Does anyone else like reading through their own comic?

[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.

[AngieVX]

Would be weird if you didn't enjoy your work! I love reading my comic too!

[jacintawibowo]

Yes! I've read older comics I've done when I was in high school and early college. Despite the outdated art, I still enjoy them a lot XD they're funny, and I remember the comments and reactions readers got from them. Fun memories! And a great way of seeing how you've progressed.

[konori]

I've just read a couple of my old oneshots and I'm surprised they're still fun to read (even though the art is a bit cringe-worthy) XD;;;

[anon13984047]

My running webcomic here on Tapastic is the first one ever that I enjoy reading. I've created about 15 short stories / manga / comics adding up to several hundreds of pages in total, and whenever I tried to read 'em (especially after the initial rush of finishing it has gone) I put it down because it made me uncomfortable. I never thought I'd actually read my own stuff and feel motivated, even proud.

Personally I don't think it's egotistical to enjoy reading your own comic, especially if you realize your progress in art and storytelling skills.

[pjamasvonpatten]

I try to only read through my comic when I am trying to figure out the next page since I dont work fro a script. My comic is personal so sometimes its actually hard to. Here's a comic I made about the process

[Vikiro_Hop]

I've done this a bit recently it really motivates me to see the progress I made. While I understand artists who don't necessarily revel in going over their work when they finished I've never felt that way. Whether creating music, drawing or what have you I always felt that I have as much right to enjoy it as anyone else. To be fair I more happy that it got done at all rather than the over all quality of any piece. I guess I get a kick out of producing something and it still being there and being enjoyed, which only brings me joy.

That being said I definitely suffer from the eternal problem of always looking at where to improve with my art and comics.

[stephensharpe707]

I think it's perfectly acceptable to enjoy your own content,and it's always nice to see the progression of your work. I find often I'll go back to an early page and remember that for a while, that was my favourite layout to work on, or that there's a detail I forgot about.

My comic is based of a series I made when I was waaay younger, so I had to read through those... All I'll say is that thankfully progress was made.

[demthorshie]

I've reread my current comic once so far, there aren't that many pages up yet so there wasn't a lot to re-read, but it is fun to see where it all began sometimes.

[Shanny8]

Right now I have (self)printed books that I've been working on and I've probably gone through those things like a hundred times! I'm amazed at how much effort I put into my projects and satisfied with the end result!

[Choosybeggar]

Hopefully I will in the future, when I have a real live webcomic under my belt. In the past I've always been very intimidated by the idea of seeing myself or my work in review. It's a combo of seeing the mistakes and remembering all too clearly what I was thinking as I made something or acted something out. It's like, "Noooooooo! That part won't work! You're gonna---you did. That was a mistake."

Does anyone else remember way too much about their creative process on things, or is it just me?