I have a request for help that will not cost you any more than your hard-won influence and social capital.
While I am lucky to have a robust, engaged and enthusiastic audience here, in 2026 it is near-impossible to grow it on a website like this. My work does not lend itself to the virality of social media. This isn’t a problem now, but five years from now it definitely could be. I put everything into what I’m doing with my comics and even modest growth in the readership would go a long way towards keeping things sustainable. Word of mouth is the only promotion that has ever worked for me – it has been vital at every stage – and I need your help with that.
Since the end of last year, Solver has been running on webcomic platforms Webtoon and Tapas in the mobile-friendly long vertical scroll format they use. These are reruns, starting from Circus Windows, so if you’re reading here, I don’t suggest you now go and read there. But if you have a friend, colleague or younger family member who uses Webtoon/Tapas to read webcomics and if you think they’d like my work but you can’t sell them on prehistoric desktop website-based webcomic formats, this could be the answer.
SOLVER on Webtoon
SOLVER on Tapas
Thank you!
If you set up a Patreon I’ll join at the $5 level. I know growth is the more sustainable path, but I don’t do mobile and nobody listens to my suggestions of what entertaining content to consume.
I see now that you do have a Patreon, so I joined at the $5 level. Derp Derp.
Well done, and welcome to the… patreon community (not on behalf of John, but on behalf of one other person who contributes)!
And you know what, as a fellow person who nobody listens to in terms of recommended entertaining content, I will check out something else you like if you reply to this. Least I can do to thank you for helping make these amazing comics we love more sustainable.
Subscribed on Webtoons to pad your follower count by, er, one. The vertical scroll is a bit annoying if one is used to reading your work in traditional comic-book format, but I do like the large panels.
Thanks Dan. You can also read it normally by buying Steeple volume 1 from Dark Horse Comics (copies available from topatoco.com/sgr and other stockists).