Category: Announcements

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Update to Memberships!

Hi all! Just making a quick update on Memberships on this website.

  • The Stripe integration has been fixed. If you were trying to subscribe using Stripe, and you were getting an error message previously, it should be fixed now. BUT – if you’re still getting errors, please email me at contact@kelcidcrawford.com so I can troubleshoot it.
  • By request, I have now included the Holy Banana Pants Club tier. This is only for high rollers. If you cannot afford it, do not worry about it.
  • With member feedback, The Art Club Tier has updated – instead of a new mini-print each month, Art Club members will now get a new art zine emailed (or mailed) to them each month. The pricing ($10 per month) has stayed the same.

More updates to come, including some visual assets.

That’s all for now. Thank you for your support! (And thank you for the feedback to help make this offering better).

You. Are. Awesome.

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The Power of Pride Is Running On Itch.io!

Am I making this post 3 weeks into Pride Month? Yes. Am I going to shout out about this new bundle on itch.io anyway? Also Yes.

This is the Power of Pride, a new bundle on itch.io featuring over 280 creative teams (including myself!) and over 300 different projects! There are comics, games, and more, all themed around LGBTQ+ pride.

My comic, The Legend of Jamie Roberts (volume 1) is in the bundle, along with some games that we’ll be looking at over on Ben’s Twitch channel! (Dead Ringer has been a LOT of fun, and Cryptid Crush is right in my lane, tbh).

There are two levels of support available. One is the full-priced bundle at $60. The other is Pay What You Can at $10. Same bundle. Two price points (we’re trying to work with folks with limited income and irregular paydays).

I love being a part of bundles of games and comics over on itch.io, and I’m happy to be part of this. Hope you give these comics and games a shot!

The bundle is on itch.io until July 6, 2026.

Get the Full Bundle!
Get the PWYC Bundle!

That’s all for now. Thank you for supporting queer games and comics!

You. Are. Awesome.

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Find Me At A2CAF 2026

This weekend.

Find me at A2CAF.

Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14. 11 am to 5 pm on both days. At the Ann Arbor District Library in downtown.

Find me and Ben Wright-Heuman along with tons of other comic artists, including Kazu Kibuishi!

I will be debuting some new zines!

That’s all for now. Thank you for your support!

You. Are. Awesome.

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Announcing New Memberships on This Website!

Today, I’m announcing that I have built new members-only features on this website, and now folks can sign up to be members!

FIRST, THE WHY

Why make my own members-only features when Patreon and Ko-fi already exist?

Well, I left Patreon (that’s a separate story, though this talk with Jade highlights some core reasons why). And then, between the kerfuffle with Ko-fi (written about in this post) and then Ko-fi getting hacked, I thought to myself, “I need my own site.”

With this new membership system built into this site, I can now keep members-only content AND publicly available works all under one roof – a roof I maintain. Not being reliant on outside platforms, especially ones that could be hacked or capricious, is huge. In our new internet age, it helps to be in charge of your own stuff rather than relying on a middleman platform like Ko-fi or Patreon.

NOW, THE HOW

How does this membership thing work? Where do you go to sign up?

Well, you can sign up on the Join Us page! (There’s also two links in the Menu above: “Memberships” and “Join Us,” both of which lead to the same place.) There are 3 tiers of support available, to work best with your means, each of which are detailed on the “Join Us” page. Payment options include PayPal (which can also connect to Venmo) and Stripe.

Once you pick your tier, you will be billed once a month for the amount you subscribe for. In return, you get:

  • To see the members-only posts here on this website
  • Early access to webcomic updates
  • A members-only email newsletter once a week
  • Plus other rewards detailed in each tier

FOR MY PEEPS WHO ARE SIGNED UP THROUGH KO-FI

If you currently already have a membership through Ko-fi, I have two options for you.

Option 1, you can cancel your membership on Ko-fi, and then sign up again through the Join Us page. This would not involve me unless you come across any issues (in which case, please email me at contact@kelcidcrawford.com).

