This whole process is without a doubt one of my favorite things to do with my spare time. I've interacted with so many people over the last two years. Hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of redditors have laughed at my silly shit and I couldn't be happier. I've done hundreds of these yet few ever get to the popularity of the ones I've mentioned so far. Some of my personal favorites have been duds, killed by bad timing and remain buried in archived reddit threads to never be seen by anybody. As I mentioned before, luck is the single biggest factor that will determine success: The OP has to be no more than 2-3 hours old, one of the top 3 comments has to be something that you can draw a cartoon off and you have to be able to pull it off fast enough so that it doesn't end up getting buried below other comments, never to be seen. Besides luck, consistency is the next most important factor.



The payoff to these is anecdotal: reddit karma (which is rather useless) doesn't do much so it's difficult to translate the success of these into something more tangible. I've had a few people follow my other social media accounts as a result and grown my little fanbase somewhat but overall, these doodles have done nothing more than given strangers online a chuckle and most importantly, they've inspired me to create more. Maybe there's something in the equation I haven't cracked yet that will lead to bigger successes, but for now these remain largely a labor of love, and I'll keep on doodlin'.



Cheers,

ZOMBGiEF