I feel stupid and cheesy for trying this. But it's helped other Web Comic Artists in times of need. And I need.
March 1st, 2007
well things just keep going from bad to worse...now i'm 300 dollars over on my credit card after paying it off with a loan from my 401k and i've only been using it for groceries, car repairs and emergencies...
I had 9 dollars in my bank yesterday after paying the rent...
And i have another 300 dollars worth of work necesary to my car before it's re-register and inspection date (april) and two long distance trips i need to make (also april)
*sigh* somehow, I'll get out of this hole...
August 2006
I barely made it through this month financially. Almost didn't have enough money for rent. And once I managed to scrape that up, well, had to get a donation from a friend to buy baby food.
Now, of course, my lease is almost up, and when I re-sign, the rent is going up. Doesn't that figure? And this was the cheapest 2 bedroom place we could find (had to find, for my baby daughter), so even if I had lee way money to find a new apartment, I couldn't afford the payments there either.
This is on top of the fact that my school loan is about to come back off hiatus and all this hits between august and november. I have $500 worth of work to do to my car, and I'm so far in debt it isn't funny. Every time I try to bring my credit card down to something managable, I get another emergency that causes it to be eaten right back up.
Than starts the cold weather (for those of us unlucky to leave as far north as I do) and than we'll definitly be screwed.
Of course, I'm not going to ask blindly for donations! I've got incentives for you all! PRizes for certain monetary donations if any of you are generous enough to give. Which, seeing as a lot of people are also in straits financially, I can understand if this is hard to do.
What are the prizes? For a donation of :
- $1 - Specially designed Wallpaper for your computer.
I WILL change the wallpaper choices every so often. Possibly once a month, or every two months.
This months version is 
Choose a size and you'll get the wallpaper in that size via e-mail (if that doesn't work, let me know!):
- XL: 1600 x 1200
- L: 1280 x 1040
- M: 1024 x 768
- S: 800 x 600
- $5 - Green Bards Music Logo as a 2 1/4" Button/Pin
- $10 - Magnet 4 pack
Andrew Magnet, Marc Magnet, White Logo Magnet, Green Logo Magnet
- $20 - Bards Comic Club Member
I'll COME UP with a club just for this - and anyone who donates over $20 will automatically be logged into the club in addition to that prize.
What will members of the club get? Discounts on items in the store. A Special Member status Sticker and Button set. Special Members will also have access to most retired merchandise and can choose without further cost from among all retired wallpapers. MOre things to come
- $30 - Black and White INk Lineart Commission of your choice
- $40 - Black and White Ink Lineart Commission with Grayscale tone (done in the same fashion as the comic) of your choice
- $50 - Color Pencil on Ink Lineart Commission of your choice
- $65 - Computer colored on Ink Lineart Commission of your choice
- $100 - Nobody would possibly be crazy enough to do this, or for that matter, have the spare change - but if someone does, I WILL think of something.