They sure can, I don't get it to be honest.
You live your best life, mate.
I draw to give my readers a good time. I don't try to pass off what I do as art, just a moment of levity and that's more than enough for me. It brings me happiness. But hey, whatever pickles your gherkin. If you you want to be an artist, go for it, but never forget the medium you're working on and its purpose.
Yup same to you, and like wise, never forgot why you picked up the pen in the first place. Because I will never forgot what I told myself.
Cute comic btw :>
It was mentioned that black and white comics have been promo'd in the past and i imagine it can happen again though i wonder if it's not so much content or style but rather readability. Tapas is a part of the mobile market so a comics got to translate both on desktop and on phones.
One thing that stands out on names mentioned like flower eater and long exposure was their readability. They had details but also clarity. Fonts play into this too I'm sure. Too tiny and people can't read or enjoy it. Too big and you can't see the art. and with regards to the art can you distinguish everything from characters to backgrounds and so on.
I personally make colored comics but I like the black and white stuff too but I've got to be able to read it if i wanna enjoy it.
Personal preferences of an audience can't be controlled though so if it's something you want more of raising your voice about it and showing off good black and white comics is a good start. Finding like minded folks also helps and as some of the replies show there are people interested in the type of content you're concerned about.
But hey maybe someone could start a thread for black and white comics just to kinda show how many of em are out there. What with so many series on tapas something like that could help reveal some hidden hems and give em a boost 
I like comments too, but i barely get those. I use to get super bummed out about it, I still do. The worst thing a writer or artist can feel is being a ghost. But I've come to terms with just drawing and writing my story, wether or not Tapas cares about it. I just doubt I'll ever get noticed against the color comics, oh well.
Unfortunately that's the reality of when webcomics get turned into a business model. If you're not the hot thing right now, you get shoved into a dark pit. It doesn't help that you can't even network and rely on friends to direct traffic down your way like we did in the old days.
If you don't make the front page, no one will see you. It's kind of ugly and detrimental to webcomics in general.
Eh I wouldn't say they're going to drop black and white comics in the dust on purpose. I just think that they're only pushing what's popular right now, which is mostly rom/com and in full color. Soo much saccharine romance and slice of life (which is totally fine if that's what you're into). But like, trends change so eventually the romance will give way to the next thing, and who knows, maybe it'll be horror and more prime for black and white? Personally, I like Black and White comics better to make and to read. I've made both types, and honestly...I'm not concerned whether or not Tapas will promote my work based on the coloring because...they won't anyway. I don't write romance.
Tapas could really, REALLY benefit from diversifying their front page in genre and style, but either their team is too small to take on that undertaking or they have decided to do a really narrow marketing strategy.
The vast majority of readers don't create art themselves and so aren't as artistically minded. As in, they won't analyze exactly why a thing looks good or how much craftsmanship is put into a black and white work. They just generally prefer color because, ooh it's in color.
Sure people still read manga, but as colored webtoons are appearing on manga sites at an increasingly rapid pace, people will flock to them and accept them as the new normal.
So Tapas, as they are trying to expand the company, is putting more of an emphasis on featuring work that makes them money, so mainly the premium titles, which most if not all are in color.
Black and white also looks much nicer in the tiny res they want us to upload to here as well. Your lines on GCR look crisp as hell, I really like them! It's definitely more readers wanting colour, but there's always going to be people who can appreciate the artistry of good linework. Besides, you can get all the information across that you need with tones.
yeah, where is the thread, I wana get in on this. AND MAKE TAPAS SEE. By taking there blindfolds off.
I was commenting on someone else's comment about reader reaction to black and white comics and comparing them to my own. I wasn't addressing you directly.
