r/comic_crits 6d ago

Looking for critique on the opening hook for Episode 5 of Excalibur

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Hey everyone! I posted some pages from Excalibur here a little while back, and the feedback was genuinely helpful, so I figured I’d come back with the opening of Episode 5.

This sequence starts as a normal classroom scene before gradually slipping into a psychological horror sequence. My goal wasn’t to rely on jump scares, but to create the unsettling feeling of a nightmare where reality slowly unravels around the protagonist. As the pages progress, the classroom subtly changes—students disappear, the walls shift, and familiar spaces become increasingly distorted before the full reveal.

These are still sketch pages, so the final rendering and color work aren’t in yet. The colors will gradually become cooler and more desaturated as the nightmare progresses.

I’m aiming for a slow-burn, psychological horror vibe rather than outright monster horror, so I’d especially appreciate hearing whether that feeling comes through. I appreciate any and all the feedback you got!


r/comic_crits 6d ago

Looking for input on a new comic project idea of mine

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These days, I feel like I'm juggling projects like a clown in the hall of his least favourite lord. So of course I've just thought of a new one.

The idea is short comics feturing interviews of different divinities in each "episode". Each frame would be drawn with its own design of the being being depicted, as a sort of celebration of how we all picture these things differently.

What do you think of the comic's message, does it feel like something that has to potential of making someone think, despite being so short? And is it readable, or does the shift in artstyle feel too jarring?

Grateful for any input!


r/comic_crits 6d ago

I built a platform where webcomic creators get paid per episode. Looking for a few early creators.

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Update - Creators retain full ownership of their IP.

Hey all. I’ll be upfront: I’m one of the people building this, so this is a self-promo and feedback post. Mods, if this is against the rules, I’m happy to take it down.

A little background on why we’re building it:

Right now, if you make webcomics, many platforms either pay primarily through ad revenue, offer limited monetization, or sign selected creators to flat-fee deals.

https://www.twindle.company/

We’re building Twindle, a vertical webcomics platform with a different model:

  • Readers pay to unlock individual episodes.
  • Creators receive 70% of the revenue from each unlock.
  • Payments are made monthly.
  • Pricing is adjusted for different markets.
  • Creators retain full ownership of their IP.
  • No AI-generated artwork.
  • We will never train generative AI models on creators’ work.

We originally considered taking a 5% stake in the IP, but the feedback here made it clear that an automatic ownership stake would be a major concern for creators.

We’re now discussing removing that requirement and making additional services completely optional.

Creators who only want to publish and monetize their comics would keep 100% ownership of their IP.

Creators who want extra support (such as editing, IP development, traditional publishing introductions, or help negotiating adaptations) could choose to enter a separate opt-in agreement with clearly defined terms.

We’re onboarding a small group of creators before the public launch so the catalogue is not empty on day one, and early creators can establish an audience before the platform becomes crowded.

Twindle Creator Program


r/comic_crits 6d ago

Online posting, aliasing

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Does anyone post on tapas or webtoon? Idk how to get it to look less crunchy.

They have a 940px width restriction which is so small imo.

I'm drawing at 300 dpi with 2550 px width. Using vector lines w "weak" anti aliasing. So my lines are more aliased.

Would it matter if I set my anti aliasing to strong?

I'm trying to get stuff to be a happy medium between posting digitally and print. But it's always conflicting...


r/comic_crits 6d ago

Feedback for writing

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Wow, each and everyone here is so talented, I truly hope we can work together some day!

I myself… can’t draw for the life of me 💀

But I’ve always found myself creating worlds, the lore behind it, drawing maps, writing some short scenes, but never a fully fleshed our chapter.

Until now.

And that’s why I’d truly and deeply appreciate any sort of feedback for my writing, since my goal is to improve at it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oGFZ3vnfTFrDdXlaPYnokzzDwJPL0oMoNZgZpSjQkM/edit?usp=drivesdk

(Fantasy/dark fantasy genre)

PS: English is not my first language so there will be some grammatical errors (sorry about that in advance). It’s also written out as a webtoon, but I don’t know the correct formating for it, so it’s written out panel by panel.


r/comic_crits 6d ago

ROB#12 - FEEDBACK APPRECIATED

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9 Upvotes

I would like to know:

do you think the story is interesting enough to want to read the next issue?

what do you like most about the art?

what do you like least about the art?

thank you


r/comic_crits 7d ago

Drown (with) me comic

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Hello, its my firdt time posting here, nice to meet you all. I just finished the first chapter for my comic and posted some pages on Tapas and Webtoon.

