How far in advance?

Charlesbrubaker · Post by **Charlesbrubaker** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:03 am

Just wondering. How far in advance do you draw your webcomic?

For my comic, I just scanned August 14th strip. It's being colored now (it's a Sunday strip)

That guy · Post by **That guy** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:32 am

Sweet sassy-molasses!! August!! I draw for http://lightofthestars.keenspace.com - which is updated weekly. I lined that up to have a few in the cue - and now I try to finish each one at least a few days in advance. As for thatguy, I finish each comic the night before (or day of, when I'm running late). I can't imagine being 3 months ahead

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:32 am

I usually try to get a ten week buffer running while I'm on school holidays so I don't need to worry about it during the ten week terms and I can plan and teach and stuff instead of drawing the kids on anything other than the blackboard to entertain the troops. Then I let it whittle down and do a few whenever I get the time until the next holidays trundle by.

I do it that way out of necessity. I don't know how far ahead I'd be if I didn't have two and a half month periods of flat out work to do instead.

Also, I find it easier to develop a few story ideas over this time so when the time comes to make them all up I can basically sit down and get them all done in one fell swoop.

As I said, I do it that way because that's the way it works best. They'll all tell you something different though. Take it as you please.

JeremyW · Post by **JeremyW** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:41 am

I just put them up when they are done.

SquirtEryna · Post by **SquirtEryna** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:46 am

3 months... wow? for me it usually two or three pages in advance... i update randomly anyway.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:15 am

I try to be a week ahead, but usually, I'm down to the wire for each update (i.e. the day before). But I do have a great deal of the script planned out well in advance.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:29 am

When a page is ready, i update. then i start working on the next one

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:52 am

I try and keep a good week in advance. I also try and do a good 3-4 strips per "sitting". At one point I had up to a month and a half in my buffer, but I knew I'ld need that becuse I run a youth program that is extremely active during the month of february and my ability to do the strip then would be extremely limited.

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:15 am

I'm a "do everything at the last second, make it up as you go along" sort of chap. Planning is for losers! Ha ha!

*drives off a cliff*

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:36 am

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Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue May 10, 2005 5:09 am

I write out the idea for the next question and it's answer in advance and research it. That takes a good number of hours (worst case was well over 40 hours). I also sketch out anything I think I might have trouble drawing or can't picture in my head.

But for drawing itself? I do that usually the day of. Except when I get into a drawing binge and do three or four comics at once.

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:31 am

Started out a month in advance. (2 updates a week, that's a 8 page buffer.) The buffer has shrunk to 4 since then.

BERSERKERCREW · Post by **BERSERKERCREW** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:10 am

whenever i get apoclet of time, i can usually bang out a multitude of strips.
since my comic runs every three days, it gives me some time.
it runs every three days until June 9th. but after i fill in the text and editing the ne pages i just scanned in, my comic'll be daily from June 12th to July 24th. and in that time, i can get two chapters done. and since everything is
outlined . . . (i don't script it, ugh which i should) then i can be done with this comic by the end of the year. yeeeah boy.
mid 2006 kids!!

War · Post by **War** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:14 am

Comics take 8 hours+. Building up a buffer of 3 months would require forgoing any socialities for 3 months.
'course, it's a moot point seeing as I'm not updating.

KODAMA · Post by **KODAMA** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:14 am

Ahead?
I'm usually weeks behind my updates and sometimes have to skip whole months.. XD

Turi · Post by **Turi** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:28 am

KODAMA wrote:Ahead?
I'm usually weeks behind my updates and sometimes have to skip whole months..

Rianeva · Post by **Rianeva** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:05 am

I had yesterday's comic finished eight minutes before update time... >.<

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:32 am

It takes me ten million years draw anything, and another 5 hours at least for inking. And I'm super-behind as it is. I usually have thumbnail skteches 3 pages in advance though so I can scrap any weak ideas and panel layouts before I actually draw it.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:55 am

Sometimes I have a buffer, sometimes I do them the night before, sometimes the day of.

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:58 am

About ten minutes, on a good day.

On a bad day, about -11 hours.

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