Am I reviving a possibly dead topic? Yes I am!
Before I was doing my current comic I did another version of it that was digital. And I was sleeping at a friend's house so I didn't really check my mail.
To my surprise the next day, I got fanart fo the first time. Not one, but two! I was really happy back then.
Unfortunately, I stopped that comic. Someone was hating on the art style (i didn't have a drawing tablet yet) and it tired me out doing a digital comic.
Now I do a traditional one, and things are going really well! But I haven't gotten a single piece of actual fanart (yeah from my brother, but does that really count?)