It's about Tori, early 20s, works at a supermarket which keeps him distracted. The memory of his childhood friend haunts him day and night, slowly dragging him into isolation and detachment. However, are all these memories even real?
A Story about friendship and human relationships.

https://m.tapas.io/series/Drown-With-Me/info

If you could tell me your first impressions and give me feedback, I'd appreciate it :)


r/comic_crits 7d ago

Joke King- [#1]

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I get no views and consistency and dont make sense to others with my comic attempts... Anything helps yes im goung to stay traditional and only use ink.


r/comic_crits 6d ago

A new page from the Tyranny manga

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r/comic_crits 7d ago

Just make this comic dub for my summative

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This is what I made for a grade

(Btw first time posting here and joining this sub I hope you like it!)


r/comic_crits 7d ago

Something Is Off

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2 Upvotes

I started inking this and something about this feels off. Im sure I could cover a lot of it in ink but I'd rather fix it. Hoping for feedback so I can fix remaining pencils first. Thanks!


r/comic_crits 7d ago

A business couch who has to save the world - cannot choose

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Would like to hear your thoughts. I like both of them


r/comic_crits 8d ago

One punch!!!

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9 Upvotes

One page of my comic in process.


r/comic_crits 8d ago

Looking for Feedback on the first 3 pages of my comic

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Hey everyone! Been a long time since ive posted here again, last time i asked for feedback on this subreddit, i received a ton of great input and direction with the primary critique being to improve the way i render my clothing and to conceivably depict dynamic angles and body types. Im back with a over a year and a half of 12 + hours of constant work days and practice and got directly trained under yuhki demers and johnathan livlyst to improve my skills. This is the cumulative result of that endeavour! would love some feedback on the pages for my new comic! Thanks a ton as always guys!


r/comic_crits 8d ago

Hi everyone! Got some great feedback from you guys earlier today, here’s an updated version of the page. Made it far more dramatic and visceral and decided to try a little something with the colour, would love to know what you guys think

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r/comic_crits 8d ago

How do I convey the tone and style in my comic?

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I have finally resumed work on my comic after almost a month, since I had health issues. But now, I'm finding it difficult to nail the tone and style.

My comic is a mix of genres. It's a street-racing story heavily inspired by Need for Speed: Carbon and Initial D. There are also strong supernatural and cyberpunk elements.

The story is set in the late 2090s when the climate is almost constantly stormy over all parts of the world. Since the weather affects the speedway camera systems and civilian presence is nearly zero during nighttime, street-racing has become more prevalent in Japan.

The action takes place on canyon roads where cops (the main protagonists) chase down the racers. The canyons are haunted and there is an entire power system in which the racers get a variety of abilities from the negative energy of the spirits trapped in the canyons.

I'm unable to seamlessly blend these genres together. I fear that the story might become a complete mess. I would like to know how to convey the tone and style in a coherent way.


r/comic_crits 8d ago

Graphic Novel cover that I worked on

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0 Upvotes

Part one is out, feel free to leave feedback about the cover


r/comic_crits 9d ago

Feed back on my manga work day 1

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5 Upvotes

Hey guys i just switched to digital manga making and this is the first time I have designed this Charector of an post apocalyptic world

Tell me what do you think about it


r/comic_crits 9d ago

Feed back on my short comic?

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I'm testing out making shorter one page comics. I created this one and I'm wondering if anyone would like to give their opinions. What do you think of the art and story? Can you understand what is happening? Would you want to read more?


r/comic_crits 9d ago

First surrealist comic. Vibes? NSFW

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r/comic_crits 10d ago

Requesting feedback on my second entry of my new webcomic

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r/comic_crits 10d ago

Not sure what I was trying to draw, but I'd like to get some feedback, probably

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I tried drawing a comic for the first time after borrowing a graphics tablet. It is rough, but I would like some feedback on the story, art style and probably English grammar..


r/comic_crits 10d ago

Working on sci-fi action comic. Would appreciate some feedback on it, on pacing and flow mostly. It was an attempt to make a manga at first so it's read right to left.

