all my friends in Nigeria know but overseas only a few that I'm close to
Sure, although I may leave the content vague lol. Everyone laughs at me for my love of vampires, so I usually tend to leave that part out, and just call it a mystery. I believe from your initial post, it sounds as if you draw for a living. I personally find that cool as hell, but I know that if you’re not the author of a well-known comic, it could be a bit underwhelming. When I first said as a kid that I wanted to be an artist, my family said I’d have to die before anyone would recognize my art (super supportive, guys...). So I drew as a hobby only, but always dreamed of being able to do it for a living. I’m picking it back up, although still as a hobby for now. I hope maybe more can come of it.
But tl;dr I do tell them. Just might leave some details out lol
I tried to told some people yesterday, not very good result. LOL
I already know they not people who read comic tough. ahahaha..
@UrMom Thanks for flabbergasted reaction. 
@JuneBuggy I'm not draw for living. I will just happy if there's people actually read my comics. 
anyway, I still learning to draw and tell story. It will be dream come true if I can make professional. I still do this as my double life. 
It's not something I'm confident enough about to tell people about in person, but I've shared it with my irl friends over messaging apps. I've told my mom and sister about it, but I haven't told my other relatives. That's about it tho, I'm way better at telling people about it over the internet.
I've got a whole lot of stuff I'd never want anyone I know irl to see that I've posted online, and I've got basically all my social medias linked, so yeah no, none of my irl friends or family know. Basically all my online friends do, though.
Negative.
I mean some know I am actively drawing one, but they don't know the title or where I actively post.
The only reason my friends found out is because I was trying to draw thumbnails when I got bored on an outing with them and they proceeded to flip through my very embarrassing private sketchbook 
I mostly only tell people near me when they have the same interests or just are interested in what I do in my spare time.
Some think it's interesting to try writing stuff and work with an artist together, others just shrug and say, good for you.
But I am not actively advertising it. Not because I feel ashamed or anything, but as long as I don´t know if the person on the other side might be interested, I don´t feel like it's a topic to talk about.
I tell all of my friends I made a webcomic. Most of them checked it out while others are bit shocked I started a webcomic. Dan was my first attempt at a webcomic series and so far I feel like i'm doing good considering I'm a beginner. However the early works of dan was a bit rough but I didn't give up and I improved on it. So if you're shy about sharing your webcomic don't be because everyone has a rough start. Making webcomics is hard and very time consuming.
I... cherrypick who I tell. There's still a lot of people in society at large who still see comics and animation as strictly childish or a waste of time, so a lot of friends and family will either have no interest or be actively derisive if you show them your work. But at the same time we are kind of slowly going through a transition.
The group of people that Disney taught to think "cartoons are for kids" is slowly dying off and the people who grew up with cartoons are slowly taking over. It's a slow, quiet transition but at some point things like comics, cartoons, and videogames will just be a normal part of life.
So ya... still inclined to NOT talk about my comic to a better chunk of my peers. But a lot more of them are accepting of this sort of thing now then, say, 10 years ago.
i don't talk about it... i post my art on social media and stuff, but i keep it out of context it's a hobby and i don't want to hear the "how much do you make from it?" question.
I only showed to my sister .... but only to warn her that it is tough to make comic and told her not to expect many subs for so much hard work .... LOL
(Actually I prefer to keep it separate from my real life, as I don't want anyone to interfere my work ... e.g. can be embarrassed for parents to know you are drawing porn, right?)
I tell my mom about it. She's very supportive and, although she doesn't read it because her English isn't very good, she still encourages me to keep going and listens to my endless rants when I'm stuck on the story, the art or whatever, lol. My grandmother also knows about it. Again, she doesn't read it because English + Internet, but she's seen me drawing comics ever since I was a kid, so it's not much of a surprise to her, lol.
Haven't told my dad or the rest of my family about it, and I have no intention to. My dad simply doesn't know how to provide constructive criticism and would probably just make me lose any will to draw (he only got to see ONE page of the comic by accident and his comment was something along the lines "oh, so you're drawing houses like a six years old kid, now?") and the rest of the family just doesn't care about comics and/or is too bigoted to understand. Even if they had the English knowledge required to read the comic, a good half of them would probably chase me with Bibles, rosaries and holy water as soon as they stumbled upon words such as "demons", "magic", "witches" and "gays", so nope, thank you. My aunt already freaked out once when she casually heard me saying "possessed" while talking to my cousin (who's the only open-minded person of the family) about one of my OCs, so you can imagine how she would react if she were to read the whole thing, lol XD
I did tell people of my former gaming community + RPG partners, however. Some of them even follow the comic here or on CF 
Whenever I feel like I'm nearing friendship level with someone, I make a point of telling them. Not asking them to read it, but off-handedly mention it. It can be really cool or sort of awkward- I had even artsy people say things like "if it's not (classic/traditional art), then its not worth doing it", but at some point i just need people around me to know that i make stories. Another reason why I make a point of it- I want to get this hobby out of the shaming-corner. It would have meant so much to me to know older people who draw as a kid! Heck, it would mean a lot to me now!
And you know what, most people are really polite when your older. Like, my mother does not like what i draw, but when i told her about publishing it, she was interested enough to ask me about copyright and what the story contains. My best friend doesn't want to read it, but recommended it to another friend of hers.
And when people do like it- it is amazing! Really gives you something to bond over. It sometimes helps to compare it to other peoples creative hobbies, like writing or making podcasts. Make it more accessible.
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My boyfriend and my close friends know about my comic, they’re all really supportive!! I love it
I’ve tried telling my parents about it, but they don’t really seem to care, lol.
I've told my family and friends about creating a comic in my late twenties. It was going to be impossible to hide, because I had been a vendor in the artist alley for many years already. My parents didn't support it. Some of my friends were excited, others didn't care and a chunk of them were over the moon. Mostly because the series features of characters that are loosely based off of them. lol
I'm not a popular creator and the series isn't very well known online. I do print the series independently and sell them at conventions. I also managed to get them in 3 stores around my province. It sells well.
I don't want my family or friends to promote the series. I feel weird about it. I think I'd end up with sales from people who'd feel guilty for not supporting their friend's family. I'm only okay with it if they're actual fans of the series. I don't need or want pity sales. It messes up my print numbers.
Nope! XD
I don't think a comic is something people would expect out of me. I hide my nerdy side a lot and I tend to be a private person. I was also a "jock" in high school and college (tall basketball and track player). I just wasn't comfortable talking about it with people for judgment reasons. I do enjoy geeking out with my online friends though