Waffle trauma 
I will take that phrase with me - love it. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!
Honestly, I don't find post-apocalyptic stories very engaging when done straight. I may be the wrong kind of reader to give you advice but I will try my best regardless.
I'm not a big fan of how so many characters were present in the first chapter. Not to mention the changes of setting within the first chapter. I understand the reasons you may have done so, but I'm not overly fond of it.
I found the dialogue and character writing just a bit rigid. I cannot find any of them likable as of yet. To be fair, In apocalyptic stories. The development never really occurs before the actual apocalypse. Hence why apocalyptic stories played straight never do it for me.
Everything just feels like filler until the apocalypse happens. I know it may be considered realistic or something but it is just not entertaining. I might be too harsh on the first episode. But I do believe that there are good stories to tell before an apocalyptic event. Some natural reactive character development will occur thanks to the apocalypse. But once they adapt, it is up to you to grow them into great, endearing characters.
I hope you can forgive my blunt opinions, it's my way of encouraging writers to grow their stories into something great and not become complacent.
Overall opinions:
+ The apocalypse you mentioned has the potential to grow some great stories
+ Solid paragraph structure
+ Comprehensive
-- Weak, filler stories waiting for the apocalypse to happen.
-- Too many characters introduced, rigid character writing
-- Using a major reactive development gimmick (aka Apocalypse) may bite you in the back if you don't grow your characters enough once the initial shock of the apocalypse subsides.
In my opinion, besides surviving. Your characters should have some kind of sub-goal that does not rely on the apocalypse conflict as a crutch. So that your character does not only undergo reactive development but active development as well.
Regardless, I wish you the best of luck in your Tapas journey. If you ever get stumped, do not be afraid to get help from the community. There will be plenty of people who would love to help you out. Thank you for participating.
Thank you for the input! That'll help me in a lot more ways than you think.
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I read your first episode and I love the concept of a different planet/world and their ways of life. It gives an insight into a different culture that's slightly comparable to the warriors of Sparta. I also like the way you introduced soft magic into the story without giving off too much (i hope that's what you were giving off). As if it's an inherent ability, that some possess, or even passed down through rituals.
Though, while reading, there are some things I'd say you should try to implement unless you plan to elaborate in later episodes. Be more descriptive with your surroundings like what's the description of Thomas? Where is he, is there sand beneath his feet or is it a plain grass field in the arena? Description goes a long way when writing and helps readers see the story you're creating. This also may be a writing style preference but when describing in narration there's no need to separate the sentences (or make indentations) from each other if it's 1. A long paragraph 2. A new person talking.
Other than that I like the concept of your story!
Thank you so much for taking your time to write a review I can work with! With my chapters recently rewritten I made the choice to slowly introduce my readers to my original species instead of writing the detailed description beforehand. I have a LOT of worldbuilding, lots of character lore I've also shared on my Insta and twitter, (my carrd has the full prelude and introduction to my story) to get people going on the novel. 
I thank you for your time and again, I appreciate it so much.
I think you have your hands full already, but anyway, I'll drop my link, check it out if you get the chance
I would love to get some feedback.
Though the term "first episode" is a bit difficult. I draw and upload my comic as single pages. The tapas episode 2&3 are a prologue and the first chapter is until tapas episode 34.
Pick whatever you feel like, but please let me know if you are talking about the prologue or the full first chapter.
Well, I'll still put it here. But my comic doesn't work like webtoons lol I don't have episodes, I have traditional page format and chapters 
Up to you if you want to look passed the first page. Hopefully the first page is enticing enough to make that choice for you haha
I think you might be swamped, and totally understand if you don't have the chance to read/review this, but I wanted to share anyway. This is the first chapter of my YA Fantasy "House of Veils."
You use a tried and true method for your comic's comedy. It's especially effective against me who grew up loving Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny.
I think your problem does not lie in your comic's quality assuming that the quality at least stays the same up till today. I think your problems lie in your strange publication schedule. A single page every few days... For me, it's definitely not worth the wait. People seem to expect around 18-20 pages every week. I'm aware art is difficult, hence why I just stick to novels.
I see that when you started, you bombarded a large number of your works on July 14, 2018. Act 1 - 7. I Gotta say, it's pretty crazy. Unfortunately, it appears that it is not the most optimal solution to get people to see your work. I think adhering to a weekly schedule would have worked. Publish Act 2 a week after Act 1. Due to publishing a large amount of your work in one day, your pace today seems to come at a grinding halt. A slow-burning one page per day.