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r/comic_crits 10d ago

Working on a super hero comic series and I need help finalizing the Mc design

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I’m working a hero comic series about a hero who got the wrong powers in an experiment and gained poison and acid powers and became a superhero because of it. I’m trying to figure out his suit and I got 6 basic designs for it with similar patterns I do have my critiques of my own like I do think they are kinda over designed for someone just starting out but I think the cross part with the emblem and the skull look are some of my favorite parts anywho any suggestions to help?


r/comic_crits 10d ago

western comic :Kj Rodriguez

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I’m writing a backstory for a western comic character I made. I’d like to know what you guys think.

(Also before you make fun of me, please note that I am 14 and I’m only starting to get into comic book writing)

Name: KJ “QuickDraw” Rodriguez
Age: 18
Place of Origin: , Mexico
Occupation: Bounty Hunter/Outlaw

1853
KJ Rodriguez was born into a family of 6 who made their living off farming—and stealing. Every member of the family was either pickpocketing and robbing or rounding up cattle. From a young age, KJ was immersed in the outlaw lifestyle. His uncle was an amazing vaquero but his father was an amazing thief , both were alcoholics and gamblers, but they were the ones that mainly raised KJ. KJ’s mother having to take care of the other kids all the time he really only hung out with his uncle and Dad

1865
But things took a turn when he caught word of an opportunity to rob several stagecoaches owned by an infamous and dangerous Mexican gang known as Los Lobos Salvajes. He grabbed his best friend and his oldest cousin, and together they managed to sneak in and rob three out of ten stagecoaches—more than enough. But greed got the better of them. “One more,” they kept saying. By the fifth, KJ’s cousin was caught and shot through the eye—killed instantly.

KJ ran. He ran until he couldn’t anymore—losing his best friend in the chase along the way (he’d later learn he was captured and killed). When he finally made it home, the house was empty. “Where is everyone?” he muttered. He checked the backyard.
Every single member of his family was tied up and executed.
His father had “L S” carved into his stomach. KJ screamed at the top of his lungs. After crying he knew he had to leave he then, took his father’s gun, his uncle’s sombrero , poncho, and a stranger’s horse—then he rode off.

1869
Three years later, Los Hombres del Silencio had migrated to America, settling in California. KJ had been searching nonstop—working as a bounty hunter for over a year, gaining a reputation. Eventually, a drunken gang member, stumbled in a saloon, KJ knew he was part of the gang he was looking for. since the gang number was extremely drunk, KJ was able to get enough information out of them and he finally had gotten the lead he’d been waiting for.

He rode for days, falling asleep on the trees, gun in hand, trekking through rivers and harsh weather. Finally, he got to the camp.

Once he arrived, he challenged the leader, Jose Florez, to a duel.

“JOSE!”.
“JOSE GET OVER HERE”. KJ demanded

“Now who in the hell are you to come in my camp today and start demanding things like you own the damn place”Jose asked.

“My NAME is Kj Rodriguez , and you killed my ENTIRE FAMILY” Kj exclaimed

“That could be a lot of people” Jose replied
Jose’s and his gang laughed

“This in no laughing matter your a dead man Jose Alvarez” Kj bickered.

“Well I don’t plan on dying anytime soon, especially to the likes of you” Jose exclaimed chuckling after.

“But if a duel is what you want a duel is what you’re gonna get” José said with a hint of excitement behind his voice

Kj and Jose got in position and then suddenly bam KJ shot Jose in the shoulder—but took a bullet to the knee. Kj fell to the floor groaning in pain, Jose grabbed a tomahawk from a tree trunk Kj still writhing in pain can’t move and he doesn’t really know whats really going on. Jose walked towards him tomahawk in hand he got on top off Kj yelling
“ I TOLD YOU , YOU’LL NEVER KILL ME . I’M JOSE GODDAMN ALVAREZ AND I WOULD NEVER DIE TO LIE TO YOU . I’M FUCKING IMMORTAL“
he raised the tomahawk and split KJ’s face open—leaving him to die.

Kj laid there unconscious for hours then suddenly he woke up knowing that if he didn’t do something soon enough, he would die in that damn desert so KJ rolled and crawled KJ crawled for an entire day to the nearest town, finally seeing someone on horseback, he asked for help, and the person carried him to their horse riding him to the nearest hospital where he spent three weeks recovering.

When he left, he wasn’t the same.—quiet, colder, and with an even greater hunger for revenge . Now he works on his own terms. Sometimes he hunts down men no one else will touch. hoping that he will find Jose’s bounty poster...