Does anyone else like reading through their own comic?

I do sometimes? Usually not for fun, though. I tend to read through them to refresh my memory of how I've handled certain scenes and character-interactions, so that I can keep that in mind going forward.

I don't do it at a lot, though. I've got a buffer of around 50 pages, which means I'm almost two chapters ahead of where my readers are, so rereading what's already posted isn't always relevant.

Normally I love what I create so yes I enjoy reading my own comic or I wouldn't have done it.

yes, it often gives me new ideas to where story lines can go and intersect with characters they have not done so before.

I do! Especially when the pages get a bit older. I have bunch of old finished comics I love to go and read again to see how were they (from age 6 onwards so they get very entertaining :'D). It's inspiring really since it's something of my own and what I've finished. Keeps me going

Nah, I don't like reading back over my own stuff because I'm too critical to enjoy it. Only do it to refresh my memory.

At first I didn't until my friends found Grammer errors, and when I did go back and reread I found out some things were missing (because the layer was hidden lol) and some of the characters were off. Some with small arms and hands and crossed eyed, jewelry missing and shadows or highlights missing.
Now when I finish a page I go back and forth between the sketch and the finished product to see if I missed or left out anything, and I usually do.

I do it for editing reasons ^^;;;

Like I'll go through and be like "shit I forgot to draw x" and then I make a note to go back and fix it.

But I like reading my super old comics from middle school because they're both painfully embarrassing and encouraging (because I'm not that terrible anymore, LOL).

I re-read mine from time to time. Sometimes I just want to read it again and see if I still think it is exciting or flows well. Sometimes I am trying to make sure I remember how we did a scene. On occasion a reader will talk about the name of a place or creature and I will totally forget what the name of it was or how I spelled it and I will have to go back through to find it. But after the comic has been up for over five years, and the years of pre-comic work, I forget certain details. I'm usually moving onto the future pages.

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??

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.

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.

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!

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 ^^'

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

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

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.

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 ^^'

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.

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

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).

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!

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.

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..

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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;;;

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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?