will have to learn how Reddit works then, because I honestly I don't know much about it 
I don't shade with black but thank you very much anyways, I'll take a look at it and see how I can fix it. I've been experimenting with color on the last page too cause I saw the colors kind of dull...
and yay people are telling me the same about 57 subs in four episodes 
I'm very happy about it 
wow thank u very much! I dont work on vertical format because I like to print the comics as fanzines even if it is only for me , you see, I'm a bit romantic. But... now that i come to think about it, I can draw them in the traditional format and later on cut the vignettes and put them on vertical format on a new document.. this could work, right? 
I was asking myself to post a page per week but I was asking myself if I had the time (since there are 4 months per week and I hardly make the 3 pages per month 
and also I am worried people don't enjoy it that much if I post so often and only one page (tho this fear is a bit stupid bc I love a lot of comics here that post one page a week xddd)
Yup! That's what I do with my own comic as well 
I'd still like to be able to print it one day, so I make my pages in traditional format first (which then get posted on ComicFury and Wordpress) and then copy/cut/paste panels into a vertical format for the Tapas/Webtoon version! It does take a little bit of time, especially at first, but once you figure out a process that works for you, it definitely becomes easier!
As for keeping up with faster updates: I feel you, it can be a pain in the butt D: if you haven't already, I strongly suggest building a buffer, aka getting a bunch of pages ready in advance so if for whatever reason you can't draw anything on a given week, you'd still have something to post. Personally, I like to make sure I have at least two/three more updates ready in advance.
And no worries about being annoying! a lot of comics update with only one page a week, and it's definitely one of the best ways for your comic to be seen more often! Unfortunately, Tapas doesn't really give many chances to community creators to get their work seen, so unless your comic gets featured on the front page and/or you manage to make it to the Popular or Trending category on update day, your best chance to get more readers is to appear more often in the "Fresh" section, aka where all comic that were just updated go.
It's a little different on Webtoon, however: while people on Tapas seem to be happy with shorter/more frequent updates, people on Webtoon seem to much prefer longer/complete updates and seem to be fine with longer waiting times. Webtoon is also much bigger compared to Tapas and being found on there is also much easier, especially if you post under one of their "small" genres, like Supernatural, Horror, Thriller or any of those that do not make it to the first row of genres on the desktop website: even if you don't update every week, there's so few people posting in those categories that readers will be able to find you even weeks after you posted... plus, unlike Tapas, if you have your comic listed under multiple genres, people will be able to find you under both categories. So I'd say that one update a month would still be perfectly fine for Webtoon 
Aaaah really, thank u very much, all this info looks very useful 
so, do you think 3 pages per month would work on webtoon?
This is a super important distinction! Posting long updates monthly on WEBTOON is by far the better option over there, as is reformatting to vertical. WEBTOON readers like to immerse themselves in a longer update, and a lot of them read on their phones. I follow a lot of comics on WEBTOON which update monthly, and they do really well.
Tapas still has an audience who are fine with the 'old school' webcomic tradition of single-page, traditionally formatted weekly updates. But that's definitely not the case on WEBTOON. Having a different format and update schedule for each site may be a good idea.
Hello, about 50subs for 4 episodes in Tapas? That really a good progress! Do you want to know mine? 3 subs in 1 year (33episodes)!. And they are all dead subs.
oh... that sounds sad you do good on webtoon tho! and your art looks very good, i'll take a look at it when I have some time 
I'm not sure if this is helpful, and it's probably not very motivating, but in my experience, most people who get big have had some sort of shoutout from Tapas or Webtoons.
I've made 6-7 comics between Tapas and Webtoons. I got big on Tapas way before I got big on Webtoons and the way I got big was being featured on the front page. Same on webtoons. Every time my comic would do well it was because it was featured somewhere and then it would be able to grow on it's own. This has also been the case for my friends who have gotten big.
It's that first boost that is the most difficult and also the most ground breaking to get.
There are many ways you can work on getting a feature but it's mostly just grinding and having a solid comic, as unhelpful and vague as that is. But hopefully it's at least informational.
Please keep it up and keep going! I wish you all the best!
I already quit making comics, but i never felt i had a fanbase.
In the past, sometimes I got like 3 or 4 people commenting on a particular episode, but that's it. It wasn't common.
i don't how big it needs to be considered a fanbase, but the fact that i could never get ad revenue in either Tapas or Webtoons, tell me my numbers were always low.
I would tell you not to stop if it is your real passion, even if you draw for yourself... I know it's hard but isn't it harder to just not make them?
Compared to most people here, I don't think i ever had a passion for making comics.
Mostly i feel was either ambition or obsession to make money with art. Also, i wasn't happy at all with my final product, my art always looked bad in my eyes.
For me, making comics felt like a full time job without the actual benefits of the job LOL
then I ger why you stopped, you really have to love comics to make them, plus if you like drawing better try with illustration, animation, videogames... there's a lot of industry and honestly the comic one is not just the hardest one but also the less well paid 
I feel like this too, is frustrating workings much in a comic and in promoting it and not see people interested in it. But in the end, I think it comes down to consistency, patience, and trying to give it your best, not only in the comic but also in the marketing itself.
I also think that is important to promote outside of the webcomic circles by focusing on a specific theme that your comic deals with ( for example, if you have a comic about skating promoting it in social media groups or forums about skating instead of just promoting it here or in webcomic promotions group and stuff).
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