Your opinion on unfinished comic?

@neichasart Neicha
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:16:43 +0000

@neichasart wrote:

Yes I would.
Learning when to give up on a project is part of the creative process.
This is tapas, not a publishing house (as much as they dangle partner programs etc).
I see this platform as a space for creators to try out any comic they want to make. So many of those shelved projects would never see the light of day if things were different.

Even your most respected authors have drafts, partly finished projects, etc laying around. It's just bound to happen.

The only difference is, here you get to see those.

If you want a real life comparison, (I'm european things might be different based on country) when you sell a story to a publishing house you typically get a stipend to finish the album. You then have to pay back that stipend before you touch any royalties.
So most authors don't make much money off of comics alone. They basically use the stipend to live on while they make an album, and then start a new project once that's done.
Residual income is rare unless you're really successful.

Which means you constantly have projects laying around at different stages of production. And only the ones you know you'll be motivated enough to finish get through.

So yes, I think the only difference here is how visible those projects are.