Fragile — Voting incentives!

Voting incentives!
October 04, 2011

Thanks everyone for the nice feedback on the comic! I am very nervous about it, I really do wanna give my best on this story. ^^ I wanted to let you know, if you vote for Fragile on TopWebcomics (you can also find a link below the sharing bar), you'll be able to see new sketches and snippets of future updates! There will be a new incentive every week (but you can vote every day), plus it will help more people know about Fragile! :D See you next update!

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# Voting incentives!
By Rogue on October 11, 2011 06:21 AM

Just wanted to tell you how much I am loving your web comic so far! The art is crisp and I find myself looking forward to how this story develops. The only thing I dislike so far is the wait between the updates. ^^

# Re: Voting incentives!
By Shouri on October 11, 2011 06:47 AM

Thank you, Rogue! The plan is, if the comic is well received, to update three times a week in the future. ^^ So, we'll see!

# Voting incentives!
By MaraJack on October 13, 2011 06:09 PM

That would be perfectly amazing ! Let's do voting then :)

# A hobby a day...
By reynard61 on October 14, 2011 03:10 AM

Jessica will get Marian her Cutie Mark yet!

# Voting incentives!
By Gedece on October 18, 2011 01:01 PM

Hola Shouri, vi que queres promover Fragile, entonces me pareció correcto comentarte que una forma de hacerlo es haciendo guest comics. Hace un mes abrí un blog dedicado a informar los webcomics que tienen necesidad de guest strips, tal vez te sirva como para hacerte más conocida y a la vez difundir Fragile. http://doyouneedgueststrips.blogspot.com/

# Re: Voting incentives!
By Shouri on October 18, 2011 06:30 PM

Hola! Muy buena la idea! Justamente el otro día pensaba que bueno sería armar una cuenta de Twitter que haga lo mismo... (estos días, la mayoría de los artistas de webcomic que comienzan están en Twitter y Google+). Me encanta dibujar guest strips, y nunca se donde encontrarlos X) Gracias por el link! Lo voy a mencionar en mis perfiles.

# New Comic
By Darksorcerer123 on October 18, 2011 04:04 PM

Been reading your comics since Springiette. I think your drawing is adorable, but its even better when you have plot-fu to go with it! Seems to be off to a great start, the key to a good story is good characters as they say ^_^

# Re: New Comic
By Darksorcerer123 on October 18, 2011 04:12 PM

Its especially a pleasure coming from the M3 and EC comics as I do. They are wonderful comics, don't get me wrong, but lacking in the kawaii factor. I almost squealed allowed at Marian's expression during the lolcats joke! And you do Jess's expression really well too though I have a weakness for feisty red-heads I think :P

# Voting till my fingers hurt
By Mackenzie on October 19, 2011 12:14 AM

I'll be voting for you, becuase you deserve to win :)

# Voting incentives!
By Chococat on October 21, 2011 01:11 AM

ahhh it's so cute i love chibi drawings XDDDDD

# Chapter 01 - Page 14
By Viper-X27 on November 01, 2011 12:45 PM

Deleting the pictures instead of breaking the camera. You get into less trouble that way. Next, I'd expect an apology. I wonder how long it would take.

# Chapter 01 - Page 14
By Ascension on November 01, 2011 02:34 PM

^ However, if she deleted the photos from the band shoot as well... Let's hope they backed them up while they were viewing them on the laptop, for Emily's sake. Jessica'd probably go supernova.

# Re: Chapter 01 - Page 14
By Ascension on November 01, 2011 02:34 PM

And this is what happens when I miss the reply button somehow. Ah well.

# Voting incentives!
By Neil Dunsmore on November 02, 2011 02:09 AM

I love this comic so far. It's very good. Keep up the great work.

# Chapter 01 - Page 15
By Anonymous on November 04, 2011 08:02 PM

I just want to say, you've hooked me right from the start with this comic--interesting set-up, relateable characters, solid art.

And while I admit I'd love a faster update schedule, think hard about doing it officially. If you think you can, then I'd say do it behind the scenes, first--draw an extra page a week, for a few months, building up a solid buffer. That way, if you can't keep it up, you'll have less disappointment factor among your fanbase, and at the same time, you'll be able to cope with minor crises that arise (because the buffer will let you keep updating on your normal schedule).

Now, one option that falls in the middle (and IMNSHO, is quite acceptable) is the donation bonus comic. Set up a donation bar near the comic. When donations hit a certain level, there's a bonus page that same week. (If you've built up a buffer, it's easy to slip one in and just work a bit to restore the buffer--another advantage!) I've noticed that this seems to be one of the more successful approaches to webcomic income.

Finally--the chibi voting incentive? AWESOME! [Modified by: Shouri on November 04, 2011 09:23 PM]

# Re: Chapter 01 - Page 15
By Freemage on November 04, 2011 08:03 PM

Bah. Line breaks in the comment box do not work. Sorry for the wall of text, all!

# Re: Chapter 01 - Page 15
By Shouri on November 04, 2011 09:21 PM

^^/ Thanks for the comments!

I do generally work with buffers, because of that exact same reason. I HATE missing updates, and I've been keeping up with Springiette fairly well... but this week has just been impossible due to personal reasons, plus work (if you read EC, you'll see that the book will be out soon! I ink the bonus pages XD). So yes, once things here get a bit calmer, I will surely work on being at least one page ahead again (how it was in the start). I'll take your suggestions in consideration, and if down the line I feel confident, I will try to bump updates 3 times a week :)

(And improve the comments :P)

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