What would you do if you couldn't continue your webcomic?

[realSean_Murphy]

Like what would you do if you just couldn't or maybe even died? I'd leave what's left of my script to someone they could or could give to someone to finish, though the story would be altered and it wouldn't be my finished work per se.
Basically if something happened I'd leave the next chapter to a different artist, basically the chapter would go back a panel, redrawn and resumed from there though a notice would be placed meaning it is no longer from the original author. (Like a director taking on a different episode of a series.)

[AnnaLandin]

If I was still alive, but physically unable to finish my webcomic? I'd write a summary of what would have happened, to wrap up loose ends for my readers.

If I died, I guess everyone would just have to live with the mystery.

I don't really have a detailed enough outline for anyone else to step in and take over.

[igneriss]

If I was alive but couldn't draw, I would write down what was supposed to happen, but also write a short script for my sister or friend to draw, killing most of the characters or giving them a really happy ending. Both are tempting C8

If I died, well, it's not like I could do anything : P my sister knows how it's supposed to end, and I have all main events written down, so she could continue if she wanted to, but I highly doubt it CX

[heterodont]

If I was alive but couldn't draw at all - thatd be the end for me. Maybe I could continue writing it text wise but as it is, not being able to draw is one of my worst nightmares.

If I died, my partner knows how the story ends but I doubt she'd be interested in continuing it in comic format. So people dying to know how the story ends can just go to her, I suppose.

[allenthomas]

Not too sound overly cliche (or like an ass) but I honestly don't think about this sort of thing. I'm sort of not comfortable imagining what I would do if I was physically unable to do my webcomic because honestly that is the only way that I think I'd stop. If I died, I guess my comic or anything else wouldn't be a worry at that point.

[shazzbaa]

Dying young: I have a huge stack of notes, so I've always planned to leave that to a trusted friend and give them permission to publish it in any form they see fit -- my ideal would honestly be to just have those notes published as-is, whether in a book or just viewable online, so you could see how things were going to go and what I wanted to say about these people who meant so much to me.

Runewriters doesn't look it, but it's a very personal story, and I wouldn't expect (or really want) anyone else to draw the remainder unless they really connected with it.

Alive but unable to draw: I'm not sure! I'd probably hold out for a long while to see if things would turn around or if I'd be able to draw again. I mean, I'm just coming off of a two-year hiatus, I wouldn't be beyond waiting a few years again. But once I've let go of the project and moved on to whatever came after my life as an artist -- I doubt I would still be invested the story.

I find that when my mindset changes a lot, I no longer have the same voice when I sit down to tell a story, and I've had several stories that I let go when I realised I didn't have the voice those stories needed anymore. If something that drastic happened to me.... I don't know if I could still tell that same story when the dust cleared. Honestly, it would probably end the same way it would if I died young -- when I was sure I couldn't draw it and wasn't going to finish it, I'd publish my notes in some form for the people who had been so invested all this time, thank them for coming along with me and apologise that I couldn't finish it with them.

[SpavVy]

Alive: I'd try to write it all down instead, now if I was like a vegetable and couldn't move at all then take me out back and shoot me.

If I died well so much for that then

[realSean_Murphy]

now if I was like a vegetable and couldn't move at all then take me out back and shoot me.

Well if I were a vegetable they could experiment on me but I'd rather just be in like some comatose state. That vegetable state being like completely paralyzed or something.

[Doubtcent]

If I lost the feeling in my hands in order to draw, I'd write. If I lost the feeling in my hands altogether, I'd use a speech program to type. If I lost my voice, I'll type with my feet. If I lost my feet I'll get some automail prosthetics and start all over again.

[Damatris]

If I suddenly became unable to draw I'd first release next 60 something pages as detailed thumbnails as they are now, even if they hold embarrassing notes on the side lines. :'D After that I'd write the thing out and hire/collaborate with someone to get it into comic format.

Although, to be honest I have no idea what I'd do with my life in that case. I'm studying arts, aiming to work professionally at it... Well, I could still probably do the art teacher part but...

As for dying, so would the story. There are some people who know a lot about it but I don't think anyone else would pick it up to continue.

[Mharz]

I'll probably end up killing myself if I became incapable to draw anything in worst case. Another option will probably find a person to be my student and teach them my techniques and make them continue the story (as if...)

If I die on other hand, hopefully it won't be before my webcomic gets a lot of readers if I hadn't finished the story by that time well it'll probably be left as that... but at least I'll have a space in the readers' hearts.

[Manayuka]

I have a very detailed outline that took me an entire year to create. It covers 225 chapters of my comic, and the scripts of 55 chapters so far., and I have designs for 52 characters so far, as well as themes, lore, and backstory. I would hope my brother can finish it, if not write a novel since he is wanted to be a writer once upon a time.

[wbparham247]

It's funny because I've actually thought "what if I died? what would happen to my unfinished book?" And honestly I find it funny that THAT would be one of my major concerns. I mean sure it's my life's work, but I've already created plenty to leave my mark as a comic artist. And my wife knows where I keep my unpublished work so I feel like she would do something with it so that it didn't go to waste.

[dracoplato]

If I died or couldn't continue it then I would be the only person to have ever enjoyed Zenchav in it's entirety, since at least I got to enjoy the thought pictures for it in my head ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[Noodle_Survivor]

If I die, that's it- there's no continues or second chances.

[Waterdrain]

I'd crawl into a ball and cry ;u; actually I probably try to write down the rest of it so the story won't go completely to waste

[shazzbaa]

(I don't wanna derail the thread, but since I see a lot of people saying "my life would end when my ability to draw did" I just want to link to this comic, in case anyone needs to see it like I did: http://stephenmccranie.deviantart.com/art/Your-Art-is-Not-Your-Identity-326435294 OKAY THAT'S ALL, CARRY ON)

[Noodle_Survivor]

@shazzbaa I don't think the issue is that the artists here have completely tied their self-worth to their comics or their art, but more so that it's a large source of self-worth/happiness/what have you for the artists in this thread. In my case, it's one of the few things I get out of bed for.

[chjio]

Its ok Anna, if you died, i will introduce Masahiro in my world of medieval
There's a asian-like continent in my story and i'm sure a samurai can still fit in

[KSlinger]

I plan on writing a Wikipedia-style plot summary and character list for West in case anything happens to me. I'll make sure my family have a copy of it and post it online where people can find it. Don't expect anyone to be that upset about it but I'd hate to leave people hanging.