Hello, reader here! For me the biggest thing that determines whether I subscribe would be the art, if I like it I'll be more willing to subscribe to it, so I think it's important to have a nice cover for the comic/novel. Even when I do like the art, I don't usually subscribe if the story only has one chapter out. Also having a good summary. I'm not sure if some comics want to have a sense of mystery or something, but having a 2 sentence vague summary doesn't really let me know if it will be something I like.
This isn't as important, but big grammar and spelling mistakes tend to put me off, especially if I can't understand what the characters are saying. Another thing that would keep me away from your comic is if you promote it under someone else's comic. I think it's kinda rude to go to someone's comic only to leave a "check out my comic/novel" comment. I'm ok with author's posting it on my wall (as a public or private msg) as long as they're being polite about it.
How I ended up finding/noticing comic:
- from the home page: popular (this was before premium comics happened and took over the popular
section), trending, note-worthy comics
- if the author(s) is friends with an author I am currently subscribed to
- guest comics/collaboration projects (ex. the christmas collaboration)
- fan art
- daily snack on the Tapas app
- from the reading list of creators I'm subbed to/people I notice to have subbed to series I had subbed to
- "thank you for subscribing" thing on people's walls
- an interesting commentor with a nice profile picture
There was one author that started off with making really funny replies to the "thank you for subscribing" things, I ended up kinda "stalking" their wall until they decided to make a comic.