Great news, everyone.
1) Bloom and Zoom vol 1 has arrived
It came much sooner than I thought! I thought it'd come in late September.
This means I'll be able to take BnZ to Anime NYC and Rose City Comic Con (as well as L.A. Comic Con.) Speaking of which, my booth placement is
Anime NYC: C14
Rose City Comic Con: I-30
I won't stock BnZ on my website yet, as I'm waiting on the bonus photocard to come. Hopefully it arrives before my flight to Anime NYC 🙏
2) Patreon Re-opening
I plan to officially re-open my Patreon after Rose City Comic Con.
I'm still cautious about going full speed with updates (don't wanna risk burn out so soon again), so reward updates won't be as frequent as during YWAM's run, but I'll do my best!
For now, I'm planning to update BnZ roughly every two weeks or whenever I finish a batch of pages.
3) New Merch Tier?
I'm thinking of bringing back the merch tier, but with limited spots.
I haven't finalized the details yet, but the merch tier will likely be US-only since international shipping costs, even to Canada, are about $20 USD just to send stickers. 😔
There's been more interest in general SFW merch, so I'll be exploring options like stickers, miniprints, washi tapes, etc. I also enjoy making acrylic merch, but those are pricier to produce than stickers. Hmm.
The spices tier may occasionally get physical/digital miniprints as a bonus.
Let me know what you guys think of the merch tier and I welcome merch suggestions, too!
Best,
hakei