What do you do for your page descriptions?

[NanettesClouds]

How important are they and what do you use them for?

[Michelle]

I think page descriptions are good because they encourage participation from your readers. :> I find people are more likely to comment on a page if the creator includes a page description, however brief. Sometimes a little question or joke about the page/story can help spark a conversation in the comments!

[AnnaLandin]

I usually give people info about update schedules or other stuff I'm up to that is directly or indirectly related to the comic - and if I have no news to announce, I just crack a joke or make a comment about the content of the page. It gets people talking!

[joannekwan]

I mostly just write little quips or comments about the page. But if I have news I'll announce it there too.

[Kura]

I usually leave it blank unless I have a contest or announcement going.

[MST3KFan]

A lot of the time I use page descriptions for whatever is the focus of the comic that day. And since I base my comic around nostalgic things of the 80s, 90s, and 00s,, it's usually things like toys, video games, board games, movies, etc, etc.

I try to give links to video commercials for things as well as photos to help get things across to people.

[mariusthered]

these are good to encourage new readers because they can be seen when you share the page to twitter

[blinkingkills]

i comment about the page and greet readers i think it might encourage approachability if i type up some things

[DMBrigman]

I never know what to say in my page descriptions either. I usually just make a quick comment on the page like "oh no". I do noticed that readers will respond to my little quips, or they at least influence what is said.

[neonmeres]

I usually write a short summary of the events of my comic chapter since this is what appears on the description tweet when I share my comic pages on twitter.

[NanettesClouds]

Thank you everyone for the advice! I'm going to go through and add some little quips to the descriptions of my minicomic. I have a bit of a follow up question though, for something more serious like an action/drama/horror sorta thing should I be worried about the description taking people out of the experience? In more general terms, when would it be innapropriate to use the description section?

[Shanny8]

Same as @AnnaLandin- I just make a joke or some sarcastic comment that relates to the gist of the page.

[60Six]

I use the descriptions to sort of...nudge my readers in a direction I want to and sort of pull interactions out of them.
For example... I have a new character recently introduced in my comic. I want him to be the sort of character that people love to hate and...I think that's what the majority of my readers would feel about him, regardless of what I put in my description, but by kind of encouraging my readers to hate him in the descriptions, hating him has practically a meme among my readers now, with them literally making a song dedicated to what a douche he is. :'D
It's 100% the result I wanted, and while I think everyone would "love to hate him" even if I left my descriptions blank, I've definitely got readers that are commenting every page to just tell me how much they hate him now because I think they see that's kind of what I want them to do.

In more general terms, when would it be innapropriate to use the description section?

Honestly... I don't think ever "inappropriate," in my opinion. Even if it's just a "I like this page," I've always had a description on every page of my nearly 200 page comic and nobody's ever really ever thought less of it because of them, no matter how long or short. No matter what, people can still just ignore the descriptions if they so desire. And those who don't are probably just either completely neutral to descriptions, interested in what you have to say, or eager to respond to them.

[NanettesClouds]

with them literally making songs dedicated to what a douche he is. :'D

...Life goals. It sounds like you have an awesome fanbase :V

Thats good advice though, I definitely like the idea of using it to nudge people in a direction.

[Mharz]

I just babble whatever stuffs I thought about the page. Also do some announcements if there's any.

[ryoko]

Sometimes I use them to let readers know if I'm going to do a colour page or information about upcoming page schedules. Or, if I think I'm being clever, I say something in context to the page I've just posted ^_^'

[almondjoy445]

I'm trying not to leave them blank since I want a bit more reader participation, but there are times where I really don't have anything to say...^^;