How much buffer do you have for your comic?

[JRHoch]

Since my updates have incorporated more panels as of late, my buffer is gone. I've also reached the end or Book One of my comic, so it feels like a natural resting place and a good time to take up knitting and wood carving.

[Bishmuth]

I just finished reading up to chapter two and I'm so excited for more! Your art style is adorable <3

[Kelheor]

I had a buffer for 1 full episode (2 pages), but then Webtoons contest came and here I am, wild and free of everything

[AbelDraws]

Owwww u sweety, thank u!<3 I'm glad you liked it of you're following you'll see exactly how long it takes me to sketch the next chapter hahahah (also, the scripts of the next few chapters are always done in advance, that's also something to take into account)

[Kiweevil]

I like to stay one update ahead of time. However recently, that's been very difficult to maintain due to issues with my health and world events. It's okay to not have a buffer, it just makes things easier on you to have one.

[Bishmuth]

I'm entering the competition with someone and now I've got to up my standards for everything and be really organised in designing all the characters, creating different concepts etc. It's going to be a lot of work! I'm probably not going to have much time at all over the next couple of months to work on my comic, so I'm glad I have a buffer in place

Good luck with your short comic for the competition btw!

[kitschensyngk]

I did have a buffer of Nachos Con Carne pages on Tapas until I hit chapter two, couldn't find the original SVG files, and ended up having to redraw several pages, and all this on top of updating my mainsite. As of this weekend I've got a small, two-page buffer which I'm hoping to build up further.

[spadedigsbutts]

Used to keep a buffer of like 10+ pages but school and multiple disasters have reduced it to...no buffer X’D

[MrTwennysebben]

None. None buffers. Also since I got laid off from my job my upload schedule has moved to a "whenever the hell I feel like it" sort of thing instead of every Saturday. Whichever day I can manage to finish a comic it goes up, and it's actually more frequent than before which I like. Normally I just don't have the time to build up a buffer at all, and if I wanted the story to continue to drag out at an agonizing pace I could have one now but I'd rather just move things along.

[nagyverse]

Life is too short to have a buffer.

[rajillustration]

I am a great believer in buffers, because life will always hit, in the most inconvenient way possible. Used to have a 2-3 month buffer, but since the pandemic and other things in my life hit at the same time it's now down to a week and a half lol. I'll be making more pages this week.

But I also like making a buffer because I don't like working on the comic every single day or even every single week. I go through periods where I work on the comic and pull out like 5-6 pages and periods where I don't. But, no one can tell because of the buffer.

[Conrad_Os]

having buffers would imply that I have any idea where my comic is going, I just sit down two days before the release date and let it happen, whatever comes out is what you get

[Inspector_Spinda]

i have about 4 pages buffer currently, I had a bit more a few weeks ago, but my next few pages have very detailed backgrounds so ive been cranking it out slower.

[Zak]

I have about 3 to 4 months ahead of my schedule, Working on a page or two at a time. Im getting burn out but I do when I can. Mostly lack of energy lately lol

[rmdooley]

As of now, 96 pages, so almost 100 weeks of material

[kelchan]

About a month for one...NONE FOR THE OTHER I BETTER GET TO WORK!

[teasidesketches]

@rmdooley @Zak
Can I just say, you two frighten me. In a good way... but still, very intimidated.

As for me, I had several weeks of buffer at one point, but after that a lot of life happened and I have none. I like to try to keep at least a few weeks ahead if possible, though, just in case things happen. ^^;
Might try to be like those two and be extra safe with months of content next time, though.

[Bishmuth]

I am quaking o.o
2 years of buffer is mad!!
I guess your readers have absolutely 0 worries about a hiatus any time soon!

[Rhonder]

At my peak I think I had somewhere between 5 and 7 pages, at a 1 per week schedule. I let it slip only a few months in though to pursue some holiday related side projects and never took the time to build it back up which... sucked and I regret not doing lol. I'm gonna build up several months of buffer before starting to post the next one.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Right now...none. But in the summer I take a scheduled hiatus so hopefully I'll get some built up. Although my release schedule is two pages per month so the pressure isn't too bad to finish stuff.