Hey what would/do you guys put for extra content and filler in between chapters? Besides just a single work of art. I kinda need a boost of ideas. I got an idea for like a funny recap but I kinda want some other ideas too.

Hmm... I've only recently finished my first chapter, but I what I've done at the end is include a party status key at the end of the page to show everyone's condition.

Between chapters, though, I've made a chapter title page showing a certain point in the next chapter.

I've also thought about doing something that shows typos and drawing/coloring errors I've made through the finished chapter.

Grayson over at Thunderstruck (a non-DD comic I adore) does "outtakes" between his chapters. They're fun and light-hearted breaks between the story (which can get a little intense).

I don't tend to do between chapter extras, then again, that's probably because once chapter one's over, I'm into chapter two with Wyrden. I do however sometimes put in a character card, explanation of a piece of technology or some other cool factoid about the world I've designed.

I think it adds a little more to the whole thing and gives a rare insight into some of the places, things, characters and so on.

I've only really done filler three times that I can think of, The first one was a sketch of Higgin's Tower, the second was a Sharpie drawing of Creature holding a flower, the third was a watercolor of Cricket and Creature watching a sunset

Between chapters, I throw in filler art. Usually of upcoming characters.

When I do my fillers, I usually put the main characters in strange situations, doing things they would never do in the comic, like dressing costumes for Carnival and stuff.

I'm all about education in my series...

My extras are usually a single-page "pictionary" of terminology used in education. With a definition in the author's comments - For instance:



It just works for me - I always imagine that other series especially dealing with war, witchcraft or gaming terminology, would follow suit. I'm sure many series on DD do.

Between chapters I move any filler or fan art I may have posted during my comic to the end. I may upload a random picture but I usually just spend time working ahead or practicing something so I don't upload anything. I just vanish for a bit =p

I write too fast and have way too much "buffer" (unintentional) to go creating extras. However, as a fun little break, I have chibi characters breaking the fourth wall and reacting to each new chapter title. (Fourth wall breaking is fun to do between chapters.)

I add to my cast list and Rogue's Gallery, and also the list of my character's inventions.

That's probably what I'll be doing when I finish Chapter 2. I have to design a whole new set of characters and settings so I'll probably post a few character studies and such.

Usually I just take breaks if anything in between chapters.
Only if something is going on like a contest or if there is a long delay will I put up a filler.

So yeah....sometimes.

I think what I'm going to do after Chapter One, is either put up a tutorial, or a small pencil drawn comic.

But that's for the future to tell :P

I didn't do any breaks between the first 3 books of Due East, but after Book 3, I had several pages of fan art followed by some fun filler material that eventually led to Off Hours' creation.

Here's one example that was fun to do, and it had "guest stars" from Wolf, Used Books, Super Temps and Aurora of the High Seas:




(Click on pic to see the full-sized version)

well LOC is still in early days. im planing not to put in filters but i will be doing covers for every chapter.