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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 9, 2015 9:16:20 GMT
Ok so I have been going through threads and I saw that recent chapters had been discussed a year ago.So I couldn't help but to ask myself how long does it take for Tom to finish a chapter,or better yet how many chapters can he write in a year?
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Post by feraldog on Jan 9, 2015 9:34:47 GMT
Ok so I have been going through threads and I saw that recent chapters had been discussed a year ago.So I couldn't help but to ask myself how long does it take for Tom to finish a chapter,or better yet how many chapters can he write in a year? MOST chapters are 30-35 pages long. The comic updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, which makes about 12 pages per month, give or take a few. So, skipping some math, about one chapter every 3 months, and about 4 chapters per year. |
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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 9, 2015 9:44:52 GMT
When I first stumbled upon Gunnerkrigg Court I had 49 chapters to read.I finished them in 2 days.I think I'm going to wait another year before I continue reading.Oh how I look forward to rereading this comic years in the future.That experience of first time reading,getting hooked up on it is PRICELESS.
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Post by philman on Jan 9, 2015 13:22:03 GMT
One of the great things about this comic is the reliability. Tom has a large buffer of comics, and the website updates automatically, so unlike other webcomics where the updates sometime pause when the artist is ill or on holiday, Gunnerkrigg is still regular Mon-Wed-Fri. Reading comics in large chunks and reading them regularly are very different experiences, I enjoy them both  |
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Post by csj on Jan 9, 2015 14:58:00 GMT
That buffer also makes the OP's question harder to answer. The average time taken per page must be greater than 3 pages per peek to maintain or increase the buffer. Other than that, I am not quite certain; it would probably depend on Tom's personal situation. Artists aren't generally consistent when it comes to output, like any other profession that relies on inspiration and 'vision'. Some days might be more productive than others, maybe even multiple pages in one day?
His backers on patreon and the like probably have a better idea than myself in this regard.
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Post by fuzzyone on Jan 9, 2015 16:07:20 GMT
Well, before Tom made the comic his day job some time ago, his stated schedule was 3 strips produced over a weekend. I think. It's been quite some time since I read that. On my own, I attempted to produce 3 strips in a weekend. I only got 2 done before other obligations reared their ugly heads, but this was around the Christmas Holiday. Distractions abounded. But During that time, I got 3 pages sketched, and then 3 pages inked, and 2 pages completed. Someone with better time management skills and more experience making a page? I would call it well within the realm of possibility.
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Post by fatexx544 on Jan 9, 2015 17:52:28 GMT
I think I'm going to wait another year before I continue reading. Oh how I look forward to rereading this comic years in the future. That experience of first time reading, getting hooked up on it is PRICELESS. That is certainly a reasonable thing to do, that I have tried to do with many other webcomics. But I will mention that Gunnerkrigg Court is one of my favorite comics to stay up to date with, in part because of how Tom structures the updates. It often works out (intentionally or not) so that cliff hangers fall on a weekend, allowing for plenty of ridiculous speculation (see, for example, the speculation on Jenny's identitiy here, or the best t-shirt design ever, or the most interesting photo). Gunnerkrigg Court is fun to binge read, but it also holds up under slow speculation as well. |
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Post by AluK on Jan 10, 2015 1:29:06 GMT
Another great thing about Gunnerkrigg Court is how well is re-reads. Since I've started reading the comic, 9 years ago (I almost never miss an update), I've re-read through the archives at least a dozen times. Sometimes a new page will mention or allude to facts that happened before and I'll go back and re-read a whole chapter. Sometimes I'll just read one of my faves. Every single time I discover something new, either because I missed it previously or because more recent updates brought up new information that enriched the older chapters.
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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 10, 2015 15:20:20 GMT
Well I will read it at Saturdays,so that each week I have 3 pages to read,thus leaving cliffhanger endings,and increase my anticipation of weekend xD.But when it finishes I will try my best to forget all about it and re read it years later experiencing it anew.
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Post by warrl on Jan 11, 2015 19:15:19 GMT
Artists aren't generally consistent when it comes to output, like any other profession that relies on inspiration and 'vision'. Some days might be more productive than others, maybe even multiple pages in one day? Real life can also intrude. I would assume that Tom's output was somewhat less than normal while he was moving house. But I will mention that Gunnerkrigg Court is one of my favorite comics to stay up to date with, in part because of how Tom structures the updates. It often works out (intentionally or not) so that cliff hangers fall on a weekend, allowing for plenty of ridiculous speculation (see, for example, the speculation on Jenny's identitiy here, or the best t-shirt design ever, or the most interesting photo). Oh, that's hardly necessary. Another comic I read had a coathanger ending just before its Christmas break - the meta situation called for a cliffhanger and we got a main character literally going to fetch someone's coat - so the forum did a lot of wild speculation about what might happen on that insignificant task. (Which turned out to be as insignificant as would normally be expected.) |
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Post by jombra on Jan 13, 2015 14:00:58 GMT
This has always been a good comic to keep up on because of this forum, like for real guys the jokes and fanart and discussion in here is intense I don't have this experience with any other webcomic.
Plus I never managed to get friends into any other webcomic except this one, so I sometimes get to have real life face to face discussions about Jones or Kat/Paz or whatever, and that's really fly. It sucks pretty hard to have to be like "gosh golly don't spoil Friday's update for me, I haven't read it yet!!" so we both keep up pretty consistently.
Bottom line, I keep up AND occasionally reread. Keeping up is worth it just for the fans (that's you guys!!).
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 13, 2015 19:18:07 GMT
I've probably reread the whole comic ten or twenty times. It never gets old to reread, although I'm not overly fond of City Face, so I'm kind of bored currently. The forum is great here, and I've never seen one like it before ( the Girl Genius proboards is similar, but has less active members). The feeling of waiting for a whole chapter to get the story all at once would probably be worth it, but I'm too addicted - I need my GKC fix every MWF!! |
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Post by OGRuddawg on Jan 14, 2015 19:11:12 GMT
I'm all over the place when it comes to rereading. I've only read in chronological order, start-to-finish twice, but I reread random chapters all the time. And to be honest, I'm not impressed with this two-week City Face break either. I think Tom might have had some other stuff on his mind when making these. Either that, or I'm just impatient...
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Post by todd on Jan 14, 2015 23:17:29 GMT
I'm more keen on the main story than on "City Face" as well, but I recognize that Tom needs a periodic break. In another week, we'll be back at the Court again and see what happens to Annie and Kat next. (And I've noticed that some readers seem to prefer the "City Face"-style gags to the main story, in any case.)
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Post by philman on Jan 15, 2015 9:45:24 GMT
I don't mind City Face, but it's not stuff I go back and read again and again like the main comic. It's nice to have a break between the school years, and City Face is a nice tradition though |
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Post by GK Sierra on Jan 20, 2015 4:20:10 GMT
When I first stumbled upon Gunnerkrigg Court I had 49 chapters to read.I finished them in 2 days.I think I'm going to wait another year before I continue reading.Oh how I look forward to rereading this comic years in the future.That experience of first time reading,getting hooked up on it is PRICELESS. I've come to the same conclusion. The only way to experience that same magic is to forget about it for a while. That way when you come back, it's a bit like the first time all over again. |
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