Something interesting I have been noticing of late is how some creators use Tapas' online/vertical format "as intended" while some people kind of go more older school. Let me explain.
I think we can agree the general idea here (and on WT) is to format your comic in such a way that it is mobile friendly. That way it works on desktop, but also reads well on people's devices. This is great because people are consuming a LOT of content on their devices these days. (In fact, I work in the mobile space, so I deal with this daily). This is even MORE true when it comes to younger adult audiences.
So building that "vertical" flow of your comic that is essentially one panel or scene per "screen" works well for this. And I've seen people get really creative with it.
However, I still see some folks posting "pages." They still might be formatted to be mostly readable on a phone, but they are a group of panels together (say 3-5) in one SCREEN area. This is the old webcomic way of doing things.
Furthermore, many of the comics that do this are only posting one or two pages per update. Whereas the vertical folks are posting a LOT more content in an update.
So there we have two schools of thought.
What I find very interesting is that some VERY popular comics here are doing it the old school way. They might also be posting more often - even close to daily. But they aren't putting out any more content than folks doing it the other way - because those folks are pushing out more via less updates.
I'm not sure how readers feel about it, but it's probably very individual to each fandom.
I guess what I am getting at is I am wondering if there is an advantage to one way or the other. I'm surprised that creators here - skilled creators - would still be posting comics here as "pages." I almost feel like you are shooting yourself in the foot a little because your comic is less readable that way on devices. And yet - some popular folks are doing it.
Ten years ago, the prevailing wisdom was to post a single page as often as possible. 2-5 times per week. It seems readers on these sites actually want BIGGER updates vs. daily. But probably another issue in this conversation is making sure you "leave em' wanting more" with each update.
For me in Genesis Girl, I tend to post 2 pages per update (My book is laid out as a graphic novel and being converted to post here), which ends up being around 14-16 "screens" of content. Although last update had to be 3 pages to end on a good hook.
So what do you think - format of updates and frequency, and how you end an episode. I think all these things matter. How individual is it per comic/fandom vs. the "right" thing to do?