I think it's dependent on the style of the work. Some comic-book format webcomics have impressive, full page pan-o-ramas, or multi page action scenes, that, while they work nicely when they are collected in a paper format that is read all at the same time, it slows the flow of the story when it comes out over the course of a month. I'm thinking of Paradigm Shift (http://www.paradigmshiftmanga.com/) here. It is a great comic, but the once a week update is really slow with it's format. Also, if there are a number of separate story lines going on at once, slower updates can cause readers to lose track of threads.
But something like i.s.o. which had steady story progression almost every page, wasn't that hurt with only releasing a couple pages a week. (I know it wasn't exactly a full web comic at the time, but the timing was similar.) Another example of this would be The Meek (http://www.meekcomic.com/), only twice a week, but the story flows somewhat quickly.
I think a major issue is that comic books and web comics need to have different flows, and it will depends on what your focus is, but more frequent updates makes the distinction less significant.
I'm not sure the exact style you're going for, but it sounds like there might be a lot of action. If so, maybe three times a week would be good. And as long as you can post some extras over the month intermission, people will keep up with it. A slow spot between stories is better than within one.
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Date: 2010-10-12 05:02 am (UTC)But something like i.s.o. which had steady story progression almost every page, wasn't that hurt with only releasing a couple pages a week. (I know it wasn't exactly a full web comic at the time, but the timing was similar.) Another example of this would be The Meek (http://www.meekcomic.com/), only twice a week, but the story flows somewhat quickly.
I think a major issue is that comic books and web comics need to have different flows, and it will depends on what your focus is, but more frequent updates makes the distinction less significant.
I'm not sure the exact style you're going for, but it sounds like there might be a lot of action. If so, maybe three times a week would be good. And as long as you can post some extras over the month intermission, people will keep up with it. A slow spot between stories is better than within one.
But that's my feelings...your experience may vary