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Thread: Supporting the Giant
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2017-02-23, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
But he already sold it to you for $274, in this scenario, and thus would have earned more than what he charges for it now.
The advantage for him would be that he had a steady income - he gets a somewhat steady sum whenever he makes a new strip. Whereas now, sales happen whenever new books or other products come out, and the income is dependant on how well it sells.
Personally, I'd also like a paper version regardless, so I might end up massively overpaying.
But supporting good art has a price, I suppose, and luckily I am not starving at the momentBoytoy of the -Fan-Club
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2017-02-23, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
Originally Posted by The Giant
Further, it's safe to assume that, if he wanted a Patreon, he would set up a Patreon.
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2017-02-23, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
Boytoy of the -Fan-Club
What? It's not my fault we don't get a good-aligned female paragon of promiscuity!
I heard Blue is the color of irony on the internet.
I once fought against a dozen people defending a lady - until the mods took me down in the end.
Want to see my prison tatoo?
*Branded for double posting*
Sometimes, being bad feels so good.
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2017-02-23, 12:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
You're absolutely right. And he has set up ways to earn money. Your choices are to either go through those ways to give him money, or to not give him money. It may be inconvenient, it may be annoying, and it may be something you don't want to do. But you gotta choose one, or choose none.
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2017-02-23, 01:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
Also I can make a suggestion in the case he hasn't heard of it (unlikely) or found it not convincing, in which case my voice may have some meaning to make him reconsider.
At any rate, he has the choice of doing it or not.
As Grey Wolf put it so nicely: rule number one in business is making it easy for the customer to spend money. And all Giant quotes I know off lead me to believe that he thinks of comic production as a "business".
There may be other reasons he can't do Patreon (maybe they have fees which make the calculation not pay off, maybe he can't do because of legal reasons).
It could be personal dislike of such a system - I would then still suggest reconsidering his feelings, if money is still an issue. Just a thought, nothing more. If he doesn't, I can still very much enjoy the free comic.
And I will buy the next book as well. If this is how he wants to run business, so shall it be.Last edited by Mightymosy; 2017-02-23 at 01:02 PM.
Boytoy of the -Fan-Club
What? It's not my fault we don't get a good-aligned female paragon of promiscuity!
I heard Blue is the color of irony on the internet.
I once fought against a dozen people defending a lady - until the mods took me down in the end.
Want to see my prison tatoo?
*Branded for double posting*
Sometimes, being bad feels so good.
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2017-02-23, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
I believe this is still the latest comment from The Giant about Patreon:
Of course, he also goes on to say maybe at some point he'll put out digital products, and here we are with PDFs from Gumroad, so who knows when that "future point" will be. Kickstarter obligations aren't complete yet, though.Last edited by Douglas; 2017-02-23 at 01:09 PM.
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2017-02-23, 01:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Supporting the Giant
Sheriff: I'm going to close this now. Support is great and pointing out the various OotS products and where they are available is helpful, but we really don't need more commentary, speculation, and opinion on Rich's business model or finances. He's aware of the models and mechanisms that exist, weighed them according to his own criteria, and chose how he wants to proceed.