JCS videos are an excellent parallel.
On another note, Mike said on the last show that Scars has more members than ever before. This obviously contradicts the tone of alogs that make it seem like Mike is on his last leg and the show is going down. Both parties have incentive to lie, but alogs don't even actually know. If you go look at youtube comments on the newest video there are a not insignificant number of comments saying things like "I just discovered this show over the last couple months and saw you weren't doing shows, glad you're back!" So Mike was gaining fans even while he was away, likely from youtube clips. I am very curious how much he is making though. In the last couple years he bought a place in Arizona, bought a new car, and built a new studio. Doesn't seem like the actions of someone running out of money.