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www.patreon.com/furthiahigh

Haven't made a journal here in a really long time apparently, but uh, I'd like to get as far reaching an audience as possible for this.

Well, due to two high-paying Patrons being Declined for two different reasons (one just vanished and hasn't responded to any contact attempts in 2 months, the other is ??? about their inconsistent money situation), the Patreon for Furthia High has dipped under $50 per week. This puts it both underneath the $50 'goal' set that is supposed to guarantee I update Furthia High every two weeks, as well as just puts it down as low as it's ever been in years.

One of those high-paying Patrons maaay be able to recover their situation and fix it, I have no idea, it took them over a month to get it resolved the last time they were declined and it only "fixed" things for a month apparently, and I have no clue where the other one went. Regardless, even if the first Patron does fix their situation, I'm really not fond of the fact that a third of the monthly income is apparently constantly on a knife's edge and could just vanish abruptly at the end of any potential month.

So I guess the point of this is A) if you're currently a Patron, if you'd consider raising your pledge by any amount, that'd be incredibly appreciated from you guys, and B) if you're not currently a Patron and are a fan of me/FH/whatever, if you'd consider pledging to the Patreon, or advertising it to others who might be interested? Even $1 a week would be incredibly appreciated, especially to just in general bolster the amount of patrons and spread of the weekly/monthly pledges. It feels kind of shitty to have to ask this stuff, but, well, when you're in potential trouble it's better to swallow pride then keep it locked up until it's too late.

Pledging to the FH patreon gets you the bonus of seeing the comic before anybody else (even if it's late), as well as getting the written scripts of future comic pages well in advance (you can actually right now read up to the end of the current arc with Bruce if you wanted, as well as hints on what the next arc is about) and extra trivia and tidbits about the planning and production of the comic, like inspirations, comic progress, insight into designs and writing, etc. There's some extra stuff for Rewards, but those are mostly up to you if you'd like them or not, like $25/week gets a character of your choosing into FH as a cameo/bg character at some point, even if you ever stop pledging that amount at any point after doing it at least a month.

Anyway, yeah, I suppose if this situation doesn't remedy itself, and ideally in a more secure way, then I might have to open for commissions of some sort and sacrifice the comic to some degree until the Patreon's numbers increase to a more "safe" level. Do what you have to, I guess. Hopefully things can get resolved in some way or another. And a big thanks to all my current paying Patrons who've stuck around for so long and helping out.

Also, uh... birthday's on Saturday. Was going to mention it today actually in a happier journal but uh, shit happens. :/

www.patreon.com/furthiahigh

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So, turns out FH actually got nominated again this year, which I honestly didn't really expect since it didn't get nominated last year. But hey, whatever, that's pretty cool that it rebounded, thanks to everyone who got it on the nominee list this year! Unfortunately neither of Immy's comics got nominated, which makes me sad because I think Black Dogs really deserved to be nominated for the first time this year, but oh well.

www.ursamajorawards.org/voting…

So voting is now open until April 15th. If you somehow don't know yet how to do it, you get a key through your email and then list the top 3 of your choosing for each category. Furthia High is under Graphic Story as it always is, so if you wanna go vote for it, that's where it is. You also don't need to vote in every category, nor need to vote for the maximum amount per category. And as I say every year, if you don't think FH deserves to win over the others in the category, by all means vote for them instead.
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Yeah, that time of year again, although some differences this year in my attitude this year I guess.

Firstly, huh, for the first time I think ever, Furthia High (and Ballerina Mafia) is actually on the Ursa Recommended Anthropomorphics List. That's the thing before the usual Awards where people email them specifically with all their recommended furry stuff for the year. So whoever it was that recommended me (and Immy) to be on that list for the first time, thanks for thinking of us! That's pretty neat.

Secondly, well, again, that time of year for nominations for Ursa Major Awards, and like last year I forgot they were happening 2 weeks after nominations opened. I will of course ask that you nominate Furthia High like I do every year, even though I care even less about potentially winning than I did last year, cause it's always nice to pop up in the nominations at least.

I will ALSO ask this year, though, that you definitely nominate Order of the Black Dogs by Immelmann. While 2014 was a pretty sucky year for FH I think, Black Dogs has been doing great, and I think it should start getting the limelight that Concession used to on the UMAs years ago. Also maybe nominate Ballerina Mafia, since it managed to pop up on the Recommend List and hey, why not.

www.ursamajorawards.org/nomina… So yeah, like always, put in your email, get a voting key, put in your voting key, fill in all the spaces you want, put in Order of the Black Dogs and maybe Furthia High for the Graphic Story category, put in maybe Ballerina Mafia for the Comic Strip category, and submit it for the nominations. This is, again, nominations, not voting, that comes later.

Nominate, spread it around, etc. etc., nominations end on the 28th.
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www.concessioncomic.com/store/…

Reminder that :iconsonofnothing: and I have had some Christmas products up for sale on our Store! These include Christmas ornaments, one of which is FH-related, which are nice and hand-made by Immy with glitter and a ribbon. There's also some to/from gift tags that I made!

These are limited edition only for this year, so if you don't buy them now, you may never get the chance again! Also make sure to buy them as soon as possible so that you can be sure you get them before Christmas happens.

It'd really mean a lot to us if you checked these out! Immy worked hard to make the ornaments and I definitely agonized over these silly designs for way too long (because after so long it takes a while to have new ideas ~_~ ). I think they're a really cute and neat idea, so if you find them interesting, by all means! :V
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www.patreon.com/furthiahigh

Forgot to make a journal about it, but yeah, there's now a Patreon for Furthia High!

So as you may know, I've been really teetering on the side of "poor" and "broke" for a while now, which has caused some things, including the comic, to suffer at its expense. With the launching of this Patreon, though, I can hopefully finally give back for any generous and much-appreciated donations people send to me by giving them special bonuses, as well as working towards the milestone goals and improving the state of the comic.

So please, it'd really mean a ton to me if you'd check it out, see what all the reward tiers and milestone goals and so forth are about, and consider becoming a Patron; even a $1 commitment would help out! And if you can't spare any funds (even if you can, actually), I'd super-appreciate it if you spread the word about this thing opening up and that I'd appreciate any other fans and friends to also look at it and consider helping. It'd mean a whole lot to me and I'd be able to have a steady donation helping-me-out thing while also repaying people for their patronage, instead of me just taking money over and over which I've always been super-guilty about.

The PitchIn page ( pitchinbox.com/pages/928958351… ) that I've been swinging around for a year or so now is still up and will remain up for a while yet, and you're free to help me out there still if you so desire (and I'd super-appreciate that too), but my hope is that once the Patreon takes off more and I get more Patrons, I'll finally be able to close that thing down. So yeah, again, if you could check out this stuff, I'd be really, really grateful!

Thank you!
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