problems and the state of subscription crowdfunding
Oh these people named Jack who run online things. Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte complained the other day that their business model was not sustainable, and that got a lot of people anxious. In...
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Despite some bumps, it’s obvious that Patreon’s subcription model for crowdfunding is a success, to the tune of $500 million in creat or payouts in 2019. With that kind of money floating around, it’s...
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Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: BUTTERFLY TRANSITION, INFERNO GIRL RED and 3...
Why is this unicorn hunting vampires?
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Small Press Spotlight: Find out WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW
The series is available on Patreon
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2023 IGNATZ AWARDS Nominees announced
Kate Beaton, Noah Van Sciver, Olivia Stephens, and more are among this year's nominees.
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