Fighting the "no readers" blues

[Doubtcent]

A good way that I know how to keep out of the no reader's blues is to keep working. If the current comic is getting you down, work on the next one or onto some other project. My comic has a low amount of subscribers so I don't constantly get notifications. Maybe one or two every other day.

On the other hand I'm spending a lot of my time on a new comic, my first ever manga, and because I'm still getting the hang of the art, I'm spending a lot of time with it, and by the time I'm satisfied, I come back and find that someone said something about my comic or something.

Having more than one project going on at the same time does help.

[cthlatu]

I have always believed that 10 readers = 1000 readers. When I had less than 10, it never really bothered me. Just work and do your best because even if they are just 10 readers, they're still readers. They may not be many but you still have people that care.

My sentiments exactly. Those people who took time out of their day to get to know my comics and characters are more than worth the effort to keep going.
More than ANYTHING else though, I keep going because they are stories I feel need to be drawn.

[SpavVy]

Personally I don't worry about it too much, if I draw my comic in hopes I'll get lots of readers I'll only set myself up for failure because I'll tend to get hasty and it will take a toll on the quality of my artwork. It may not work like that for everyone but that does tend to happen to me.

[MylCreates]

I feel that, however, creators will always have this predicament in their heads when posting a series even if they try not too. I'm sure it arrises every now and then in most

[jonufele]

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[mjmassey]

For my main website, I have Google Analytics set up, and every month I check it and compare to the previous month. Every month, I have a few more unique users, a few more "sessions" (page hits), some new countries in the demographics. Even if it's only one or two people in Sweden or Indonesia or wherever, it's a really cool feeling to know that someone, at some point, bothered to click on my site and read it.

Another thing that makes me feel better about a low number of subscribers, is that I have consistent commenters who leave a comment or like every page. They give me lots of great insight and generate interesting discussions both on Tapastic and my website. Even though it's only a few, they are so wonderful, and I'm so thankful to them.

[dlalas1]

I make my comic for my own benefit, it's sort of like therapeutic blogging. It's about my own life and all the seemingly unbelievable frustrations that go along with it, so getting it out there is like venting but in a more artistic way. If I made my comic based on views I would have given up a long time ago, as I've been making it for a while and gotten barely any attention. I think I have like 10 returning readers and 1 active commenter on my main site. I honestly think I have the least read regularly updated webcomic on the internet.

Of course, this is great fodder for the comic itself. Very meta!

[BladeRabbit]

You know what, I really am wondering if it's even worth worrying about people reading it at all.

It's really sad to see that there's few or no people reading what you put out, especially when you put a lot of effort and time into making something.

There's this need to feel validated, a need to know that you didn't just waste your time with something.

It's just not worth it, I personally think I'm probably better off just making something stupid and not worrying about people even liking it. All worrying over readers does is stress you out in the end anyway, right?

[Doubtcent]

True, stressing over Tapastic readers is like stressing over bad weather. No matter what you do, no matter how well you plan, not everything goes the way you want. You either don't get readers (or enough) or you get snow on the same day you need to help someone move from their house.

Unless readers are the reason why you get paid or something, stressing over a digital web-comic site isn't something that should be done. Just enjoy the flow and enjoy what you create.