If you have maintained a good inventory of your unpublished work. You could have maintained a good schedule. As you can schedule your pre-existing works to publish at a certain time while working on the next act. Since you already made Act 1 - 7. Publishing it weekly could have given you at least a 7 week grace period you can use to create more of your comics.
I know it's too late for you to take back what you did before. But it is not too late to change your scheduling. Just go on hiatus for a little bit and build up a good amount of content and publish it at a decent schedule.
Finally, I'd recommend that instead of making a new episode for every page. You should do one episode for every act. Merge the pages into one document and then upload it.
Again, these are just my opinions. Feel free to disagree. Anyways, I wish you good luck on your journey.
I am only going to read the top one you listed.
You have definitely written yourself a strong and polished introduction. You properly introduced the fantastical races that are so popular that you don't need to explain what they're like. It's quite dense with political strife as well.
The content your introduction provides properly lays down the foundation of your story. Just nurture the rest of your story with the same love and care and you may find yourself at the cusp of making a story that will bring in many readers to your doorstep.
Though I have to say, I cannot personally mesh well with the main character. He's incredibly distant, I cannot relate to him or his story. It's probably the consistently angsty tone he produces. He likes to point out all the vices that humans have while he has those exact same vices himself. He sees himself as above humans even though he seems to simply rely on the powers he is given simply for being a dragon. Even with those powers, he was still defeated by a human. I'm not sure how lowly he sees humans. But if he sees them like how we see ants (Not the dangerous ants). Being weakened is no excuse.
Without those powers, he is just as vain as the humans he looks down upon. This opinion of mine is further reinforced during the time his powers were sealed and his soul was pulled into a human-like body. As much as he patronizes humans, it seems that even he bows down to the monarchal systems that the humans put in place.
Honestly, my only major complaint is the main character. The other characters are purposely undeveloped to give most of the spotlight to the main character but since I can't really relate to him nor like him as a character. I don't really care.
Overall Opinions:
+ Solid World-Building
+ Intriguing Politics
+ Strong Fantasy Groundwork
+ Works well as an introduction
+ Comprehensible
+ Strong sense of formatting
-- The Main Character is too angsty and unlikable
I have a feeling he is going to undergo some major character development in the future. Not that it's going to make his future any better considering the beginning disclaimer hahaha.
Also, thank you for the review you provided for me. I 100% agree with everything you brought up. I will use your critique to improve my work and grow as a writer. I hope mine can do the same for you.
Anyhow, I wish you the best of luck in your creative journey.
Thanks for the review!
And you are 100% correct - Zeydrick has his issues and he does grow. His early personality helps to show how he grows as he experiences certain things for himself (won't spoil anything, in case you decide to read further!).
I look forward to how your own writing develops!
I'll only be reading the top one. I'll do the rest if I have time after doing everyone else.
The narration seems kinda distant from the main character. Kind of like a bedtime story style of storytelling. This makes me assume that the one who tells the story (which is the author by default) is the narrator.
I like the world you are illustrating through your words. I'm imagining an Ori and the blind forest kind of aesthetic. However, you kind of got carried away with all your fantastical terminology.
For example, can you tell me how to imagine this sentence?
For me, I'm interpreting it as Zamani the MC stands on a rodent on top of a tall creature called a nhola facing the city of castles named Zhereen (I'm assuming the city is built by humans and thus uses the human standard of how large a city should be).
The latter half makes sense, but the former half requires some mental gymnastics for me to imagine it. It's pretty common to get carried away with your fantastical terms just remember that we readers don't know anything about what they really mean until you inform us.
Overall opinions:
+ Interesting World
+ A unique ecosystem of fantastical creatures
+ Vivid and efficient word choices
-- Fantastical Terms are not explained
-- A few formatting hiccups
Thank you for participating and I wish you the best of luck in your creative journey.
I'm curious why so many people do not merge their pages together to form one cohesive comic episode. If you have any insight you'd like to give me. I greatly appreciate it.
The one word I'd like to offer you is consistency.
Panel flow can get incredibly rough on some pages and I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at.
I get what you're going for with the different coloured speech bubbles and stuff. But at least maintain the same amount of contrast with your text. Also, On one of your pages, most of the speech bubbles were cut off.
Ultimately, I looked through the whole comic that you've made so far and I have absolutely no idea what's going on. Sudden switches of character. No closure. Actually, I can't really grasp the plot either. It's kinda ironic that a story about stick figures is so complicated to figure out.
Overall Opinions:
+ Has its charm
-- Panel Flow is hard to follow at times
-- Low Contrast or Cutoff speech bubbles
-- Lack of plot direction
-- Surface level characters
I'm sure you've seen this already. But Animator vs Animation is a great series that uses non-verbal storytelling to great effect to characterize their stick figures.
