JamesClover
James Clover
Thanks for the suggestions and kind words. I honestly don't care about spending money as long as it helps me make a good product. The hustle of having people purchase or even care is all on me but i have no tools to make a 100+ page book so i don't want to hand over my money and get nothing in retur…
Thanks for the kind words. As you can tell I have no idea what amount is good I've only seen people end up with boxes in their house but maybe now I will shoot for 100+ copies.
Yeah that's the vibe I get. I wanted to try and just get something simple like 10-20 copies made and go to conventions to pitch my comic. (Mostly to get out the house and enjoy interacting with the community In person.
Thanks for the suggestion! I 100% don't mind/i know I'll have to do almost all the work but I just don't wanna get scammed so I figured asking the community would be best since I'm sure there is someone out there that has published their own comic. I looked up lulu earlier and it had some bad review…
I joined the new Webtoon Canvas discord but im afraid of just blurting out random things lol.
Thanks for the positivity lol but I'm one of those people who knows what they can and cant do and choose not to waste time on something that will take years and years when I'm doing countless other things. Example, I'm in the middle of school ( bachelors degree) while taking classes to become a cert…
It's less about seeking popularity (Plenty of avenues to be "Famous" those people from IG or TikTok do it to be famous) I do this because I love telling stories and seeing my ideas come to life. I think it was more about money and confidence in the budget outweighing the results. Not that I'm sour a…
Yeah its not about the money if it was id spent all that time and money gambling for a quick return. Its nice to know that something you spend time and love making is out there for the world to see and that brings me back to the point of the post i guess with no engagement i feel like "What's the po…
Yeah, it was because my first illustrator was a little more expensive than I had hoped but we clicked and enjoyed working with her. Since then I've been able to pull back on the budget which is nice, I wish I could draw like the rest of you lol. I just wasn't blessed with that talent and I'm older s…
That's very true. Maybe i should say id like to hit a goal of at least 1k views a chapter. (Currently around 1700 a month) which pans out to about 400 a chapter. I also don't need 100k subs to feel good getting over that 1k hump would probably make me happy enough to do a season 3.
I kinda gave up on Tapas i still push stuff out but i saw early on the feedback and engagement was very low as opposed to webtoons. (Which is what i was referring to)
To answer your questions. No I had 0 Social presence online about this webcomic. Probably spent a month or 2 working on it before my first chapter (I know I dove in headfirst)...(Damn Pandemic) Yes, even though the whole point of this post was to ask if I should just give up I know deep down 1.…
Thanks. I do a lot of ads on my IG page and it's been pretty solid. I think I will take a break sooner than later. Good Luck with your future novel!
The webtoon means a lot to me. I would love to do it forever but I'm sure like everyone else you want to know how to get the most exposure possible. Coming to fruition for me would be at least getting views even if the subs never come. The rating system kills me too 9.96 but it gets you nothing in r…
Yeah it's not like that for me. Even getting to 1k would be such a big deal for me. I guess it's not the subs it's just more what do I do for exposure since I can't seem to figure out the best way to generate that.
Heck yeah 6k would be worth it to wake up on the front page. Money is what money is but I'd gladly spend whatever I needed to get more exposure lol
Thanks. I do enjoy the process even with my crappy storyboards being made to send to my illustrator is something I look forward to each time I'm done writing a chapter. I just think I took a confidence hit today with being unable to talk to people about my comic more so than I was expecting. ( I don…
I 100% started this as a passion project with the hopes of becoming popular because lets face it that's what everyone hopes for whether or not that's why they're doing it initially. So to answer your question its because i love telling stories and seeing what pops in my head go from their to pen of …
It's definitely out of passion, if I could do this all day every day without any financial pushback I would. I guess my issue is convincing myself and my spouse that the money spent is worth it. Almost a year in and almost 6k invested between my illustrator and promotions on my end for 20 likes make…
Wow. Thanks I heard of the last one which is what had got me thinking If there were any others. Appreciate it.
Oh, my webtoon is attached here as well if anyone wants to check it out.
Just did the survey. Seems like an interesting concept, I'm open to more conversation if you have questions. (Shameful self promotion as well lol)
I agree with the commenter above once you clean up the grammar your art will take you far. Its honestly too early to give any good feedback as we haven't met the other I assume main character in the story but I would definitely like to see how it plays out. Here's my comic if you want to give it …
Ah, that makes sense since I'm only a few months into this webtoon rating/views/subs I have no idea how to gauge it lol I figured if my rating was still high it must mean people like it enough not to trash it. I just recently found out that the views are page views, not even people that have viewed …
Thanks, I've been playing around with genres a lot lately to see if I'm in the right place. Originally it started as an SOL/Romance but I've been everywhere with it. The first three chapters will be updated over the summer as I got to chapter 3 I realized it may not look as good on phones with reade…
Ah first congrats on all the subs! Yeah I seem to have difficulty making those types of connections. I've gotten solid feedback but nothing to strike up a collaboration. Hopefully when I do get that "luck" I can use it properly. Thanks for the response.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words. Yeah this post is for me to figure out the best way to promote myself. I suck at FB since I haven't been on it daily since 2012 so I'm promoting the best I can on IG and other places like Reddit or Amino to talk to other people interested in webtoons or anime in …
Thanks for the breakdown and link to your article about sharing your webtoon. I really just am stuck thinking of ways to best promote. More power to all the creators getting there stories out there I just wanted to know if there was more I could do on my end to grab as many eyes as I can. Look forwa…
HA! I hear that on the mystery. I haven't been featured at all, hence my posting this. I was curious about the whole thing in general, I've just seen no rhyme or reason behind any of it other than I was very lucky. I also wouldn't be posing this question if my rating was like an 8.75 or something…
Hello. Yeah I had a bio before but others said it was too long lol to make it shorter. I think I'll write another one out now. Thanks for checking it out!