Be honest if this is you

[Zugaikotsu]

always. If the episode 83 isn't minimally interesting, somehow before the whole thing lost the mojo

[DiegoPalacios]

If the story doesn't have a continuity, like a Gag-a-day, if i see that page and i enjoy it, will check the comic

If it has continuity, due to the lack of context i check the beginning. However.....if that latest page that happened to hook me, i read from the beginning......

Gotta say i'm harsher judging a beginning tho

[Kelheor]

No, I never check out the story, only artwork, if there are a lot of chapters

[dominioncomix]

Yes, absolutely! For me, a big appeal of webcomics is also seeing how the art style developed over the course of it, so i like reading some recent stuff before going to the beginning and enjoying the art evolution alongside the story!

[TheOddFungi]

No, I don't. My mom does and it drives me crazy. Like, I want to try and figure out the ending on my own or just let the plot happen. I don't want to know the ending before I even begin and as a writer I would feel kind of cheated (not sure if this is the right wording) if someone read the last chapter of my story before starting it.

And since the last chapter is completely out of context if one doesn't read up to that point, then how can they say the ending was good or bad?

[Coati]

I usually read the first. In case its like a super long and old comic, I only take a look at the last one to see how the art improved because I love to see those things. But I go for the first in order to see if it is good

[Beppobear]

SAME! Literally, I hateee spoilers!

[Beppobear]

Oh I can reason with that. It gives you something to look forward to.

[Beppobear]

Same, I was asking because I noticed how the latest chapter of my web-novel has more views.

[Beppobear]

I love the artistic development so it's understandable!

[TheOddFungi]

Ugh, I guess I should prepare myself for that then

[IamKeeks]

As a head's up: sometimes, when I click the story links in the promotional forums, they send me to the latest chapter or the "read" button tries to start me on the most recent chapter. I'm not sure whether this is a setting one can toggle on the creator side. I haven't found it, on my dashboard. So I often accidentally ended up on the latest chapter thinking I'm reading the first one.

[noenoh]

I dont like to spoil myself if Im interested on a story so I avoid doing it but I must confess I have checked a couple of works when Ive noticed the art in the thumbnails looks different (usually when there are collaboration stories).

I dont care the art quality decreases, its a thing Im already aware happens a lot in new artists not bebause they are bad at drawing but mostly because they are pressured with their deadlines they set for themselves, so as long their story keeps being interesting I dont care, I keep reading.

Theres a lot of sotries Im interested on reading rn, Im subbed but havent find the time to read and Im avoiding to check new chapters lol

[TheOddFungi]

It is a setting that you can find when editing your story. From my understanding the default is set to "start from beginning chapter" though as it has always been turned off for me. It's at the very bottom of the editing page.

[pilot-obvious]

I'm always tempted to read, but I restrain myself because I'm worried I'm going to ruin surprises! I might skim through to look at the art if it's a comic though! I can't resist looking at amazing artwork!

[GumshoeComix]

nooo I wouldn't want to spoil myself like that ;;
All the stuff in my library are things I really enjoy and spoilers would ruin that for me
if I read the first few chapters and I don't like it, oh well, I'm sure someone else will.
And when it comes to novels I wait for them to be finished to start reading, so there's some I'm following that I've read one or 2 chapters of that I'm just sitting on until they're done.

[Beppobear]

It's not bad, it just makes you feel a lil' disappointed for a while but hey, that's what comes with writing and sharing your stories online!

[Beppobear]

Oh boy idk how you do it! My curiosity gets the best of me and I can't help taking a peek. But then the peeks turns into finishing the whole thing lol! I get you though!

[thedude3445]

Sometimes I'll scroll a few later episodes, but I'll turn my brain off and try not to pay attention to the story. I'm more looking at how the art is, and how long each episode is, and if it feels like the story has progressed a lot in the X episodes up to this random one I clicked.

I don't do it often but it usually gives a quick glance view of the comic better than the first episodes which are often either rough, or higher quality than the rest, or too slow with intros to get a good view of the comic in its "natural state."

[Rhonder]

I'm pretty spoiler adverse, so I don't usually check out the end of anything, comics or novels included. It's not uncommon for comics in particular that I might see some of the newer pages as my first exposure to a series, and I do think that that is effective for intriguing people, but I would never then go and read like... the most recent chapter first or something.

That said this is only for story-based series. If it's a comedy strip or whatever I have no issues starting with the newer stuff and maybe going back at my leisure.