Option 2, the membership software I use on this website would allow for importing members from one place to another. I have not tried this option yet, but the fact that it exists is huge. This would be some lifting on my end, but not that much since I have contact info from you, my members, already.

Please let me know which option you prefer by emailing me at contact@kelcidcrawford.com! I will accept answers until next Friday, June 12.

FOR MY PEEPS WHO ARE SIGNED UP THROUGH STRIPE

A while ago, I had tried building a membership feature using Stripe and my own determination. This new system is going to be much easier to work with than that.

If you’re still a member through this old system, first of all, wow, that’s dedication! Second, please cancel your membership (you can use this link to do so), and if you want to stay on as a member, sign up through the Join Us page.

QUESTIONS?

If, after all of that, you still have questions or concerns, please leave them in a comment below or email me at contact@kelcidcrawford.com, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. (If enough folks have the same questions, I may do a follow-up post!)

Thank you all so much for your support and understanding.

You. Are. Awesome.

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So Ko-fi Did a Thing. Here’s What I’m Doing Next

So my Ko-fi page has been marked as NSFW, with no notice or warning. When I appealed the decision, Ko-fi rejected it – also with no reason given.

the ko-fi email saying my appeal to NOT be marked as NSFW was rejected. Notice how bare it is. No reason or explanations given.

I feel that I should not be marked as NSFW, but the powers that be have different ideas.

Why would they mark me as NSFW, when my most recent posts have no sexual content or nudity (sexual or otherwise) on it? There isn’t even any profanity. Violence can’t be the issue, because our culture rarely, if ever, marks swashbuckling violence as NSFW.

My best guesses are:

  • I have a presence on itch.io, including two comics that are clearly marked as for adult readers only. These comics are NOT on Ko-fi because of their content. But apparently having that content on any site – even if it’s not Ko-fi – is enough for the platform to mark me as NSFW. Possibly. Again, Ko-fi gave no clear reasoning, so this is a guess.
  • (In that vein, I feel like censoring me on one platform because of something on another is an unnecessary punishment, censorship overreach, and a pretty clear conflict of interest. Also, bad business practice. If Ko-fi is trying to deter me from posting on itch.io by censoring me on Ko-fi, the only thing it’s making me do is consider migrating to itch.io more fully. More on that in a minute.)
  • I’m out in online spaces as genderqueer/nonbinary, and they’re starting to crack down on people with those identities. Given how much anti-trans backlash there is online and off, I’m not ruling out this possibility. (Even if that backlash is funded by right-wing billionaires with nothing better to do than sow division among us working people. Also, who funds Ko-fi?)

Again, these above points are just speculation. But the silence that Ko-fi has greeted me with, does them no favors.

So, I’m looking to move away from Ko-fi. Here’s how I’m doing it:

  • I’m setting up my memberships on this website. Shout-out to Cartoonists United, because there are members who suggested I do this and have pointed me to resources that are helpful in this regard.
  • I’m no longer selling physical merch online. This phase-out started early because of the current political administration making shipping a MASSIVE PAIN IN THE ASS, domestic or not. Since my shop is now digital-only, I’m migrating my full library to itch.io. My work has been received way better on itch, anyway. So my ko-fi shop will be closing soon as a result.
  • Commissions and how I administrate them are still a work in progress. More updates to come on that front.

Will my Ko-fi page close soon? No.

  • The migration progress is going to take the time it takes.
  • Until then, my Ko-fi page is still up, just marked as NSFW (even if I disagree with it).
  • Once my alternatives are set up, my Ko-fi page will still run as a mirror version as folks transition off the platform. Once my current members are fully off the site, I’m turning memberships and other features off.

Ko-fi is more than welcome to email me at any point to clarify their stance and why they rejected my appeal. They have my contact information. I would love to hear ANYTHING from them besides “no” and no explanation.

I usually sign off my blog posts with “Thanks for reading. You. Are. Awesome.”

But in this situation, nothing is awesome about it. I’m just angry, disappointed, left in the dark, and left to my own devices. Ko-fi has branded me as NSFW in their walled-off internet garden.

So fuck that. I’m building my own damn internet garden.