There seem to be two commonalities with webcomics:
1) The particularly GOOD ones (i.e. excellent artwork, compelling storylines) very often incur delays in new pages due to some outlandish drama in the artist’s life. As though the quality of the artwork and story is directly proportional to how much that artist’s life gets in the way of them creating said art.
2) The art in ad banners is often FAR better than the art in the comic itself. Which leads me to call “false advertising” really. Clearly the artist CAN draw worth a damn, but then they choose NOT to for the comic that’s meant to keep me returning to the story. These are the comics I, not surprisingly, tend not to return to.
This is of course just an observation about a great number of comics I stumble upon. Of course there are exceptions. So far, Sarah Ellerton is one of those amazing exceptions.