>>118463677General reminder that this is the minimum. He has nearly 12,000 patrons, many of whom are likely giving him more than a dollar a month. He also sells merch and ad space on the comic site.
Also, in checking on this, I found out that this was one of the tiers. For those who aren't familiar with Patreon, the lower "nice" is in the field where the reward would be, meaning there is no benefit for choosing this amount between the next lowest tier, 10$, and the next highest tier, 100$, aside from giving a milquetoast artists a meme amount of money.