We’ll definitely see. My motivation to continue definitely went waaay down on this one after no one seemed to like it or at least my perception was I was mostly getting negative. I have new pages but since they were a commission I’ve just been sending them to that person. Maybe once I get to the end I can just share everything in one heap of the guy is cool with that.
Or maybe I’ll work on Strangel!
I think you, as an artist and storyteller, shouldn't be looking at community feedback as a PRIMARY source of guidance.
You should always prioritize telling the story you want to tell, in whatever pace you want. When it comes to this story, in my opinion, it's good, or at least has the potential to be. It's all about setup and payoff, and that vision, perseverance and time, both real and in-story.
Where I *personally* lose interest is in the setting itself. Because you're using already established characters in an already established universe (Batman), it feels like a parody, even though the story is original and unique, just the presence of the characters makes me feel that way.
However, I do encourage you to finish this despite the reception, whether good or bad. It'll make you feel good and most importantly, you'll improve with each finished project.
If you feel like the community perception is getting in your way of creating what you want, then you might want to reconsider the way you release your content.
Dripping content on weekly basis like Pegasus Smith, Daval3D and MandoLogica only works if your story is already set in stone and don't care about community perception influencing you, and even then that's not easy.
Pegasus Smith learned that the hard way in Au Naturel #10 with an NTR attempt, considering his audience is mainly "somewhat" pure Incest fans, that didn't go over too well and the backlash was great enough to where he wouldn't try that again. In fact, I would say that experience taught him a thing or two about pacing, character relationship development and long term storytelling. Which actually bled into his other IP "Timmy strikes back" and is very noticable when you compare the chapters that were release post AN#10 at the same time.
Keep this in mind, if you were to only listen to your audeince, you would be on your 6th IWMM issue with 30th Parker and Dawn scene by now... and a Shay scene here and there (... what, I want my Shay ♥)...
Non the less, if you're easily influenced, then this isn't the schedule for you.
I feel like the old school "make the whole comic, then ship it out all an once" approach would benefit you more, especially since your comic issues are on the longer side (343 pages of IWMM and ADitF #1 >200 pages), or you can split them into 2-3 smaller "to be contined" 100ish pages. Again, just a suggestion.
That way you can do your work in peace unifluenced by others and take feedback after.
One thing I observed with the community is, just like everywhere else, there is a silent majority and a vocal minority, so you really should just treat this platform as a way for community to discuss and argue. In my country we have a saying "Sto ljudi, sto ćudi", which means "hundred people, hundrted wonders" meaning you can't please everyone and nor should you try to.
Another thing is that "less is more" more often than not, and I'm refering to sex scenes here. It's better to have fewer with more meaning than many that feel like fetish checklist, especually with the main cast of characters. However do keep in mind that there should be a good balance of both considering these are porn comics after all.
This industry is a niche by itself and there are communites around each genre, some bigger, some smaller. However, a good story can go above that, case in point, Himero's "Bucket list", a proof that you can even make and "old man/daughter" incest appeal to a wider audience just on the back of good writing and characters.
I hope you don't see this as critique, but rather as an advice and encouragement. I do hope you continue to create, and on the side note (come on, no way you didn't expect this, I think you saw enough of my messages by now) I hope you continue IWMM story one day, I feel like that one is a lightning in a bottle filled with potential.
Best of luck mate
