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(That’s right-- I’m back and begging for money!)
I started Ladies Making Comics while in law school in November of 2010. From a simple tumblr made on an impulse, it grew into a wiki, a physical library, and a multi-platform up-to-the-minute resource of what remarkable things amazing women were doing in comics.
Then, just as I was hitting my stride, I had to slow it down.
I had graduated from law school, started a whole other non-legal job, and found myself moving every summer for three years straight. Blogging had to take a backseat, then be put on ice. And then, once I had finally settled down geographically, I decided to throw my career into upheaval all over again: I was ready to take the bar exam and actually become a lawyer. After a lot of studying (and even more paperwork, it feels like) that finally became a reality in a little over a month ago.
But I've never stopped loving comics, the people who make them, or their wild and crazy history. There's so much about comics I want to keep discovering and sharing. At the same time, I'm still job hunting for my first real lawyer job while working full-time at my current job. While I've frequently imagined my triumphant return to comics blogging! with a great splash and much fanfare, I've concluded that, nah, I'll just start doing things again.
What things, you may ask? Well, getting back in the habit of researching for the wiki and acquiring and cataloging materials for the library, for one thing. Finally debuting a brand-new project, restoring the comics of public domain action heroine Betty Bates: Lady-at-Law that I've been working on sporadically for the past year and a half, for another (see the first page and find out more at @lady-at-law!)
As for actual blogging? I'm still trying to hammer out what that's going to look like-- reviews and creator profiles most likely, maybe some kind of column format. That's where you come in.
I've set up this Patreon to be pay-per-post both to motivate me to keep posting regularly and to be fair to you guys if I don't. I'm keeping the reward thresholds low, so even keeping up with my current posting plans shouldn’t break your bank. So, to help you figure out how much, if any, you want to pledge, here's the rough schedule I'm planning on:
A new restored Betty Bates page every other week
A review/creator profile/column on LMC proper the other weeks
A weekly links round up for $3+ tier subscribers (I’ll be posting the first one for free in the next day or so so you’ll know what you’ll be getting.)
To translate that into monthly terms:
$1 pledge = $4-5 a month
$2 pledge = $8-10 a month
$3 pledge = $24-30 a month
$5 pledge = $40-50 a month
That’s it. And of course, if I don't stick to the schedule, you won't pay as much. I'm committed to doing this, but life happens. It's better for everyone if you don't feel like your pledge is wasted just because I get sick one week, or have to put in extra hours at the office another week. Also, if the tiers or schedule ever change, you'll get plenty of notice to adjust your pledge.
So, please check out my Patreon and consider pledging, or at least keep it in the back of your mind. If you don’t want to commit to a subscription yet, but wouldn’t be averse to kicking me a few bucks, I also have a ko-fi profile for Betty Bates.
