Hey everyone, it's Z. Mix. Hope you all had a good Christmas and safe New Year's eve/day. Crazy people you know. But now things are starting to get back to normal and need to get back into the groove of things..getting back to work on new pages for Crush..but I am gonna change how things are gonna work.

- From now on, all new pages are going to be posted on crush.the-comic.org/ FIRST. Actually, all new stuff is gonna be on Patreon First, but I am trying to make Crush more professional, little by little. That does not mean that they will not be posted here at all. Not the case. It's just that they will be posted later, likely a few days later, I'm aiming for weekend releases on DA, while it's a Wednesday update for Comic Fury.

- I Still have my Patreon up, and it is still open to those who wish to donate.

www.patreon.com/ZMix

I have included Commission rewards for higher donating patreons. Part of my original plan was to do a raffle give away, but that is against the rules of Patreon, but am still interested in doing some sort of small give away for those who donate on the second tier. Some small trinket, like a button or keychain. Designs are variable too, leaning towards the chibis right now, but am not opposed to other ideas, even making new designs specifically for that. I'm also in the process of toying around with Zazzle.com for shirts and stuff. Their interface looks pretty good for making custom shirts. So I am toying around with that.

Please consider becoming a patron today. Anything you can offer will and always be appreciated.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support,
Z. Mix
Creator of CRUSH
Hey Everyone, it Z. Mix.

So, I finally did it.

I opened up a Patreon for myself.

My Patreon, currently, acts as a tip jar. But let me be perfectly clear. Reading CRUSH on here or on Comic Fury, as long I have a say in it, will always be free. This is a gratuity thing and, God Willing, a chance to eventually expand the Crush brand. You can be as generous as you want, and if you decide to give, let me tell you, any amount is appreciated. Great or small.

You can go here if you want to financially support my works:
www.patreon.com/ZMix

If you don't want to do a monthly plan, you can always donate via paypal if you wish
paypal.me/ZakMix


For a sneak preview of some prizes, this is what is coming up for Patreon donators:
Currently finished pages of "Welcome to the Show!"
Sketches and concept for new character(s)
Sketches for pages 10-15 of "Welcome to the Show!"
Access to the CRUSH Discord.


Hope to see you all soon, and thanks for the continued support,
Z. Mix
Creator of CRUSH
Hey everyone, it Z. Mix

How's it going? It's been a while since my last real update...been busy with a lot of stuff.

First thing I need to announce is a bit more of personal business. I have to do some house-sitting for my parents as they take care of somethings involving my extended family. I will not have access to my computer during that time..so, I'm gonna be taking a bit of a break making pages. I will also not be posting a page for next week. I hope you all will understand.

Last time I gave an update, I mentioned about opening up a Patreon account. I will make an announcement on that when I get back (and hopefully have it up and running shortly after), but before I do that..I will say this: Crush, as drawn and written by me, for this and my comicfury account, will not cost money to read. No memberships or anything like that. My pages will not be locked behind a pay wall, and if I have my say, will remain that way. I have some ideas of what I want to do with the account, and will relay when the time comes.

Thank you for your continued support,
Z. Mix, Creator of CRUSH
With page 75, E Pluribus Unum has come to a close. It has taken over 2 years, but it is finally done. Closes the chapter on that particular adventure of Crush. So what does it mean for the future? For the moment, I will be taking a small break from doing pages. Notice I say pages, I'm far from done. And soon enough I will be returning with the next chapter in the Crush Story, which will be entitled: "Welcome to the Show!" In this chapter, she will be confronted by Black Magic Rabbit. I'll leave you guessing for now..

But what other plans may I have do you ask. Allow me to explain.

1. Touch ups.

I've noticed in some of my pages that some of the panels are not...exactly what I wanted...and one does have a typo in it. So before I post them to my alternate site ( crush.thecomicseries.com/ ) I will be touching them up some. Right now it's two panels, a typo change, and some re working of some front that I need to redo..mostly cause I needed something in there after my comp died and I needed to use a substitute font for a few pages.

2. Setting up a Redbubble and Pateron

Sometime very soon, I would like to open up a Redbubble account and a pateron to help finance my work. Why would I need to do that you may say? This is all I've really ever wanted to do. SO I think it's about high time that I started to get something back from my craft. A bit of a lofty goal, but I need to try. Which is why I will also be creating a few Assets for both. For Redbubble, which is an online shop, I will be starting with some small things..more knicknacky stuff like keychains, coffee mugs..but I do have a planned design for atleast one T-shirt and a poster (which I am currently working on). As of right now the current roster for stuff to get will be: Crush, Legion, Black Magic Rabbit, Scorn, and Maelstrom. This list does not exclude any future characters people would be interested in.

As far as Pateron goes..first I would need to make a banner and stuff for it. I have goals in mind...but am still going back and forth as far as contributing goes. On one hand..I kinda don't want to put things behind paywalls...but unless there is some minimum standard I can put it..there will be little coming in. On the other hand, having a tiered system, could bring in more benies, but would mean I would have to be SO much more active..which is hard given my full time status. I do have my goals set in mind, but I would have to change my current account over to Creator status to see what exactly I can do. I also know it is a bit of a gamble with the whole crowd funding aspect, and given some people have a tendency to pledge, then pull pledges at last second in order to get the benies and not actually have to pay..which is super shady but I know it does happen. And when that time arrives for it to go live, I do hope you will consider contributing.


3. Concepts for next chapter

I may of said that I won't be doing pages for a little while..taking a small break from working on THAT, but that does not mean the process stops 100%. I will be doing some concepts for the next chapter of CRUSH, which means I will have to spend some time just sketching out some new places. Last chapter I was able to get away with doing big open deserts due to it being a fight scene in said desert, but this next one is in need of some concept art..mostly of old timey fairgrounds. Will need a few other assets, but mostly buildings, attractions, props and other things. So that should be coming around sometime later this summer. I do not have a set date, but it will be soon.


Thank you all for the continued support.
Z. Mix
Creator of CRUSH

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