How many have comics in their buffers?

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:52 pm

Okay, I know there are a lot of people who are really busy with things besides webcomics, people who struggle to update once to thrice a week. But who are the ones who just... I mean... GOD, people who have comics in their buffers, and are just waiting for them to pop out on their front page. I wonder how many of that rare breed is here.

Oh yeah, is putting filler in your buffers pathetic, a crime, stupid, convenient, or whatever?

(if this topic was already posted... then... oops... >.>)

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:16 pm

I used to often have up to five or six weeks in the buffer by the end of each school holiday, but I fear those days are gone. Tonight's the final night of the current holiday before I'm back to work tomorrow and I've managed to get myself four strips ahead. I'm right four a week and a half.

I have to start a new storyline then though, and I'm undecided on which way to travel in this case.

I don't put fillers into my buffer, although I do put up special strips for various occasions throughout the year, mainly days that correspond to Australian dates of prominence. An example currently is Anzac Day in a week and a half. I've timed the end of this short storyline to coincide with the appropriate date so I can post an Anzac Day strip the night before the official day. Then I'll start the next story afterwards.

It's not really filler, as I treat those as official strips.

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:33 pm

OBS... damn, man! What the hell! TWENTY-TWO?!?!?

I'm waiting for my site to update for the first time. I have 10 in my buffer so that should last me... 10 days. *sigh* I don't think I can keep that for very long.

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:08 am

I miss my buffer.

WAAAAAH

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:38 am

I hold the unique pleasure of having negative buffer.

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:54 am

I'm currently sitting on an 8 day buffer for a daily comic, but it's only just started. Ask me again in a month or so...

You don't really need filler in the buffer since (by definition) you use filler when you don't have any comics. I know there are some comics that have "intermissions" between stories (such as the Anzac Day stuff Dutch mentioned) but that's not really filler. It's like a chance to free-draw between story arcs or to draw non-canon stuff with your characters (such as the 'alternatives' that used to be on during the closing credits of Daria on MTv... damn I miss that show.

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:00 am

Once I had a buffer of three months, but now since it takes longer to do the comics (curse you all for forcing me to improve!), I'm down to about just under a month.

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:56 am

what is this "buffer" you speak of?

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:44 am

I wanted to see my first 10 comics too soon...

...my buffer is no more. *gawnk*

Oh well, I better get used to it!

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:56 am

You mad, rash fool!

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:09 am

Cope wrote:You mad, rash fool!

Mahatma Gandhi said, "Thou must become one of your brothers to understand them."

...
...

...oh well, I'll have a buffer of 4 comics by tonight anyway.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:31 am

Dr Neo Lao wrote:I know there are some comics that have "intermissions" between stories (such as the Anzac Day stuff Dutch mentioned) but that's not really filler. It's like a chance to free-draw between story arcs or to draw non-canon stuff with your characters

Almost got it. 'Intermissions' is a good term for it, but personally I don't use them as free drawing or non-canon. Whatever is posted in the archive is canon as far as I'm concerned (at least with my own archive). But yeah, they are nice breaks from the general story.

Hallonpress · Post by **Hallonpress** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:37 am

I guess having a buffer is linked to how long it takes to draw each page...

I wish we had a 22-page buffer. That would be cool. *sigh*

...but who am I kidding? If we had like 22 pages, we'd just update with 22 pages that week.

How can you keep all those pages to yourself?

-Mattias

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:58 am

hallonpress wrote:I guess having a buffer is linked to how long it takes to draw each page...

I wish we had a 22-page buffer. That would be cool. *sigh*

...but who am I kidding? If we had like 22 pages, we'd just update with 22 pages that week. How can you keep all those pages to yourself?

-Mattias

That's exactly why for my site launch (today), I launched 10 comics.

Hallonpress · Post by **Hallonpress** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:11 am

Tarts wrote: That's exactly why for my site launch (today), I launched 10 comics.

So did we, back in the days... I think it's a good idea to have tomething for readers to dig in to from the start. Before you even launch, no one cares if you take a few more weeks to make a few more pages, right?

Tarts · Post by **Tarts** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:16 am

Indeed.

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:25 am

Yeah, it's the simpler comics that can have more stuff stockpiled away... I'd like to see a comic of Girl Genius quality that updates daily. Of course, that's a studio comic with several people working on it.

Or better yet, I'd like to be able to draw that fast.

Tart's sig wrote:You are an ass. And I would like to spank ye.

You want to do what with my donkey?

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:46 am

Back when I was updating, I had about a week's buffer at all times. It was stressful anyway, but meh.

As for putting filler in your buffers... *slaps Tarts' wrist* Bad Tarts! Bad! That's the main thing your buffer functions to avoid.

Americangothic · Post by **Americangothic** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:26 am

over Christmas vacation I had a nice, big month long buffer (that's 20+ comics for me since I do a daily)....but since going back to work, I've only had buffers for a week at a time.

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:42 am

I started on the Invasion storyline with a seven-day buffer. That's now gone, despite me getting help from a lot of people, but there's a comic uploaded for tomorrow and one for the day after on my drawing board. I'm just about keeping up.

I'll be taking a break after Thursday, and I will put filler in the buffer just so I can have that break. That won't be much, though. Just a long weekend and then I'll be shuffling the filler updates to the worldbuilding/cast sections.

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