Not a "consistent" schedule - always a bad thing?

@shazzbaa Shazzbaa
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:50:34 +0000

@shazzbaa wrote:

Here's another thread with some thoughts on this topic!

forums.tapastic.com

Schedules and the Webcomic Scene

Hello guys, I have't been on Tapastic for quite a while since I went on hiatus for my comic and went to reboot it. I have a bet riding this so don't hold back your opinions. My question is: How important are schedules to the webcomic audiences? I know life's a lot better for everyone when you know as an audience and a creator when the next pages are due, but what if the creator has a life and other hobbies to deal with? I am very passionate about both my martial arts (we are required to prac...

My feelings:

it's better to have an inconsistent schedule than to claim a consistent schedule that you constantly fail to meet, e.g., if you can't usually make a Monday update, don't say that you update on Mondays. Missing updates is more harmful than being inconsistent.

if your comic updates less frequently, then update schedules become more important. People need an idea of how often a thing updates so they know it hasn't died off.

you can definitely work with it if you're communicative. Order of the Stick is a very popular webcomic, existed before the days of subscription services like Tapastic, and back when I was reading had "updates 3x a week without warning" as its schedule because the author had health troubles and never knew which days he'd be able to work on it. I think that worked just fine!

I think your comment about not waiting on news-based comics is very wise!!