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combatbrodom asked: Heh. That last message wasn't meant to be private or public; it was just something I needed to say. What did you mean, however, about comics being a commission-based occupation? More to the point, if there was a way that people could support you as a creator, what would it be?

Commission-based as in, a company could request you to ghost for another artist, or request you to write a story for them with x, y, z guidelines, or even give you their story and ask you to narrate/illustrate it. It’s very rare for even accomplished comic artists (such as Alex Ross), to find time to do their own comic, and consistently make money off it. Using him as an example, in the months that Marvel, DC, Dark Horse or whatever indie publisher aren’t asking him to do art, he isn’t making money. I know this because I met the guy at a comic store here, and even he was talking about financial difficulties as a big name comic guy. 

Heh.

To your second question, honestly all I could ask from supporters is to spread the word. That goes for all comic artists. Once their name gets around, and people associate a certain style with a name, they look for that name, and BAM, commission.
Help me advertise both myself and my work to as many different audiences as possible, in hopes that they’ll opt for a physical copy or whatever I publish, instead of a free digital one, so they can come back to me and help financially support my work, so I can make more. I could go into a ramble about web comics and the slow demise of paperback comics, but I won’t. 
I could care less about how much money I make in my career, I just want to do art for the reason that I need to create it. I only talk about money because, obviously, money is what will keep the supplies coming in so I can continue. Thank you for asking, though! I hadn’t really thought of that.

//long ramble