My comic is actually based of a novel I wrote/am writing. (I have to finish writing the final couple chapters and edit the book before its complete)
Im wondering if it would be weird to have both the novel verison and webcomic version of VALLEY BELOW on tapas. The comic does deviate a bit from the novel and the chapter breaks are very different. So I fear if someone reads both they will get confuzed about certain details existing in one but not the other.
I've seen people have a comic adaptation to their novel up alongside the original novel, so it's not unheard of.
I think though it would be helpful to tell your readers in the first episode of both the comic and novel if there is a reading order, or if one work complements the other.
I think it's alright and pretty interesting, actually And I wouldn't consider having differences between both that weird either. I could imagine that since both are a different medium to tell the story, things might just have to differ because it fits better this or that way.
There are a lot of novels/comics like this on Tapas, even the featured ones, like The Beginning after the End, His Barcode Tattoo, They Say I Was Born a King's Daughter, etc. So, a common practice anyway
I don't see any problem with that, it's quite common to have both.
I too have this experience because of my story despite having panels which resembles a comic, it so far reads like a novel because I'm still focused on world building.
Truthfully, people should be able to read one with out the other. It's kinda like comic book tie-ins where they don't really affect anything, but without them nothing makes sense. DON"T DO THAT. Now, if its just a comic adaptation of your novel and you CAN read one without the other than just put a disclaimer stating that the comic is just a partial adaption and isn't a full copy, nor is it a companion. The comic is just a version of the same story
