As promised, Goats will now move to a four-a-week schedule, Monday through Thursday, starting August 2nd (shortly after we return from Comic-Con, which you should go to! More on that later). I've been flexing my cartooning muscles and hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the increased demand. I've got the next few months' worth of storyline plotted out, and it promises to be a good one with lots of intrigue, mystery, a little bit of horror, a little bit of violence, and lots of running around aimlessly.
We're not completely out of the woods yet; $10,000 is a big help, but isn't enough for both of us to live on, to be certain. At the same time, I know that these donation drives are a strain on readers' wallets. So we're thinking of putting the drive on pause for a few months while everyone recuperates from this one (probably to return in the fall, or in April to celebrate our eighth anniversary). At that point, we'd pick up where we left off on the path to $20,000 and five comics a week.
What do you think? We'll leave the decision up to you.
UPDATE: Looks like most of you think we should give it a rest for a while, and I can't say I disagree. Barring some wild shift in the voting pattern, we'll leave donations open until Friday, at which point we'll shut it down for a few months; wherever we leave off will be the point at which we resume later on, so don't worry -- your donations will still count towards getting Goats up to five days a week.
This will be the last chance you'll have to get original art at the $100 donation level (we will probably up the price a bit for the next donations round), so if you've been wavering between picking up a piece and, say, spending that hundred bucks on taffy, take that into consideration when making your decision.
| 37% (215) | Yes, my wallet hurts and needs time to recover | |
| 27% (156) | No, I want to donate more and get to five comics a week as soon as possible | |
| 35% (201) | Forget this piddly nonsense, I have millions of dollars and will be your sugar daddy |