How long did it take you comic to be successful?

[69Michi]

For me my comic hit it off pretty early on (1 or 2 months after posting), quickly gaining subscribers and attention (mostly on Webtoon) I considered mine to be sorta successful platform wise when I saw Webtoon advertised my comic on their Facebook to their followers even though the majority of the time you only see them advertising for their featured comics (Approximately 5 or 6 months after posting)! But income wise, I do not consider my comic successful until I manage to earn a stable income from it. (Webtoon pledge is a blessing right now and I qualified for the highest tier the past few months, but it's not stable as the program is coming to an end soon.)

[schlisselart]

It depends what you define as success. If you mean getting lots of fans then no, I've been making comics for almost 4 years not and not one of my comics has become successful (all under 50 fans). However in terms of improving my art and learning how to create comics, yes these 4 years have been a success. Don't get stuck on a number, work towards making good comics.

[HRAM]

In the terms of improving my art/writing skills and generating output I think I'm successful in that regard. I've been making comics consistently for almost a decade and whilst my fanbase isn't really that big, it gives me a chance to know and be more personal with the people who read them.

[lexuscarr14]

I'm still waiting myself. I have a pretty good following on facebook. Have you tried making a page on there?

[Aspie_Gamer]

Life of an Aspie creator here. As many regs here on the forums already know, I'm quite passionate about my little comic about Asperger's Syndrome as told from a female perspective. (I'm a guy in real life btw.). Am I rich? Hell no. Do I have legions of fanboys who will defend LoaA to the death for me? Nah and tbh, I'd rather ignore that sub set of fans if my comic ever becomes big. As for how long it took for my comic to be successful after disqualifying the two aforementioned main factors that most people think make or break most media products, I can honestly say that I spent months aimlessly grinding away on my comic before I accidently stumbled across the idea of "networking" and establishing a connection with fellow creators here and even then, I'm still kind of "underground" as a comic creator at the moment.

However, I've managed to attract both readers with some form of autism to my comic and people who know someone in their personal life who is on the spectrum as well. I know for a fact that didn't come from sheer dumb luck despite having lackluster art present for most of LoaA. In fact, having over 150 subs willing to overlook amateur "western" animu art for a story that speaks to them in some way is in my opinion very telling of just how "successful" I really am.

[Chronitis]

15 years! You're very motivated

[Chronitis]

No, do you think it would be a good idea?

[SketchbookKid]

I consider Serenade Song to be a success purely based on the fact that it exists. I toiled on multiple versions of the story, and sifted through huge chunks of non motivation for years before starting the comic running now. I've got people reading every week and commenting both here and on webtoons. It's not completely where I would like it to be( some days I really wish my readership were a bit bigger here, though I love the subscribers I already have) but honestly It's just started really, and most importantly i'm having fun so it's all good.

[demthorshie]

My comic has only been going for about 1 year and 5 months and I thought of it as being a successful comic was when people were beginning to read and enjoy it. I'm not really looking to reach a certain milestone in readership (although more readers are always great!) and I'm not doing it for a living. I do have a lot of future plans for Cosmos Song that are currently in the works, it's still a somewhat new comic if you think about it. =]

[miesmud]

My first comic on Tapas was just an experiment and I got over 1k subs in a few months. It's now something over 4 thousand? But Ireally hate that comic now and I don't want to bother making more of it. So is it a success? No. I got a lot of subs on something I don't like myself.

My other comic is trash and doesn't have many subs.

And then there's the comic I do love and has lot's of readers, and people commenting. I met people through it that I talk to on regular basis and did cameo-trades with 💕 I've been working on this comic for 10 months(?), and for me it's a big success! I love working on it. I love interacting with my readers. I love this comic 😍

[lexuscarr14]

I do. You're reaching a wider variety of an audience

[shiftingverses]

My comic is already successful at being a comic that exists. It definitely succeeds in that regard.

In terms of readers though... not so much. It got a good start initially as I advertised it in the video description to a successful viral video I made.

After that though, I have zero idea how to effectively market or promote my comic. I've tried social media etc but I kind of feel like I don't really know how to engage with people on there.

[Haku]

For the first several months I updated every other week (so twice a month) because I was new to trying to manage a webcomic schedule...in the end it was so difficult for me to manage because I'd keep procrastinating. This was going on from March-November 2016. The sub count was very, verrrrry slow during this period but I just kept forging on. Then I forced myself to update 5x a week instead, but with very short updates. I think updating constantly kinda put me more on the radar, because I managed to get spotlighted in December! After that I guess I would call it a "success". Eventually I dimmed it down to 3x a week updates bc the 5x was kind of killing me ahahah. But yeah everyone has their own views on what a "success" is >< I'm just glad a site like Tapas gave me a chance, and hope it will give lots more wonderful creators here a chance too.

[lexuscarr14]

I don't know what it means by successful. I don't have a lot of subscribers. But the ones that I do have seem to really enjoy my comics and it makes them laugh which is what I wanted to do in the first place