August 13, 2023

I know I'm a day late posting this. I had it finished Friday, but I forgot to scan it Saturday, and it was late by the time I remembered. I'm just glad I had the energy to get it done tonight and before I start work for the week.

I had trouble making it look like she was lying in a hospital. I wasn't sure how to draw a hospital room, and looking at pictures on the internet wasn't much help. It was enough of a struggle to draw a thoughtful look on her face in the first panel.

I didn't realize it at the time, but between the last comic and the one before, it was the 8th anniversary of Geeks Will Rule the World #1, which I first posted on my Facebook page on July 20, 2015. I'm not sure I've had any project where I have kept it up that long, except some of my earliest novels in high school, which I have attempted to rewrite on a number of occasions. I know it hasn't been a consistent 8 years. Some years only had a single digit number of comics. One year, I didn't update it at all, but still 8 years is more than most webcomics last, and it's an accomplishment to be proud of, even if I don't have an audience.

Both my domain name and my hosting are up for renewal at the end of the year, and the hosting will be quite pricey. I have a plan in place to save up enough money over the year that *should* be enough to pay for it, but if you do want to help me, there are several ways you can. First, I do still have some designs up in my store on Cafepress. Just click the Store on the top menu of this page and it will take you there. I have a number of pretty cool designs up there that you can get on T-shirts and other things. Secondly, I am on Patreon, a site for artists to get donations from their fans to help support their work, generally in exchange for incentives. I offer several incentives on my page.

For $5/month, I will hand draw a holiday card for you for every holiday you choose. They can be personalized to you or for whomever you would like, or left blank for you to personalize yourself for anyone you choose to gift it to.

For $15/month, I will immortalize you in my comic. I will create an illustration of you and include you as a character in my comic. In addition I will send you a full color drawing of your comic character.

For $25/month, I will send you one of the original copies of one of my comics. You can choose which comic you would like out of any still in inventory. Currently, you can choose any comic you'd like, as I still have a full inventory.

And finally, for $50 a month, I will begin a new webcomic, adult and BDSM themed, that will be exclusively for fans who support me on Patreon. I will create 1 comic a month for each $50 pledge (up to one for every day of the month), and you will receieve the original copy of the comic you paid for (only for the first 28-31 supporters). If money is tight, I also have a $1 pledge on my Patreon page that doesn't offer any perks, except for an eventual complete collection of my comics on site, email notification whenever I post a new comic (if I remember to announce it on my Patreon), and maybe some other things I might post on my Patreon page for patrons only. I am planning on doing an overhaul on my Patreon tiers at some point soon, and I will let you know here when I do.

If you just don't have the money to help support my work, you can help in other ways. I don't have much money for advertising, so I rely on word of mouth to gain more readers. Share my comics on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites. Vote for my comic on topwebcomics.com (I know the picture for the link to that is busted. I've tried to figure out why, and have gotten no response from Top Web Comics on how to fix it, but the link still works.) Tell your friends about me and give them my web page information. The more readers I have, the more support I can likely receive. Thank you so much in advance! I love all my readers.

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