crummy update schedule

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:04 am

If anyone's wondering why my update schedule sucks, it's because one of my goals is to get this story printed at some point, so I want the pages to look as good as they can possibly be. If I were just doing this for the web only, I'd update more often and lower the quality a bit.

Having said that, I'm toying with the idea of going back to 2 days a week. The story is just moving too slowly this way and I'm getting impatient and losing interest, as I'm sure you all are too. In the interest of story, I may post penciled pages on occasion. I'd rather not, but if it moves the story along, I'll do it. Any thoughts, let me know.

Though I was on vacation this past few weeks, so I actually have an excuse for that.

Never Mayhem · Post by **Never Mayhem** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:48 pm

I'm not losing interest in the story, but I don't ask for more updates because I figured you were busy or you're taking your time with it. I love TEoT, but whatever you want to do with it, go for it. It's your comic, nigga!

Gildedtongue · Post by **Gildedtongue** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:10 pm

Well, you should know your forumites, PAL, we'll be reading the comic irreguardless of the updating schedule and loving every scrap we get.

Your pencil updates are usually very well recieved (I dunno, something about the penciled look actually fits the comic), so, yeah, you could update as such.

But, up to you, really. We'll be here!

Karl Falcon · Post by **Karl Falcon** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:15 pm

I don't personally see anything wrong with the weekly schedule, and I love getting to see the works in progress. If you feel twice-weekly updates are the way to go, then all the better for us readers. Whatever you decide, rest assured we'll still be here.

Bloodied Fox · Post by **Bloodied Fox** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:19 am

What they all said

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:51 am

Dude, take it from a guy who can barely update once a week (and still have something resembling "an outside life"), if you want to update twice a week, that's coo, but if you are going for superior quality, then you be very busy with it. If you think you have enough free time to do it, then go for it, but beware the burnout, because that feeling can easily kill a few weeks of updates (or make you hate doing it).

I'm going to try for two times a week soon too, but like you said, being on vacation doesn't really allow for that too well. Eh I guess try it, but don't sacrifice quality to be on time. It's not worth it.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:22 pm

My current page was rushed do to work and wanting to move the story along. I think it shows.

Paul Escobar · Post by **Paul Escobar** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:33 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:My current page was rushed do to work and wanting to move the story along. I think it shows.

I think it works very well. There's no need for detailed backgrounds or clever layouts or top notch drawing craftmanship on every page. Sometimes, a story will get you those pages where someone is simply talking, and all you need is their facial expressions and body language, and that works really good on that page. The by now current page does look more visually impressive, but IMO one really does need to switch between the "impressive" bits and those that "only" function to move the story along. I guess knowing when to do what is very much a matter of instinct - at least I have difficulty pointing out why that frame needs to look like a visual masterpiece while this frame doesn't. I just know that the individual frames in a comic don't always need to look super spiffic - it's the flow that counts. The sum of the parts. And you do that very well indeed. I'd say don't worry about it, but that'd be silly, for worrying about the quality of their work is what creative people do every so often.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:32 pm

That is true, as not every page needs to be super awesome. I notice even in this like Bone that there are pages that are rather dull, but the dialogue moves the story along. But at the same time, my comic format is one page a week, so I always feel the need to showcase my abilities to the highest degree since a so-so page may be up for a week and many may dismiss it as being of poor quality. But then again maybe I shouldn't worry too much about that since I see so many comics that are poorly drawn garner huge readerships.

I'm thinking of starting to pencil as many pages as I can with no thought of inking till a day or so till they have to go up. That way I can think of the story as a whole instead of a page by page type of thing. Currently, I do an entire page on its own with not too much thought of what's going to be on the next page. I simply follow an outline and decide what goes on a given page when I get to it.

Maybe I should do 2 a week. At this rate, it'll take years before the story is done.

Paul Escobar wrote:I just know that the individual frames in a comic don't always need to look super spiffic - it's the flow that counts. The sum of the parts. And you do that very well indeed.

Heh, thanks.

Gildedtongue · Post by **Gildedtongue** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:33 pm

Meh, look at Circles. There's minimalist backgrounds for you, and they charge bucks a pop for that.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:49 pm

I love Circles. But just think how much cooler it would be if there were more backgrounds. They become almost non-existent later on, and I still don't really have a good idea of what their apartment looks like.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:54 pm

Twice a week may be happenning soon. I'll amke a formal announcement if I'm up to it.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:40 pm

Werd to that. I will be subjecting myself to that very same fate.

:holds up a glass of bubbly: A toast to twice a week. May our lives be filled with one more deadline per week. :clinks and downs it all:

Never Mayhem · Post by **Never Mayhem** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:38 pm

Excellent! And Ryan playing Gadius is better than anything Fig's ever done.