Do your friends and family read your work?

[getsuart]

My mom knows my main character is named Echo. It's enough I guess. XD
I don't specially want my whole family to read my story. It's nice if they do, but it's okay if they don't. They are still proud of me, it's all that matters I guess.

Friends read it, though!

[Kura]

Yes, my mom and siblings read my comics (mostly Raven Wolf, though mom is mroe a fan of my novel versions of other series I work on) while I have close friends that have also decided to give my comics a try and become fans (mostly No Future, sometimes both)

My cousin will also read Raven Wolf to her daughter (but skip the parts that have guns in them)

[DeadAccount]

My parents know I'm making comics and are free to check it out if they like. I don't think they actually read it, as it's in English, but they like the art. I'm kinda glad they don't try to get into it, to be honest, it's not exactly parents-friendly material.

Quite a few of my friends and coworkers follow my work, a few even bought print versions and merch which is kind of amazing I'm always concerned about people just buying stuff from me to support me as a friend though. But hopefully they do actually like it >_>

[ashriott]

The only family member who reads my comic is my sister, who is kind of also my informal editor. She is literally the first person to read everything before it gets released and pretty much helps to better the work where possible, which is AWESOME.

My parents on the other hand don't read it, I'm not even sure if they know I draw comics? They may have their suspicions, but I figured they won't bring it up for various reasons. I also feel a bit awkward bringing it up to them. In all honesty, I can't see my parents enjoying or understanding the stories I write xD

[Wishjacked]

My parents didn't know I wrote comics until pretty recently, and haven't ever read them. But I have six siblings of diverse ages and all of them read my comics and help me out with them a lot! They've actually been super helpful with editing and stuff: they're always pointing out when something in the story isn't quite clear, or when a sketch looks wonky. I have two very small siblings (both under eight years old) and I run all my character designs past them-- if they can each correctly guess if it's a woman or a man, I figure it's not too androgynous. Ha! Add in their ridiculous, loud-spoken love for my comics and they're the most valuable audience I've ever had.

And yeah, my friends also read my comics. Or at least the ones who want to. I have a couple of friends who help me out a lot, too.

[ComicKitty]

Yes and thats why I am holding back with drawing very embarrassing things as the character represents myself. ^^

[gateofselidor]

I have friends I met offline first who read it, but not my family. They know I draw it and take a look at pages sometimes as I work on them, but I don't really want them following it, and I don't think they're particularly interested in it anyway.

[mappypaint]

Of all my friends only two of them read my work. Maybe if I draw them as the characters, make it about ninjas or basketball, and post it in facebook (since facebook and youtube is the internet to them), then they might read it. But I want to tell my own story and make it really different from the rest. So since they are not reading it, I decided to upload it to a webcomic hosting site... and that's where I got my readers.

[Fishtits]

All of my friends and family read my comic because Facebook is where the majority of readers all. They even share a like it to spread the word. It's also more of a gag-a-day format so it's easier for people to read on social media.

The best part is when I see friends I haven't talked to in a long time and they tell me how much they like my comic.

[Kayke]

My mom does. And a few of my friends. I have a few close friends who will read my work but only the stuff that's in print because they're not big on reading on the web.

But I also have some friends I made BECAUSE they liked reading my comic and decided to reach out to me. One of my best friends, Dana, I met that way. She was a fan of my comic and mentioned it to someone who knew me from school and he was like "Oh, she's chill, you should talk to her" and she contacted me on tumblr. And now we talk every day and she actually just came to stay at my house for a bit a couple of weeks ago! She still reads my comics and I love talking to her about the characters and running ideas past her.

[Thesleepypencil]

My closest IRL friends know my tumblr and by connection would know my comic. They are super supportive about it but it's not their genre so they don't read. I haven't commented about it on Facebook yet but i don't know if that would help since i changed the settings to all my posts being close friends only.

