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this will be one of the two months so far where i underperformed creatively on patreon and didn't meet my page quota.   first time was 10 days of covid. there's a Christmas song there i suppose XD... 

 this time howevoer, drawing arm shoulder pain has been an issue this month and has gone from mildly annoying to painkillers needed.  i hope resolves itself  soon as it is quite uncomfortable.this means that this month instead of my usual 7 or more pages i will be delivering 3. maybe 4 if i pull it off. i apologize for this and as soon as my arm feels better i will  catch up on this. and before anyone says it's not needed, i appreciate you, and you are kind souls but i am a very self disciplined creator. i don't get to make as many books as i do by constantly compromising on my promises. this will be corrected. Stjepan ps. pages still coming before the months end.

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Midknight

Take care of yourself… we will still be here🙏🏾

brick_hausdorff

Please take care of yourself and properly recover rather than working to catch up. 💜

Serj Rowan

I was literally trying to figure out what ARM stands for, until I got it lol. get better!

SunWho

Take care of yourself my dude. No need to kill yourself for random Internet Fans. Hope you get well soon and have a good Physiotherapist.

Michel PARPAILLON

It's not needed though. If you injure yourself and can't draw in the end it's a not good for us either. Take care <3

Britta Hoyer

Don't worry, it is amazing, that you are so very disciplined, but take your time to get well. I stay put, even if it is only one page or maybe one or two none. Better you stay healthy and keep your quality as amazing as it is than having things done one or two month earlier.

Art of HiSS

I wish you the speediest of recoveries!

Edem

I can't say this enough: even people on a salary are entitled to paid vacation and paid sick leave. (Well, in cultured societies at least.) Freelancers should also take paid vacation and sick leave. Deadlines do exist but so do extensions. And you're always giving us top quality content, awesome stories and a bunch of extras, please let yourself heal and don't feel bad about it - I'm sure we all would prefer you take a break and some rest instead of forcing yourself to put out extra pages and hurt yourself more in the long run. (And I'm still considering myself donating to an awesome artist whose work I love, no matter how many pages you create in any given timeframe, instead of keeping you on a retainer with expected amount of output/hour.)

Nika

get well soon! 🫂

Michael Hartmann

Please don’t force yourself to draw anything while your arm still hurts. Give it the rest it needs. We’ll survive a month or two without any updates, but you need a healthy arm.

Kai Hart

Your health is more important than your output. Take care of yourself, let your arm heal, and when you are ready you can get back to working. Just don't rush it.

Dirk M. Schut

Quality over quantity. I'd rather you don't deliver anything and keep healthy than work with painkillers and whatnot.

Flono

Health and wellness before stuff. Better that you're healthy than breaking yourself to meet a quota. Yeah it means we wait but it's gonna be that much better if you do your work optimally.

TecnoSmurf

Compromising because you don't "feel like drawing today" and "I'm in pain" are two VERY different things. Take care and still don't feel like you have to catch up.

Danger

Yeah, your health phisical and mental matter to us, is the thing that let you deliver us wonder. Do your best but take care of yourself

Rutger Lalieu

Get well soon! I'll echo the other posts here; please take your time to recover. I appreciate your dedication, and your output is amazing but it's not worth sacrificing your health over. Take your time!

Atalis14

Thank you for your discipline, don't make it worse by forcing yourself too much 😋and we are many to accept a little delay and a better/faster recovery than an almost perfect schedule but with weeks on medication

Tero Säärelä

Health always comes first. Give yourself some time to heal.

Ross Kirkland

take care of your shoulder they can be a bitch to heal. I hope you get better soon

AforA

Dude. As somebody who has had these kinds of issues in the past, let me say that you really, really want to let this heal completely before you do anything that will leave you fighting the injury for months and months, if not years. We’re in it for the long haul, so get well first.

Tom

Take your time! We know you want to create. But be careful and let it heal.

Nimrod009

Rest well, heal up and seriously consider seeking medical advice, above all, don't push yourself to get back to work before you're fit again.

Angelo Pampalone

Seek medical advice, you keep having arm/shoulder pain. Don't tear you down if your body tell you to slowdown or stop for a while.

Alex Bridger

Take care of yourself! Take time and let it rest! We'll still be here when you have recovered. ♥

Gert Sønderby

Good Lord, man, take care of yourself first and foremost! You can't make comics if you physically break yourself. So please, take care of yourself.

Sean Sullivan

Get better soon. Personally, I would rather you took a break and recovered fully instead of potentially prolonging the pain by soldiering on to keep the fans happy. You have give us so much already. I am happy to wait.

Jesse

I hope you have a smooth recovery.

Antonio LB

Heal up! Pages can wait.

Pat Sanger

Pages can wait. Just get better

Ordalia

Please take care ! We'll gladly read what you can safely deliver in the following months but there's no need to rush. Take as long as you need ! GL and HF even while recovering !

foolovessushi

I hope you're as dedicated to your doctor and possibly physio, your drawing arm/shoulder is serious business. Maybe there's some ergonomic improvements that can be made? I'd rather wait a little longer, you'll never draw as fast as I can read anyway. Take good care of yourself, I'd like to read your stuff for years to come.

QuiteGhost

Sod the pages, rest up and take care. The whole point of being “self” employed is you can take far better care of yourself! :)

Zen

My dude please rest and relax. I am sure while you would want to keep working, just focus on healing up. I for one would rather wait then see you potentially strain or hurt yourself trying to deliver stuff for us. We love your work which is why we are all here. Please take care of yourself first and foremost.

