What can you learn from that person? (Study Case)

[laxahon305]

I just realized that an online following prior to publishing the comic is a lie, that person barely have an online following (mostly twitter, but very small in comparison to the comics' subscriber numbers) and they tried 6 times, and failed 5, what can you learn from that case? (I respect the author, I'm just using their success as a study case)

[scribesunlimited]

I'm not entirely sure what this post is all about, and it kinda seems to me like you're calling someone out for being successful...?

Does it matter how good or successful someone is...?

[laxahon305]

I'm not entirely sure what this post is all about, and it kinda seems to me like you're calling someone out for being successful...?

Does it matter how good or successful someone is...?

Nope, I'm not calling the author out, I'm just using their success as study case, I respect the author and I love their comic

[scribesunlimited]

Okayyyy but...why would you say an online following is a lie...?

[domisotto]

Just what you can learn from any other successful person: you can’t copy-paste someone else’s success. The circumstances will always be a little different, and luck will be the lady.

[DWaM22]

Webseries success -- be it comic or novel -- is a solid 50% luck, 10% getting some promotion by the platform itself, 10% your own hard work advertising, garnering/having some prior crowd, and 30% of the work's actual quality.

That said, I don't see much point at looking at specific creators/people and their histories. You can follow people's actions beat by beat and it still might not make a lick of difference. Since, y'know. 50% and everything.

[laxahon305]

Okayyyy but...why would you say an online following is a lie...?

I was just poking some fun at people here that say an online following is almost mandatory to success, I don't disagreee that much tbh, but I saw a few comics blow up on their platform alone (rare tho) sorry, low quality bait

[scribesunlimited]

Well... since Tapas IS online, you kinda have to have an online following to be successful here. it's sort of a Catch-22 maybe. You want an online following but you might not have enough of one to get popular in an online venue. We rely on a lot of things to get the subscribers we've already gotten: great quality work, a fun comic to read, mingling in the forums, offering advice, helping others. it adds up.

[scribesunlimited]

and luck will be the lady.

Well said, Frankie.

[laxahon305]

luck will be the lady

Webseries success -- be it comic or novel -- is a solid 50% luck

Be right back, gonna buy some lucky charms

[Symetrum]

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[Jenny-Toons]

I think it would be easier to kinda ask the artist what their process was. Think it works for better data for a study case.

Generally, I do think having a presence is important when gaining more engagement. People do tend to flock to those they're familiar with. But that doesn't mean it only has to be online engagement. If this artist isn't doing much engagement online, have they gone engagement in artist cons? Artist meetups? Artist fairs? Have they done work outside of comics?

Won't know until you ask. Might be able to strike up a conversation.

[laxahon305]

Your order arrived, that'll be 50 hope and 100 inspiration, do you wish to add a Japanese lucky cat to your cart? It comes with a tiny umbrella. We also have fortune cookies, tikki sandals, some Korean talismans and a smiling coconut. Has no milk in it thou.

YES!!! lmao.

[laxahon305]

I think it would be easier to kinda ask the artist what their process was. Think it works for better data for a study case.

Generally, I do think having a presence is important when gaining more engagement. People do tend to flock to those they're familiar with. But that doesn't mean it only has to be online engagement. If this artist isn't doing much engagement online, have they gone engagement in artist cons? Artist meetups? Artist fairs? Have they done work outside of comics?

Won't know until you ask. Might be able to strike up a conversation.

You're right, it's better to ask, hopefully them have time to answer lol.

[scribesunlimited]

We used to interview sports figures and celebrities for a special encyclopedia back in the 1990s, and from everyone we had the pleasure of talking to, not one flinched when we asked them about how they gained success, and how other people can do it too.

Write a celebrity artist sometime, out of the blue, a letter or email, and ask him or her how they got so successful. I'm confident in saying you should get a very positive response.

of course, the way the letter is written means a lot.