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A few weeks ago, I posted 12 Ways You’re Doing Patreon Wrong. In it, I advocated moving away from an ad-supported business model, and into a subscription-supported model. After one member read the piece, they asked:

mailbagQ. I have a question about this: Do you EVER provide the paid material to the general population? I.e. if Patreon subscribers get your NSFW work, will the visitors to your [public website] … see the archives one day? And if so, how?

A. A few days ago, I posted this under the Webcomics.com Twitter account:

Webcartoonists: It ain’t about the pageviews anymore. Once you let that sink in, you’ll rethink your entire publishing approach.

— Webcomics-dot-com (@Webcomicscom) June 13, 2016

…And this is a perfect example.

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