You keep on updating, you try to find the best times to release, and still nothing happens, or hardly anything. Each chapter has single digit views for quite a while. I know how that feels. Sometimes it's discouraging, and you wonder if you'll ever get to the stage where readers will always drop by and leave funny comments, or even fanart
Well today I finally reached 50 subs! It took about a year, but it was worth it! It's not 100, but it's half of it! I'm here to say getting more readers is possible, and it will happen, definitely. I started from zero without any buffer pages, so I couldn't update daily to get attention. My first few pages were absolute crap, I had no schedule, and I hardly talked to anyone. Me from that mess, reached fifty. I learned a few things on the way, and I'm here to share them with you
Update for the story, not the stats. You're drawing because your MC has a destiny to fulfill, and he/she can't do it unless you put it on paper
Never be afraid to take a break
Readers WILL increase as long as you continue to tell your story. The world is big, there ARE people who are interested
Don't stress over art. Even if it starts out mediocre, it will improve, because every time you draw a page you are practicing, and practicing makes perfect
TALK TO PEOPLE. Comment, go on forums, respond to readers. Show yourself as a person, then it won't just be the comic attracting people, it will be the author.
Don't be discouraged by the big names. They were once in the same situation, even if they started on a different site.
PERSEVERE for your story and characters
Practically speaking, updating with a regular schedule is a good tool to attract readers, but don't beat yourself up over it, you came here to public a comic because it's fun, not because you want to kill yourself. Find a schedule that fits YOU.
You WILL make it, no matter how unorganized or scrambled your beginning. I and hundreds of others are living proof.
Good luck, and bon voyage!
