To prevent kiddies from taking advantage of this free service, the applications for membership are gone through by hand to prevent Comic Genesis from being turned into a haven for spammers and warez dumps. Those with pure motives will generally get their account anywhere from 4-8 weeks from filling out the form, according to the site. However, I got my account approved for Evolution Beta in two weeks, and was thus forced to release the strip only.
Of the 5000+ or so accounts on Comic Genesis, only 3000+ of them have ever had one strip put up, and even less are updated on a regular basis.