What do you wish to see more of in webcomics?

[GamerPrincessXI]

Hahaha, I know. They were really great shows.

[sushy00]

My slice of life comic is not about romance at all, maybe you would like this? https://tapas.io/series/sushy
I made some comics about my illness (IBS and also misophonia) too but those are a while back.

[CMYKat]

Thanks for the rec!! I'll bookmark 'em. c:

[sekabead]

Better comedy or at least more comedy

@IndigoShirtProd you mean humor comics that are actually funny.

But writing humor comics that is perceived funny for most audience is pretty hard

Comedy that is not just observational.

And more absurdist comedy.

Especially this, but maybe sometime in the future those kind of comedy will flourish as most of teenager audience should have grown up

[sushy00]

yeah I am more in that stage where I sometimes do not want to be alive, it doesn't actually mean I want to die. I have read not wanting to be alive is a form of suicidal thoughts too. I have thought about it for a while but I am still not sure if I can make a comic about this.
Few problems are:
1. Chances are it is perceived as romanticizing suicide which is not my intention, but visual communication can be tricky. Also I do not want to go to a therapist anymore because I am done with those. But I can't make a comic about that either because I may stop someone from going to therapy while they may need it.
2. I will have to mark the episode as mature. I prefer to not have mature episodes for my main comic
3. Clients and potentional clients may read the comic too. It is not something you can just say to a client, so it could hurt my career.

[DistortedWho]

I get all of your points, but if I'm completely honest, nobody makes good stories about suicide, not what I have read anyway (and I have read a decent amount of comics). JtHM is probably the closest and that one has all these horror aspects that, while I like those, take a bit away from the suicidal aspects. Most comics I have read just have other characters yell at them for attempting to kill themselves which really offends me. I think those comics are really harmful to real people who deal with this shit.

So I just decided to go for it and make my own comic about my personal experiences. It does critique the healthcare system quite a bit, but that's because the clinical understanding of mental health is really really shit. Seriously, I have done a lot of research and the difference between mental health science and what they actually use is disgusting. Not to mention how the very early psychologists were never considered in mental health (even though we are now finding out that their more humanitarian ideas were completely right)

Anyway. I released my first page a few days ago and I got a person, saying that they are a retired mental health nurse, complementing and thanking me. I know this is just one person, but I think it kinda proves we shouldn't be too scared showing these very real things.

If you want to not have clients connect this comic to you, you should seriously consider making it under a pseudo name instead. It's the internet, nobody is going to judge you for doing that. Lot's of minorities (gender, sexual, religious, political, mental health, physical health) already do that so why not you?

And about being scared of accidentally encouraging suicide. And this is just me personally. I have read so many people talking about their attempts and why they did it, and all I ever felt was a sort of comfort that I'm not the only person who feels like this. Being suicidal is a very lonely thing because I have never met a mental health professional who even came close to understanding me and my best friend (as much as I love him, and how much he tries to help me) doesn't understand this about me either. And because of this loneliness if feels so important to share our experiences.

The only discussion about suicide that has ever made me feel more suicidal are when people try to tell suicidal people that our life does get better and that we should think more about our friends and family. This hurts so fucking much, especially when it comes from people who have recovered from the mental health problems. This has legitimately made me try to die a few times.

All in all, I think you should just go for it, even if you do it under a different name. I'm really sorry for how long this post became. I just care a lot about suicide awareness.

Here's my comic in question:

Kurt In Samsara | Tapas

[DistortedWho]

Last message was supposed to be a reply to you. No idea why it didn't show up like that.

[colinmooredraws]

Queer and trans characters in stories not related to their gender or sexuality.

[Jenny-Toons]

@joannekwan hit it on the nail -- where is my cosmic horror romances with the elder gods? I wanna see more monster romance that kinda dives into problems that aren't just "will she like me or not?"

Hell, I will name drop my series. Our Universe has an entire season dedicated to Brenda wanting to meet "Christina's" family, who are definitely not human and not of this world. Immediately, Christina is not gonna go "yeah, let's invite them over for Christmas". She's gonna go "I love you, but you're fucking crazy"

That's what I want from those types of romances. At least, some of them. For the others, I would definitely like cosmic horror romances where it's wholesome and it's basically like some entity trying to have a functioning relationship with a human without, you know, possibly making them go blind after accidentally seeing their true form. But it's all done with humor~

[DiegoPalacios]

"Karen, i don`t like your boyfriend.....he keeps revealing to me the repressed horrors of my subconscious mind"

"but moooooom!, Aranaktu the mindweaver is trying to help!, he is really sweet once you get to know him!"

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I'd like to see more meta comedy comics that deal with 4th wall breaking and using the scroll down feature as a way of moving the comic story/gag forward

[jensrichard77]

I'd like to see more meta comedy comics that deal with 4th wall breaking and using the scroll down feature as a way of moving the comic story/gag forward

Did I made a new standard with this one?
https://m.tapas.io/episode/1353065

[nathanKmcwilliams]

That's the one that came to mind! I'd like to see more concepts visited though, I think there's a lot of potential there.

[rajillustration]

Whenever I think of 4th-wall breaking comics that use the scroll feature I can only think of the Bongcheon-Dong Ghost comic, which is like the opposite of comedy (and maybe the scariest comic ever made), but also maybe the best use scrolling down I've ever seen. I still have no idea how they even made it.

[jensrichard77]

Bongcheon-Dong Ghost comic,

Holy shit that was amazing well done!!!?

WARNING NOT FOR LIGHT-HEARTED

[rajillustration]

and double warning, apparently it won't work on an android phone so it's best done old school, on a browser, with the lights off, as a dare during a slumber party in high school.

[jensrichard77]

Can't make the link work??? Something's wrong at Webtoons???

[rajillustration]

oh the comic won't work properly at webtoons--the link has to be from the original page that the comic is posted--there's a javascripting on the page that steals the show. Without it, the scare is like...kind of stupid, really.

[jensrichard77]

So how do you link it?

[rajillustration]

2011 미스테리 단편 - [ENG ver.] Bongcheon-Dong Ghost - HORANG (봉천동귀신 영문판)

It's this one, and fair warning it is a jump scare. Like I feel bad even linking to it because like uhhhhh this jump scare is not the way you expect it to happen.