How do I promote my comic?

[ueonts]

Just published my comic but I don't want to just have it sit there. Wondering what you guys think the best practice is for growing and sharing a comic. Thoughts?

[GumshoeComix]

social media unfortunately

I've had decent luck making youtube shorts about my comic
There are also Instagram reels which work pretty well too
rn I'm making trailers for my second comic trying not to repeat mistakes from my first one.

Also, Post mirrors of your comic on other sites like globalcomix or comicfury etc engage with communities talk in the forums and/or discords

[MoiOBRA]

Using social media sites and forums like this. For example when you are making a post like this, don't forget to put the link to your webcomics.

Like what I'm about to do now.
Don't READ +

posting on reddit, instagram and facebook will also help.

[conventurecomics]

Social Media, work or school friends and family members who are into reading comics online. I got a few co workers supporting some old friends, and a few family members to. Social Media helps and the forums here help to.

[darthmongoose]

First, make sure a link to your comic/novel is in every social media profile you have, including your forum profile here.

Also if you're on twitter or something, make a post about your comic/novel with a link is pinned. Post on places like twitter, tumblr, instagram and tiktok regularly when you update, or especially if you hit a decent milestone like 100 subs, 500 subs etc. (But don't start making up really minor things to celebrate as milestones and do them too often, people will notice and think it looks a bit pathetic).

You should also make sure that your cover, banner and blurb for your series look as good as possible. Marketing always goes further if what you're marketing has good design. If you're not sure, you can always get feedback.

Get on the Tapas discord and introduce and promote yourself there. Make sure again, your link is in your discord profile and the name of your comic/novel is in your bio! Participate in as many Tapas events as you can (that you qualify for, obviously, if you're not black, don't muscle in on Black History Month... I know that seems obvious, but I've seen dudes jumping on Women's History Month because they have a female main character...).

Find creators making work with a similar vibe and be friendly and supportive of their work! If you strike up some friendships, you may have allies for things like banner swaps and cameos. If you're an artist, do some fanart for a series on Tapas you like with a similar vibe and tag the creator on social media. This is a great way to get seen.

[RedLenai]

Things to do on social media to promote your comic:

• Sharing concept art
• Sharing wips
• Sharing sneak peeks
• Sharing whenever it updates
• Doing art challenges, trends or memes

Things to do on streaming/video platforms to promote your comic

• Streaming live the making process
• Sharing speedpaints
• Making tutorials or how you do things
• Doing live reading sessions of your comic
• Sharing the recorded sessions on youtube and separate it on chapters

[hakei]

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[GodbreakerComic]

There are some good subreddits to promote your work. /r/webcomics was a good one until it recently closed

[TheLemmaLlama]

when you are making a post like this, don't forget to put the link to your webcomics.

You might wanna know that some people actually find this a bit annoying; I'm not one of them, but that probably means it's better for me to mention it XD So I probably wouldn't recommend doing this; definitely have the link in your bio (and make sure it's 3 lines long or shorter so it shows up in the pop-up when we click your avatar) tho