and featuring heroes who just happen to like other guys.

Many readers have told me they've liked seeing the penciled pages for The Young Protectors. If we hit this goal, along with the fully colored page update, I'll also post up Adam DeKraker's awesome pencils for Patreon backers to enjoy!

(Oh, and just so it's clear, these Milestone Goals are the combined monthly pledges of ALL Patrons added up together for this project -- that's why even smaller pledges can make BIG things happen.)

There were a lot of folks who found The Young Protectors after I had run the Kickstarter to fund the printing of Volume One and who have let me know that they were bummed not to be able to pledge to it and get access to the rewards. A bunch of digital rewards (wallpapers, pin-ups, PDFs) have already been made and more will continue to be made in 2015. If we hit this goal, I will send out links to the Safe-For-Work, non-exclusive Kickstarter digital rewards (which are most of them) after I've created them. The Kickstarter backers will get them first, but a bit later on, you'll get them too as a Special Digital Reward.

All the art and web-hosting for the comic is now paid for! Hitting this goal means that all my art and Web site expenses for the comic are now covered, so if we hit this target, The Young Protectors will officially become a twice-weekly comic!

If we hit this goal, I'LL COMMISSION A PATREON-ONLY WALLPAPER from an artist I recently met at Nijicon. It'll be a colorful pin-up of our heroes, DRAWN WITH AN ANIME FLAVOR. It's always fun to see other artists' takes on our characters, and I think an anime-type style could be especially cool. And you'll have access to a wallpaper that's an extra special thank you, just for you.

If we hit this goal, all Patrons will get sent a short prose (non-comic) story about how fan-favorite character Spooky Jones got his special cap and why he wears it everywhere. Wondering about that cap's origin story? It's not what you think. And if we hit this goal, you'll get to find out! :)

At this point, you're already getting the SFW digital Kickstarter rewards as Special Digital Rewards. But The Young Protectors Volume One Kickstarter had me go where I've never gone with my characters before. If we hit this stretch goal, I'll also start sending out the special "Full Monty" digital Kickstarter rewards of the adult characters of The Young Protectors. The Kickstarter backers will get them first, but a bit later on, you'll get them too as a Special Digital Reward.

If we hit this goal, I will make a change to the site that has been the biggest feature request I've received since I started with webcomics: I'LL CREATE A BOOKMARKABLE LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE MOST CURRENT PAGE OF THE YOUNG PROTECTORS. It's going to take some work to make that possible, but I've done some research, and I'm now convinced I can do it with my current webcomic software. If we hit this goal, I will make it happen.

We're so close to helping me say no to the man! If we hit this goal, you'll all get a chance to vote on your favorite character and I'll then commission one of my artists to create a Patreon-exclusive wallpaper for y'all!

We had a lot of fun finding out how he got his cap with the last story. If we hit this goal, I'll post up a short prose (non-comic) story for all Patrons which will feature a teammate kissing fan-favorite character Spooky Jones!  This is a canon story, not a fantasy

Get to see more of our behind-the-scenes work! If we hit this goal, along with the fully colored page update and its penciled page, I'll post up the final, approved "thumbnail page" Adam sent me after he got the script for Patreon backers to enjoy.

Get to see the whole process! If we hit this goal, along with the fully colored page update and its penciled and thumbnail pages, I'll post up the script page I wrote for that update for Patreon backers to enjoy. Any potential future spoilers will be redacted, but in my private notes to Adam, you'll get a lot of extra insight into what's really going on! :)

If we hit this Milestone Goal, I'll have Rum-Locker create a background for The Full Monty Annihilator. Something that would help spark the imagination of where he's walking and why. Rum-Locker has got a great idea for what the background could be, he has time to do it while he's working on a little something else for me, and I think it'll be just enough to spark your imagination and add to the fun. It'll be posted as another Special Digital Reward wallpaper and I think you'll really like it. :)

If the Patreon campaign hits this level, it now means that after paying my artists, taxes, and Patreon fees, I'm now making enough from this campaign for rent and food and basic Bay Area living expenses. Which means I can quit the day job for good and focus solely on making awesome stuff for y'all! And y'all made it happen! Thank you so, so much!

The first two Spooky Jones short stories were so popular, I've decided to create another one! This short story shows him solving one of his first cases when he was just 15. It's a big chunk of story, even more than last time, and it's packed with action and danger for our young Occult Private Detective. Curious what Spooky is like on his "other job"? Wonder what he was like just months after he returned from Hell? If we hit this Milestone Goal, you'll get to find out!

I'll create a new digital wallpaper and you'll get to vote on who's in it (pick characters from any of my comics!) and whether it's naughty or nice! Choose your adventure!

If we hit this goal, $5+/month Patrons will get to download a digitally painted wallpaper with his whole body in all its muscular, tattooed Full Monty glory (and $10+ Patrons will get sent a high-res version once their pledges clear at the end of the month!). Artist Marccus has done a beautiful job rendering our grumpy, but oh so sexy water bender. You definitely won't want to miss it!

If we hit this goal, $5+/month Patrons will get to download a digitally painted wallpaper of the Full Monty Tsunami with a full-color background added (and $10+ Patrons will get sent a high-res version once their pledges clear at the end of the month!). Artist Marccus has done a beautiful job with this background (and, trust me, it really is quite pretty and adds a lot to the painting.) You'll totally want to have it! :)

New art from a new artist: WOODun! If we hit this goal, all Patrons will get sent a link to a digitally painted wallpaper of confident, sexy Spooky in all his Full Monty glory once their pledges clear at the end of the month (and $10+ Patrons will get sent a high-res version!). Artist Dun Woo has done a great job capturing Spooky's body and his attitude. You won't want to miss it!