Does anyone else like reading through their own comic?

[orangeh00dey]

Of course! I'll usually read through my own if I hit a block in writing, just to refresh myself with everything. Don't think of it as egotistical. If you're not a fan of your work first, who else is gonna be??

[Doubtcent]

Since I update 4 times a week, it doesn't take long for me to forget what I've made. Back when I had over 100 episodes, there were a lot that I had forgotten.

So once in awhile I look back to my old stuffs, just to enjoy or to see how far I've come.
Or to make sure there's consistency with design and story. Which can be an issue later on with my story based comics.

[AffectedMind]

I did it once or twice just to see if everything is consistent. I don't really do it for entertainment because you know what will happen. I have a script, but sometimes I do changes that aren't on the list, that's the main reason why I go thru all the chapters.

[zetina]

I wouldn't use the word "egoist". I'd use "narcissist" |D I consider myself a "healthy narcissist". I stare at myself in the mirror (which is gr8 reference too) and I stare at my own creations. It's also kind of amazing to be writing and drawing a comic! And that it can be read like all those other comics I enjoy! It's this bizzaro feeling where your brain and hands have birthed this real thing that other people can see and think about too. Do you guys realize we're creators? And that other people get to see what's in our heads? It's so cool! And bizzare! AND COOL!

[Silerna]

Yeah I do , mostly to see how I improved or need to improve. If I need idea's I read my comics too and te remind me it's a silly story ^^'

[TrustyShamrock]

yeahhh i read thru my comic a lot. not like a lot of a lot. cuz then i'll get sick of it. but every 6-ish months or somethin ill read it to get back into the vibe of the story or to see if everythin flows goodly. unlike that sentence i just wrote

[VermillionWorks]

Occasionally. I'll read back through the current chapter I'm working on to make sure things are flowing well enough, and sometimes I'll go through the whole thing, either as a reminder or just cause I wanna. XP ...though usually I'll regret doing that because I'll start to notice more and more things that are off that I really want to fix (usually art-wise but also with the dialogue looking cramped and messy).

..... though I do like my story, so I still mostly enjoy revisiting it. XP

[Tentakustar]

I reread it over sometimes to make sure it flows out correctly. I mainly want to make sure each part plays out the way I want to pretty much.

[stefthefrizz]

Oh gosh, only because I have to! And then, it's a mild form of psychological torture. I constantly struggle over the need to go back and tweak/redo my pages ^^'

[eagle1]

I write things that I want to read. That's my whole purpose in writing comics. It's also my purpose in most of my paintings, so I read my own stuff (printed and in a binder) and I hang my own paintings on my walls. Why would I do them if I didn't want to read them or look at them.

Eagle
(And it's not like I can enjoy them when I am doing them)

[Chopythes]

Of course!
I mean, why wouldn't I?
Your past self can teach you a lot, specially if you're feeling lost and don't know the direction of what to take your comic to.

I usually re-read my comic once in a while, just to see how much my characters has evolved, what to think of when I thumbnail the next chapter and so on.
I forget sometimes what I have to explain further and what doesn't need anything.

Like... I was re-reading a comic I made 7 years ago and I'm impressed about my past self: BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIMENTAL VIEWS.
I kid you not, I drew (awful) backgrounds, experimented a lot with scenes and it's something I get stuck with today, I feel as if I make very static and boring scenes so seeing my past self doing these terrible things kind of helped me thinking how I need to do that today!
... Where it's sees fit of course, that old comic was waaaaay over the top sometimes (but I enjoyed it still).

[scythe]

I love reading my own comic! I wrote it from a 'tell the kid of story you want to read' perspective, and I'm pleased with the result, so yes, every now and then I'll give it a go over. I thoroughly recommend every else read it too!

[purrlpankras]

Well I re-read the new upload to check for mistakes (spellings sighhh) And if it even makes sense.
But yeah I do just to see if it works if Im doing something right for once.

I more so read my version on my DSi, I gots 107 chapters on that thing. Well it makes me wanting more out of the story from just reading that, so I must be doing something right.

[Kura]

I do, for work related reasons, or because I'm showing / reading it to someone else (younger cousins or relatives), and because, well, I enjoy it. If I did not enjoy my work then why the **** would I put as much effort as I do into making it? I got plenty of other, better, even more profitable things to do with my life.

[goenn]

Very true! I cringe at my past pages hahahhaha

but it does show how much I've gone in the whole comic making thing so that's a good thing

I like reading through my comic! It allows me to catch mistakes and I try to put myself in the reader's position. "Are they getting what I'm trying to do here?" kinda thing oohooohohooh

[insomniascrawl]

I don't do it too often, I just sort of write out what I want to do in the comic and then do it. But every now and then I read it kinda for quality control haha..

[Mharz]

I do it as well! It's fun to relieve the past pages.

[glennsong]

I've read through my comic twice as I've produced it and quite a few times in script format, and I reference parts of the comic a lot for visual continuity so I kinda have a decent sense as to what happened in each chapter of the story. I've done retrospectives (blog posts) on my comic from a story aspect and production side too so I can figure out what to do better the next time. There are some chapters that don't flow as well or are too long and need trimming, but (shrugs) live and learn and do better next time. It's interesting to see how the details of the artstyle has changed from page 1 to 113.

[legendriders96]

Oh, we do it all the time. Excuse we use is that we want to spot and fix the mistakes, but quite honestly, we just like it enough to read it over and over. XD Maybe the fact we're two people working on one thing helps to see it as the effort of the other one as well rather than just our own.
Plus, hours of discussion about something new we noticed in charas' past behaviour and how that'll affect their future actions are really fun. 8D

[Bluejay]

Is it just me who cringes every time? I don't know why, but I feel slightly weird doing so ahahha But, it's also necessary to read through the chapters incase you lose track of how the story goes. Like, recently I reread everything and I had completely forgot how a certain character's behaviour was. Which, thank goodness, I realised and fixed up my script before I publish.