How long do you think your story/comic will be?

Questionable_Liquid 2022-01-09 05:00:07 UTC #4

I don't know how long Tapas novels are supposed to be.

At the moment, my story has 55 episodes, each having about 3,000+ characters or 500 words, and is only 2/5th the way done for chapter 1. I plan to make 3 Chapters in the end.

When I turn my story into a comic, it will probably take 5 years to complete because of my novice skills to draw traditional art.

I'm having fun doing this regardless!

Chaz 2022-01-09 05:40:59 UTC #5

https://tapas.io/series/Apple-and-Grape

I'm not really sure. I plan to publish volumes every year with a few original graphic novels. I guess as long as have ideas for stories.

Mallory 2022-01-09 06:02:27 UTC #7

For Engram, it's for sure 11 chapters, each just over 10 pages long, so I'm estimating about 150 pages. So far it's taken me 30 hours per page so it was going to take a while (7-8 years), until my recent breakthrough of finishing pages in 4 hours. Once I incorporate some of that method into the next chapters, I expect to go a lot quicker.

I am in the process of drawing another comic though (this one I want to publish traditionally) so I expect Engram to still be a little slower while I'm working on the "portfolio" stuff. So, it'll probably still take a few years.

Scarlet_Cryptid 2022-01-09 06:14:07 UTC #8

Ugh. Uh... I have been drawing Chapter One since October of 2020, and I think I'm in the neighborhood of halfway, maybe 2/3 of the way done drawing it. (And I have a buffer of more than 25 pages, so I'm drawing waaaaaaay ahead of what's currently posted.) So far, I have 60 pages drawn, and I'd be surprised if Chapter One isn't around 100.

While I don't think Chapter Two will be as long as Chapter One, I'm not sure about other chapters, and there will be at least five total, probably more.

So... yeah. I'll be utterly shocked if this somehow takes less than 10 years.

EncryptedWriting 2022-01-09 06:15:36 UTC #9

My novel? Likely 90,000 - 100,000 words or roughly 35 - 45 chapters assuming each chapter is 2000 words or near that (though my fourth one is going to be 4500 hehe).

My webcomic is looking to be around 20-25 with 40-50 panel episodes It is based off my other novel that is rather short at 50,000 words.

C.L.G 2022-01-09 07:51:31 UTC #10

My novel is 1,000-2,000 words for each chapter. I have been planing my story for about two years. I always start with a beginning and an end and try to see how I can reach it. The story is the journey, so naturally, I don't know how long it's going to be yet. Maybe five years if I keep writing it. I have a few arcs ready to be used. The challenging part is to find out if or when I can use them.

Here's my story if you want to check it out.

Stargazer31 2022-01-09 08:13:59 UTC #11

I'm planning on 5 arcs, each one is about 15 chapters long (these chapters are divided into smaller chapters)

Aeneas1 2022-01-09 08:25:26 UTC #12

I hope it will be extremely long. I aim for at least 18 volumes.

faisalhussein394 2022-01-09 08:38:44 UTC #13

I believe my comic; Mukhtar will have a very long way to finish the story as a whole. Once I finish it, I will be making a comic not about MC's but pure lore and world-building based around my current comic and outside of it (Mostly the universe).

igneriss 2022-01-09 09:56:07 UTC #14

My 6,75 is going to be around 30 chapters long- though last 2 chapters are epilogues. Exact number of chapters might change a bit on the way, but no too much, +/- 2 chapters Anndddd we're in the half of the story now!

TedGravesArt 2022-01-09 10:07:37 UTC #15

I have Heaven Hunters plotted out through five seasons, with two seasons fully script written so far. Judging by the length of the first two seasons, the entire series is probably going to be around 30-35 issues long. Dog help me, this is going to take forever!
It's a labor of love though, right everybody?

UrMom 2022-01-09 14:35:11 UTC #16

I plan for my comic to be 11 chapters, 12 max if there's too much content to squish in 11, page count is unknown to me though. (I thumbnail 10-20 pages ahead, but I'm always changing things as I go.) Time is also unknown to me, I started the comic in 2015 and I'm currently on chapter 6, I like to guesstimate it taking a year to finish a chapter but 5 took about two years thanks to life bs and it being the longest (61 pages.). I'm hoping 7 will be super short since it's basically just the climax.

Yeah, it takes me longer than most people, color pencils is one of the more time consuming mediums.

arxianfall 2022-01-09 15:08:21 UTC #17

I'm on episode 40. I think it's end is at around the 200 or 300 episode. It was originally planned as 100 episodes max.

Then I realized I you couldn't even meet the second main character in 100 episodes.

BarBarKetrab 2022-01-09 15:32:38 UTC #18

Assuming I actually start it sometime soon, I'm expecting my next comic to be around 100-120 pages long (no clue how many panels will make up a page).

If all goes well, I'm hoping to finish it in under a year.

TheGentleArtist 2022-01-09 16:25:45 UTC #19

I don't really know. There is an ending point for the series in a whole, but it will take awhile.

jasonboredd 2022-01-09 16:51:13 UTC #20

I have major events planned and that's about it. After the events are planned, I just start writing. A lot of the times, the story takes on a life of it's own and does what it wants. Eventually it meets up with that planned event and (at least in my eyes) feels so satisfying. Though I am a perfectionist and if anything is worth doing, it is worth doing correctly. So I won't post my story till it is at least half finished. No idea how many chapters I want it to be. As many as it takes I guess

doitlikeomar69 2022-01-09 17:00:56 UTC #21

I have my script wrote out for about four chapters worth and hoping I can keep the story going for 3 years

https://tapas.io/series/Gallant-Witch

toonben 2022-01-09 17:05:26 UTC #22

My current series will be 14-15 full episodes (or almost 200+ individual episodes since each episodes are two pages). I'm barely halfway there. I started in June 2020 and will finish on June 2024. It updates two pages a week with breaks in between full episodes.

I'm currently developing and writing a webcomic/graphic novel which will come out in 2-4 years or longer to ensure quality.

R.n.P 2022-01-09 17:52:30 UTC #23

probably gonna take 10 years to finish at least, based on my circumstances and future job

BobbyjoeX 2022-01-09 17:53:06 UTC #24

no idea. i wanna go as long as i can XD