Today was actually a really good day...
...and I said so on Facebook, but right here and right now, I need to bitch a little.
Actually, there isn't a LOT to say; I can sum it up relatively quickly. Bottom line is that I'm not entirely certain why I even bother with the webcomic sometimes. Oh, I know why I'm telling the story: it NEEDS telling, I need to get it outta me, and as I said in my last entry, it's totally wish-fulfillment; if the real world won't give me my spaceships and laser guns, it's up to me to MAKE 'em, dammit!
But I get so little feedback on it; I d'know what people like or what they dislike about it, I d'know if the story is engaging, I d'know if the characters are people the readers wish they knew in real life (which for me is a major gauge of the success of any story). And I have NO idea if my number of readers is typical or a lot or a little, and how much of that is dependent upon the time a comic's been out, on whether it's comic strip or graphic novel style...
If it weren't for the fact that I need--NEED--to tell this story, that this is something I've been working toward since I was very small and first saw Star Wars (of COURSE that's what's driven me to tell stories; I was a year-and-a-half old when that shit came out, and I've wanted to have a similar adventure ever since!)...but not for that, I would have stopped bothering long ago! But I'm gonna get this story told, one way or another, whether anybody bothers reading it or not!
Still...it would be nice to have some realistic way of gauging my audience, maybe get some feedback once in a while; what I hear from the folks on the smallish Facebook group doesn't really tell me much. Alas.
Hell, maybe after I finish this next page, I'll whip up a few new webpages...I have one piece of Fan Art so far, but maybe there'll be more if I put this one up on a page. Maybe I could whip up character bios, put those on a page; maybe a page about me as an artist...I d'know... I admit, I've been concentrating solely on the comic itself lately, then making stuff for YouTube in the rest of my time.
Okay, I've rambled enough. Suffice to say, this has been on my mind for a while now, and I've wanted to avoid talking about it because, well...I don't want to do nothing but bitch, and life HAS been pretty good lately; I'd hate to give the wrong impression of my mood these days. Still...I needed to get this out. And it's not like anybody it reading LJ these days ANYWAY; yer all on your flash-in-the-pan Twitter and Facebook,arn'cha?
Actually, there isn't a LOT to say; I can sum it up relatively quickly. Bottom line is that I'm not entirely certain why I even bother with the webcomic sometimes. Oh, I know why I'm telling the story: it NEEDS telling, I need to get it outta me, and as I said in my last entry, it's totally wish-fulfillment; if the real world won't give me my spaceships and laser guns, it's up to me to MAKE 'em, dammit!
But I get so little feedback on it; I d'know what people like or what they dislike about it, I d'know if the story is engaging, I d'know if the characters are people the readers wish they knew in real life (which for me is a major gauge of the success of any story). And I have NO idea if my number of readers is typical or a lot or a little, and how much of that is dependent upon the time a comic's been out, on whether it's comic strip or graphic novel style...
If it weren't for the fact that I need--NEED--to tell this story, that this is something I've been working toward since I was very small and first saw Star Wars (of COURSE that's what's driven me to tell stories; I was a year-and-a-half old when that shit came out, and I've wanted to have a similar adventure ever since!)...but not for that, I would have stopped bothering long ago! But I'm gonna get this story told, one way or another, whether anybody bothers reading it or not!
Still...it would be nice to have some realistic way of gauging my audience, maybe get some feedback once in a while; what I hear from the folks on the smallish Facebook group doesn't really tell me much. Alas.
Hell, maybe after I finish this next page, I'll whip up a few new webpages...I have one piece of Fan Art so far, but maybe there'll be more if I put this one up on a page. Maybe I could whip up character bios, put those on a page; maybe a page about me as an artist...I d'know... I admit, I've been concentrating solely on the comic itself lately, then making stuff for YouTube in the rest of my time.
Okay, I've rambled enough. Suffice to say, this has been on my mind for a while now, and I've wanted to avoid talking about it because, well...I don't want to do nothing but bitch, and life HAS been pretty good lately; I'd hate to give the wrong impression of my mood these days. Still...I needed to get this out. And it's not like anybody it reading LJ these days ANYWAY; yer all on your flash-in-the-pan Twitter and Facebook,arn'cha?