As for my family. They KNOW i make comics. But my family is a hardcore Christian family who get uncomfortable on topics like LGBTA+, evolution, alternate religions, feminist concepts, magic. ((When i was a kid my mom sat me down to tell me the peace symbols i was drawing everywhere are sacrilegious)). All of my comics will have some of those in them and i don't want to put myself in a bad position with my family. No akwardness at the dinnertable at Christmas ya know.

[Strontium]

My family reads it, my Mom with regularity and my relatives every now and then. I've show it to a lot of my family friends and their children as well. My "cousin" Gemma read the comic out loud last winter break. She gave all the characters really funny voices, it was adorable!
I joked that when I go to make a book of this first story arc, I'll do a "friends and family round of investment" (I watch a lot of Shark Tank.) But actually, that wouldn't be a bad idea...

[Wishjacked]

My "cousin" Gemma read the comic out loud last winter break. She gave all the characters really funny voices, it was adorable!

I have friends (and siblings) who do this! It can get so goofy sometimes, but it's one of my favorite things to ever have happened my art. One friend read one of my characters with a bad Elvis impersonation, and it's brought me ever so much more pleasure in writing that character ever since.

[joannekwan]

So he mostly flips through the pages and works out the plot from visual cues and makes appreciative noises at the stuff I draw.

Why does that sound so adorable? lol

As for mine, I think my mom is following along, but she doesn't talk with me about how they are progressing. She never does. In high school I was doing a series for my own entertainment and it was my dad who read every episode. I think he's too busy these days to read them, but he has the link. I'd rather not talk with my folks about my series (especially Heavy Horns, lol, awkward) so I guess it's for the best.
On the friend-side, I have one friend who tries to keep up with my series. She enjoys them but she's not really artsy so I can't discuss them at length with her.
That's about it.

[winglesscomic]

no, and them attempting to drum up a conversation with the comic as the subject always goes like this

"How's your comic girl going?"
"What"
"The girl in your comic, what was her name, Ophelia?"
"Ephelia"
"Yeah, are you doing anything with her?"
(I'm...writing the comic about her?) "Ha ha yeah stuff is happening..."
"Are you almost finished yet?"
(I'm only 4 chapters in on an extremely long comic...) "Oh not yet"
"Oh cool are you making any money yet?"
(maybe in my dreams?) "...No"
"Well you work at a toy place right, you should see if they can make dolls of your little Ophelia character"
(IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY AT ALL) "That's not- I mean- Uh, yeah, sure, I'll see"
"Okay cool let me know when you're rich and famous so I can sell something with your signature on it"
"Y..yeah. okay."

[heterodont]

My friends definitely read it! One was the sole reason as to why I continued it after abruptly ending it in 2012. I've told my partner how the story is going to end (after an oath of secrecy of course) and she frequently helps me out if I ever need suggestions or assistance in getting past parts of the story that I can't figure out how to advance. Then theres always the indulgent'I think this voice would be a good choice for x, what do you think?' I always subject my friends to. because who doesn't like assigning things like voices to their characters.

As for family, no. My family's native language is spanish - so they're going to have a tough time reading a comic written in english and understanding the plot so far. Not only that, I don't want to deal with teasing comments bc they're pretty 'harsh' teasing comments and I don't have the energy to deal with it. My comic isn't exactly something I'd happily share with my parents - on the count of the violence and cuss words sprinkled here and there c:>

My mom seemed totally surprised at the fact I had drawn over 100 pages and that my comic has been an ongoing project since 2012. I just told her that that was what I was working on with my time rather than high school homework HAHA.

[jessiepolfliet]

My friends read it, and like and my mother has read it but likes it more for the art than the story though. They also give me ideas and I like throwing ideas at them and hearing their opinions.

[Doubtcent]

Well, not proactively. My mom likes the prospect (Actually I've seen a lot of supportive moms here on this topic) and my sister enjoys some of them as well. However no one I know personally goes out of their way to comment, like and share everything. Only if I bring it up to them. Oh well.

[purrlpankras]

Hey, if I did I'd of scarred them for life.

[Shiori_Saku]

Yep! My mom even asked me to help her download the Tapastic App on her I-phone and create an account so she could keep updated. It really gave me the warm and fuzzies >.<