Harry Payne

Adding my voice to the chorus: take care, get care. We can wait.

zingowner

I've had a handful of the comic artists I follow try to draw through the pain to keep up a self-imposed schedule, only to later need corrective surgery, and never quite get back to being able to draw at the same level, usually making them drop the comic. I think I'm echoing the crowd here when I say what is good for the comic, is if you take time to self-care, listen to your body, and rest when it needs it. We'll still be here.

Angie Wallace

Slow down and take care of yourself, we'll still be here.

Abraham Alvarez

Get well soon! we love your art and stories but want you to be healthy for them!!

YoshioKST

That's scary! Please rest up properly and recover fully. It's ok if it takes awhile, would rather wait for weeks than have a cancellation. Health first!

Ellhann

Take care, take all the time to rest and heal. Don't worry we'll wait all the time needed and still supporting you.

Francis Zammit

Make sure rest is enough. Better see a physio as well. Nagging pain is hard to get rid of. Take care and get the proper help!

Faiza Susan

Take care of yourself and rest. I don’t mind waiting as long as it takes.

Candace Lee

Totally understand, and if anything, thank you for always keeping us updated and being so transparent. I follow your Twitter, so glad that you're also getting it checked up on!

Empo

Take care of yourself first and foremost please.

Jordan Stark

You take care of yourself and heal, don't worry we'll be patient.

Shoop83

Please dedicate yourself to healing or you're going to miss even more deadlines if this shoulder issue gets worse. Preventative maintenance is annoying but is so much better than rebuilding what broke. We all understand the drive to deliver. We all also understand that you're human and we want you to be healthy. Take care.

Patricia Rodriguez

I hope you feel better soon. Thank you so much for your dedication to your craft and to your patrons. We do appreciate your hard work. Take all the time you need to recover. I'm also happy to help you find exercises and stretches that may help to maintain your shoulder health. 😁❤️

German Art Gal

The update is much appreciated, but please don't feel the need to force yourself through pain to deliver. Get well and take care of yourself! Health is more important then a schedule and we need your health intact for a looooong time! Who else serves us so well with such high quality spice comics?! So, please: first take care of yourself, then feel the need to stay in schedule! We came to stay around, so no stress to you! Love, me

Tazrael

Please take care of yourself. Thanks for letting us know but please don't injure yourself in pursuit of your own art. Take a lesson from your characters~

NoNameC

Just wanna say - I am stopping all my patreon memberships today. It has nothing to do with this announcement :S I am buying a horse and simply cant afford all my comic/tv subscriptions along with the horse.

Brave Sir Robbin

The community will be here. Take your time to recover. Aftercare is important!

Ben Boyle

health first, always, get well soon! :)

Richard Marshall

As much as a pain killer induced artistic rendition of Harley Quinn might be interesting to see... Healing time is so much preferred.

Silke

Take care! Focus on your health and the rest can wait. Get well soon :)

Don Walsh

You just do what you need to keep your arm in good shape.

Elenca

Separate from our well-wishing and understanding of humanity, you need to rest your arm if it’s this troublesome before you damage it permanently. Don’t mess around with your joint and muscle health

Liz Denocte

hope you'll feel better soon - take all the time you need!

Nate Carlson

No problem whatsoever. Hope you feel better soon.

Ada the Muscle Witch

I see this as a challenge where you do your best to recreate some of your comics as stick figures using your foot

Step Zero Creations

Get some rest and let yourself heal. If you don't it will just be worse. I get not compromising, but don't do that by borrowing against your own future health.

Neraced

Take all the time you need to get well again. Health and wellbeing have to come first.

Sean

Your health wellbeing have to come first. Honestly don't worry about us we understand. Hope you get better soon

Kaiyeti

I hope you feel better soo and make a quick recovery. *comforting supportive healing yetihug* Rest and take care of yourself my god king of awesomeness friend!

Stevie Laterary

Take care – self-care is important :) Get better :)

Throwcat2

Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Dont push yourself if you feel like you need time. Given how hard you work no one would ever think to accuse you of slacking if you need time to heal.

Nizing

Feel better. I do lots of yoga for my shoulder. It’s worked wonders

Wessssss21

Take care of yourself man

Payton

Get well soon!! ☺️

Ian

Get well and strong. Take your time to recover. What matters is your health

Onyx

I understand your drive and need to catch up, so I won't tell you it's not needed ;) but please don't apologize to us - we're not upset!

Matteo Manino

Please, do not pull it off, take care of yourself; joints are unpredictables.

musicalreader

Focus on feeling better! Your work is great, but your health should always be the priority. You're doing great!

Lo

I respect the discipline and also hope you heal up soon!!!

Schaudwen

Don't overwork yourself when your body demands a break. Def know some artists that have injured themselves that way

Spacecat

Please take care of your self!

Alex Yampolsky

Please take care of yourself! Health is way more important, we can wait

fen

Health is more important than promises. It's the most important thing! Take care.

Oogiku

I hope you feel better soon!

Katie Lipton

Sorry to hear you're hurting. I hope you feel better soon!

Chris Quesenberry

Take your much needed rest, man. Hope you feel better soon.

Balthir

Creators can have the mindset to overwork themselves to the point of injury. Please make sure that your own health and balance of life/work is important.

Cilou The-Fae

hey! arm issues can be related to back issues and neck issues. Chiropractors are good! stay healthy and heartsy!

Barou

Arm issues: buy a Herman Miller. Best bureau-chair available. Expensive but effective.