Anyways, I hope that my feedback can help you improve your work in the future. Best of luck in your creative endeavours.
The cut-off speech bubbles were a stylistic choice to show that he's aware of her words but not listening. I probably should fix that since it's so poorly conveyed. You're the third person I've had to explain it to.
I think the plot confusion is caused by a big mistake I made when writing. I originally had a narration monologue from Otaka explain the plot at the start but I decided that was cliche because a random youtube video advised against this type of thing. I'm dumb.
The narration went like this if it helps:
"For generations, the chosen one and the dark lord were chosen by destiny and fought for the fate of the world.
But one day, a new dark lord came into power, but the chosen one never came, so the dark lord conquered all, bringing ruin and rot wherever he went. And everyone just let him, believing that a hero would come. But I know the truth. He isn't coming.
I will stop the dark lord myself.
I have a long-distance friendship with Heiroe and Superblonde Valiant. I'm traveling with them. At least I will be when we meet up."
Does this help?
Thank you, Sorin_Gran.
You make a good point. Actually, the nhola forest is comprised of very tall tree-like mushrooms called nholas. The voal is the flat spongy top of the nhola, at the center of which is a depression in which the dew rises once each day. This all comes out in the reading, but you are right. The inclination toward instant gratification hangs like an albatross from the necks of the average reader. I should not give them so much credit for creative interaction.
Thanks for this thread. If you could also review the first episode of Arbiter's Wake, I'd really appreciate it.
Greetings! I'll make my best to read your novel as soon as I can! If you want to give it a try, I'll leave Menmar here for your appreciation:
I took a look at your comic, now I want someone to answer a question I kept on having. Why one page per episode? Is it difficult to merge multiple pages together? The art is flat and simplistic so it may resonate with the people who like that art-style. However, I'm not a fan of the dialogue and the one-dimensional character writing. I looked at one of your later chapters and your art definitely improved and the writing is more tolerable. I'm glad to know that you have grown quite a bit since you started.
Overall Opinions:
- Noticeable improvement in your later works (That's what growing as a creator is truly about)
- Simplistic art style that appeals to certain audiences
-- The writing leaves a lot to be desired.
-- Strange text bubble design and colour choices (Why yellow fill?)
Thank you for participating and good luck on your creative journey!
Hello, good day. Thank you for the opportunity to share. I love this thread. I will definitely check your work out as well.
I have noticed a trend of many views on my first episode and not many after that. I haven't received any comments or reviews before, so I don't know where the problems may lie. I would be grateful if you check out my new novel. All feedback is welcome. Hope you enjoy it regardless!
Here’s mine! and I will check out urs too, probably comment about urs in ur comment section.
So my prologue is too short, u might wanna review prologue + chapter 1, otherwise u can just do prologue.
I have read your story and I have to say, from the chapters I read it was interesting, it has a nice hook of a kid dealing with a supernatural entity that seems to want to just mess with him (or at least so far that is).
I like the way he and the old man casually chat, i live for those slice of lifeish moments in any story.
Here is JTA in case you're interested in reviewing ^^
Also, technically the 'first chapter' is the first four Acts in the story... I originally did not write for Tapas so i had to cut my script in acts to acommodate for the character limit. But I'd say if you can make it to the end of act one that's perfectly valid.
I will understand if you don't stick with it, as it's not everyone's cup of tea... But hey, maybe you end up liking it. ^^
Also... fair warning as later episodes have mature scenes, But that is only if you stick with it for that long... And it's not so violent or naughty that it might cause a severe reaction.
Here is mine I would really like feedback for 
I will check yours out as well!
Genre: romance, fantasy, drama
I believe that you genuinely have a worthwhile story to tell but the dialogue does not do it justice. I think there is some charm that can be found in your artwork even though I find the line art to be a bit too rigid and messy and the colouring to be flat. However, I love seeing that your art and your writing has grown when looking at one of your later chapters. Your growth as a creator is worth more than any accolades some website has given you. Ultimately, you are heading in the right direction, just keep learning from your mistake and grow your craft.
Overall Opinions:
+ Growth as a creator is noticeable
+ Art has its charm
+ Story has potential
-- Speech bubbles are weirdly designed.
-- Some text is off-center
-- Garish green speech bubbles. rip night mode readers.
-- Cringeworthy dialogue
Damn, I did not expect my post to grow this much. I will do some more tomorrow and thank you for participating! I wish you the best of luck in your creative journey.
