Hi Copper~ I'll also take a look at the most recent pages for the speech bubbles.
The Cover
The title is clear and easy to read. It's also an interesting title that can draw in people.
The composition of the cover art itself is strong and this would be great as like a paperback cover. But due to the smaller details however, it's harder to appreciate and engage with on mobile.
The Summary
Before the summary, I will say that I like you added genres and the content warnings. Important to tell that off the bat and you've already got that down.
Upon discovering his now ex-childhood friend isn't dead, an emotionally immature alcoholic tries to make amends for ruining their friendship.
This is an excellent logline for the whole story. It sets up expectations and the question for the reader. "Will our protagonist be able to make amends?"
However, if you were inclined, after this first line, you could add a small paragraph expanding some of the specific details.
E.g.: Apollo is doing fine. Just fine. He bartends, parties and drinks with his friends, and talks to a picture of his dead childhood friend. He's fine. Until he thinks he sees his friend during a night out drinking.
The story's first part
Art notes: I looked at latter pages and the bubbles are a lot more readable.
Thankfully on Tapas we can zoom in to read and I know given the traditional nature of your work, it'd be more trouble than it's worth to make the text any larger.
The pages themselves are nicely composed and while I personally love page format, with the easier legibility of a scroll on mobile, a large portion of the audience may be disinclined to read simply because it's not easy to do so on phones. I however didn't have any trouble on my phone, so it's fine. This whole topic of page vs. scroll is a mixed bag anyway.
I'm also partial to traditional color pencils and your use of color and lighting is lovely.
Story Notes:
It's a nice solid chapter one. I like how you take your time demonstrating Apollo's self destructive habits and establish his life as is as well as how he misses his friend with his talking to the photo. Great examples of showing not telling all around.
And the way the chapter ends is a great setup that delivers on your story summary.
Though the content is not my cup of tea, your delivery of storytelling is solid and clear. A slow start but I think it suits the story well. All the best seeing this through to the end ️