Spent the latest chapter of our webtoon series Coffee Company obsessing over espresso in the exact way a lot of us probably do in real life. Wanted it to feel like the kind of energy that made a lot of us fall in love with coffee in the first place. Would genuinely love to know if people here think we captured the feeling right?
Two weeks ago we launched Coffee Company a series made by a team of coffee nerds spread across the globe. We honestly had no idea how people would react to our concept.
But since launch:
- readers here gave feedback on release strategy, pacing, thumbnails, and posting
- people shared the series with friends
- coffee people (especially baristas) showed up hard for us
- commenters caught tiny details we thought nobody would notice
And today we found out we were selected as a Webtoon Fresh Pick. Genuinely wanted to say thank you because communities like this can absolutely change the trajectory of indie projects early on.
It’s still super early for us, but we’re pushing hard and trying to build something with a lot of heart, energy, and craft behind it. ✌️
If anyone here is also making comics/webtoons, keep posting. Seriously. The early days feel chaotic and invisible until suddenly they aren’t. If you’ve read the series already, thank you for spending time with our weird world 🖤 And if you’re curious what everyone here accidentally encouraged into existence… 5 episodes of Coffee Company is on Webtoon Canvas. 🫶
Canvas peoples,
What release day has actually worked best for you?
We’ve been releasing Coffee Company on Saturdays and the reception’s been good so far, but now I’m deep in the “is this actually optimal or am I hallucinating patterns” phase.
Curious what people have experienced:
• best day?
• best time?
• does consistency beat strategy?
• do readers binge more on weekends or weekdays?
Would love to hear real experiences instead of generic advice. 🙏🙏☮️💜
Y’all gave us such an insane response on the last post that we locked in and pushed hard all week to get more episodes finished 😭
Dropping new episodes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Coffee Company starts as a romcom about coffee obsession… then slowly spirals into deranged drink orders, corporate coffee warfare, and increasingly unstable baristas.
Curious what panels stand out most to people so far 👀
Put together a quick breakdown of how we designed the cover for Coffee Company. The early thumbnail versions were way different, we ended up posing much stronger to get more energy into it.
Does the final reads clearly at a glance? Curious how the thumbnail reads on Webtoon? We ended up punching in quite a bit. Punch in more?
Series is live if anyone wants to see it in context
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/coffee-company/list?title\_no=1139739
Hey all! Our Webtoon, Coffee Company, went live today and I wanted to share a bit of the process since it literally started in this subreddit!
We built the team through a mix of Reddit, Discord, and direct outreach. We tested with sample panels before committing, and ended up locking in a very talented artist right here( machomaple so), plus a support team. The series itself is a romcom/fantasy story set in specialty coffee, kind of a love letter to that world but with a competitive, slightly unhinged humorous edge.
I’ve spent years in animation/design, but this was my first time producing a webtoon at this scale. Learned a ton about pacing, pipeline, and how to actually get something finished and out the door.
If anyone’s in the process of building a project and has questions about finding artists, structuring collaboration, or launching, happy to help where I can.
Would also love to connect with other creators here.
Link if you’re curious.