Dear All,
Payment will be paused for August. If you are an existing Patron, you will not be charged for the month of August.
I wanted to get through some updates first:
✈️ Collector's Edition - ALL Shipped ✈️
As of today, ALL Collector's Edition preorders have been shipped🎉
Thank you again for the immense support throughout this book launch, it's by far the biggest thing I've taken on and it means a lot to see the CE get so much love from all of you. I hope you like it, and thank you for giving Take Off and the boys a safe home :')
I've been getting messages from some of you regarding your orders. For order inquiry, please reach out to my store manager White Squirrel here with your order number. Unfortunately I am only in charge of making the CE and shipping them over to White Squirrel, so for issues with your order, please reach out to White Squirrel directly!
📚 Vol.1-2 and NSFW Zine 3 📚
Take Off Volumes 1+2 and NSFW Zine 3, are set to release September 2025!
The tentative date is Sep 16th OR Sep 23rd (Tuesday). Once everything is set, I will formally announce the release calendar. There will be a bundle version for Vol.1+2, and NSFW Zine 3 will be at a discount for Patrons for a set period!
Once the release calendar is set in stone, more info regarding all books will be available here on Patreon as well as via the newsletter which you can sign up at www.juiart.com
I have a lot of extra postcards from the CE because the printer printed a lot more of 3 specific designs, and I'm thinking of giving them as freebies along with book orders!👍 NSFW Zine 3 also comes with a postcard and polaroid sealed inside the book, so it's extra special✨
📍 Convention Schedule📍
This August, I will be attending the following conventions in Taiwan:
| 8/16 (Sat) NiCE Booth E27 (Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center)| 8/17 (Sun) CWT70 Booth K35 (National Taiwan University Sports Center)
I have saved some CEs as convention stock, which I will bring to these conventions💥 And if there are any left, I will be bringing them to...
📣 New York Comic Con 📣
WE ARE GOING TO NYCC 2025!!!
I honestly don't know how this happened, but I have decided to commit to NYCC because I feel like there will never be another year where I'd get in!!! I am confused and I am coming for you New York. It's come full circle.
NYCC tickets are already selling out so be sure to get your tickets if you want to come by! I will bring books and some merch, and will be more than happy to sign your books!
| Date: October 9th-12th, 2025| Location: Javits Center
Finally, on Take Off...
I apologise, I understand it has been what must feels like an eternity for all my readers, and I get the disappointment and restlessness. By now this is the longest hiatus I've ever been on, and I wish it wasn't so.
July has been a rinse and repeat of thumbnailing, drawing, and scrapping pages I no longer see fit for the story. Having time off meant a lot more second guessing every writing decision for the comic and its characters, and it's not been productive. Thing is I can't keep doing this for a serialised comic, and I should know better than to reach unrealistic goals of perfecting a story.
I'm setting a hard deadline with an exact time so I can get back to it. As such,
📣 Take Off will return on August 4th (Mon), at 9pm HKT on Patreon 📣
Pages are underway and this time, they will not be scrapped.
Thank you all again for your support and encouragement, and the boys will be back in 4 days! :)
Sincerely,Jui