Do you reply to comic comments?

[summermcallen]

I always try to reply. Sometimes i don’t know what I should reply, then I don’t do it and just like it.
I know a lot creators who don’t read them because of bad comments. I can understand that. Sometimes 1 bad comment let you feel down, even though there are 20 good ones. It’s kind of stupid, but thats how my brain works sometimes ...

[Lunar-Turtle]

On Tapas, always, on Webtoon, almost never, because I don't want to spend half of day just clicking throught all pages, just to see if there are any. Nottification system is the gold, lol.

[Geklelo]

I usually do, I like to make my few followers feel like their support matters (which actually does).

[fleurravenbooks]

I don't have comic , i have novel, but i reply to every comment (i don't get many so it's easy to do), it's the least i can do to someone that takes their time to read my work and comment on it

[stiatent]

Yep I try to reply to reply to all the comments on my questions, to me it's not a must but it's a sweet feeling I'm sure when the commenter sees the author acknowledges them It's understandable that as an author gains a super-massive following it would become difficult to respond to everyone. It's up to you in the end. If you're getting comments and if you're someone still trying to attract a committed following, maybe commenting would add that human connection: the commenter feels special and may stay along for the ride.

[summermcallen]

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[doitlikeomar69]

I truly try to comment to everyone so I can interact more with my readers

[RedLenai]

Do what you find more comfortable.

I originally replied to comments even if they aren't many but right now I just let them be, mostly because I'm not the author of the series so I don't think it's a great impact if I reply or not, as well, part of the reason as to why I don't reply anymore is that readers take advantage of that just to be pushy and demand more episodes, to hurry up, or that "I'm too slow so I should focus on drawing instead of replying to them".

[Azifri]

Yes, always! I'm beyond flattered when people take their time to write something about my stories, so even if it's a simple or generic message, the least I can do is to respond. I'm also fortunate to have readers who leave very thoughtful comments and observations, so even more reason to reply.
There have been a few times where I was very busy and couldn't keep up wirh the comments section, but I try to catch up even if it's some weeks later.

[TheDoublekey]

Yeah, I absolutely do! I don't see comments on my comic very often, so when I get the chance, I try engaging with the person who commented. It's a cool way to interact with my followers or casual readers.

[Scarlet_Cryptid]

I love replying to comments! I don't have a huge number of subscribers, but I have about 5-6 regular commenters on almost every episode, and I'm going to make absolutely sure they know I appreciate the interaction. I don't want anyone to feel like I don't care that they're enjoying my story, or that they're shouting into the void.

[NickRowler]

I will sometimes reply to comments on Tapas. Not on Webtoons because I don’t get notifications and I have way too many pages to just manually check.

[BLTX]

I try to reply when I can, though only really if I have something interesting to talk about in response.

[Stargazer31]

I reply if I can. If it's something like "" I have no clue how to respond, so I just like the comment and move on.

[descendantsofether]

I have made it a personal goal to respond to every comment I receive. Even though I haven't had too much interaction with my comic yet, I like to put myself in the shoes of the reader and believe that they would wanted to be interacted with by someone they admire.

Engagement is one of the best ways to build a healthy community and that's exactly what I'm striving for.

[Kann]

I try my best, but most of time I don't really know what should I reply.

[N1ghtm4r3]

i do ,i try on any comment i get to engage as much as i can, now if i could get more comments as i do enjoy hearing what people think at times

[Fafnir]

nice, thanks for sharing this. I was worried about this on webtoon... i also didn';t wanna constantly check every comic manually. =/

[Fafnir]

Thanks for the replies. seems most people respond as much as possible. I guess im worried that if the comic ever gets wildly popular, (which is the goal after all) its setting an unrealistic precedant. but im def gonna try to respond more.

[Kelheor]

If it would become so popular you won't be able to answer too much, it would be fair to stop and occasionally write something like "I am reading them all and unfortunately I am not able to answer, because there are thousands of comments under every page", if people won't get it, it's not really your problem. You can make special episodes once in a while answering questions from the comment section and feature some especially nice comments or something

personal experience

(I had a short featured comic on Webtoons and it was only 3 episodes, it was impossible and quite useless to answer all of them, really, because these are literally people expressing their thoughts over this or that thing in the episode (usually they were quite similar too) , me and my writer only answered to some of them what were really nice, had questions about our other works or had questions that couldn't be answered any other way like "is there another episode in this")