How long did it take for your comic to get popular?

Dracomax · Post by **Dracomax** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:54 pm

honestly, i'll count myself popular the day I get 1 peice of fanmail.

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:00 pm

Yeah... getting your first fan mail feels way better than any of the other milestones I've passed.

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:03 pm

I agrees!

834n · Post by **834n** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:11 pm

Truth.

VinnieD · Post by **VinnieD** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:17 pm

Getting visits in the 80's right now. It helps to advertise. I'm getting regular readers whom I haven't directly forced to read the comic now. As long as the readers I have are loyal though, I'm happy.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:46 pm

People you've forced to read your comic? You mean people you've told have to go and have a look?

I've never seen any of my readers in real life...not even the bloke who started it with me reads it from the site! He catches up every few months when he comes to visit...

My parents don't read it either. Although, and this is sweet, Mum told me off the other week for not giving her a framed comic...

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:57 pm

Dutch! wrote:Although, and this is sweet, Mum told me off the other week for not giving her a framed comic...

What... Like Seinfeld with a smoking gun in his hand?

- Joel Fagin

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:09 am

AUGH! x_x
*Dies.*

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:26 am

TRI wrote:AUGH! x_x
*Dies.*

Er...

*hides the smoking pun*

Me?

- Joel Fagin

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:47 am

Is Seinfeld a comedian, eh?

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:14 am

Debatable

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:50 am

My comic started up 10 months ago, and it's right now getting average of about 50 visits a day, with a high of 80 at some point last month.

Swikan · Post by **Swikan** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:42 am

Kat, My comic is about 5 months behind you and I am shooting for a 50/day unique visitor average as a mental milestone.

Dutch: My parents/siblings/inlaws don't read my comic either.

Kilre · Post by **Kilre** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:01 am

EDITED because Kilre's ego needs to deflate. I confess, I was looking at the average pages visited. I get ~100 visits/day, word of mouth only.

But, I did get fan art! Score.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:28 am

After three years, I average a little over 300 visitors a day, without any paid advertising. Joined a few link-swapping collectives, and done many art swaps of one variety or another.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:59 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:Debatable

*snicker*

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:21 pm

Swikan wrote:Dutch: My parents/siblings/inlaws don't read my comic either.

My husband doesn't read my comic.

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:49 pm

Consider yourselves lucky. My family won't stop reading the comic, which gives me the added pressure of making sure that nothing I post is offensive to them. (Which is tough when I use them as characters and base my jokes off of their oddities and quirks.)

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:57 pm

EvilChihuahua wrote:Consider yourselves lucky. My family won't stop reading the comic, which gives me the added pressure of making sure that nothing I post is offensive to them.

Same. Especially since my Mom doesn't really read comics at all, and can't track my story or my characters . . . it's wonderfully sweet that she reads it, because I know it's not a medium she connects with, but nothing demolishes your confidence when your mother completely misunderstands what you're trying to convey.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:06 pm

My sister reads my comics. That sometimes makes me uneasy about some things in Kill'er now. Other than that, people from real life rarely read my comics.