redprincess wrote:First of all, how many of you have a webcomic? How many webcomics do you follow?
I have a few, by a few I mean a lot...I've actually made a personal rule... "don't post something online until you have more than 10 pages done"...lately I've upped that to "one chapter" to minimize the amount of abandoned projects. But more than getting abandoned, I always have an unending urge to remake my comics o_o . Both the story and the art style...
I follow about 20 or so...but if I'm in an 'active webcomic-making mode' then it can go up to 40. Not a lot, but I'm really picky, and I read regular manga on top of comics, so it gets a bit much to keep track of. Smackjeeves at least makes it easy to see when sites update :Y .
I want to start up a webcomic myself but I'm not sure, how many pages should I update a week and/or month?
Update as often and regularly as possible. MWF or MWS is a good schedule to start on, if you can handle three pages a week. Also, always make sure you have a buffer, in case you have exams or work or vacation or emergencies or social life (etc) that keeps you from drawing. So draw maybe 1-2 weeks ahead of schedule, and ALWAYS back those files up on a flash drive or something. Ultimately update as often as you're comfortable updating, don't get ahead of the buffer, don't overwork yourself/make sure you get a break and freetime...it's fun :> .
I'm kind of embarrassed to put this here,
http://www.smackjeeves.com/profile.php?id=12600 , the art is so outdated...also, I am really 20, don't pay attention to the age on that profile.
Where do you guys host your comic? like Comicfury or do you have it hosted on your own server? I'm rather poor, how much does it cost to host one? I'd like a domain name too, do you think its important to have?
Host on smackjeeves! I actually had my own domain name and site. It got significantly less traffic than smackjeeves, very little comments compared to smackjeeves, and was an overall hassle. Also, for unlimited hosting for one year and a domain name for two years, it cost me $275 (it was a package). That was back in 2007, so it's probably more expensive now. I /really/ suggest smackjeeves for the community, because it's no use having a comic in it's own place if there's no one to read it =/ . When it gets big enough that you want forums, or detailed side pages, or extra features, THEN get your own site. But otherwise, it's not really worth the expense...
Also, smackjeeves is kinda awesome.
I tend to post pages both on Smackjeeves and deviantART, because there's two different crowds in those places, and the more people that can read/comment, the better :> . Also, deviantARDs tend to be too lazy to check anything other than deviantART, even if they're curious and checked the first few pages.