So right now we’re gearing towards the end of Daisy The Moo Moo Cow Says Moo In The Moo Moo Farm Today. It’s the longest Plant-Man story I’ve ever done at over 20 pages. It’s kinda weird because to me 20 pages really isn’t that long at all. As you know Dave Sim’s Cerebus is one of the biggest influences on the way I make comics and Cerebus is 6,000 pages. 20 is nothing!

But when you make people wait 2 or 3 days between each page, a 20 page story can take forever to get through. What’s the right length I should be aiming for?

The current Plant-Man story I’m doing – due to be published in March 2009 – is 15 pages. That’s about five weeks of updates! Is it too long? Am I pushing people’s patience? I really do like the advantages that the “long” stories offer – I can take the storyline in lots of cool directions and add more depth to all the characters. I’m worried that short stories make everything seem too simple.

Thoughts? Is there a way I can accomodate new readers and people following the long storylines at the same time?

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