How do you judge the success of your comic?

[PixyByte]

I mean, I enjoy creating Pixy Byte, and I have a great time interacting with those following my work, I was just wondering how others judge the success of their comic. I haven't been doing my comic for a year yet, and I have 18 followers, but there's not really a "time frame" of how well you are doing, so it's hard to get an idea of how good/bad your success is so far.
I like to think I'm doing pretty good, I have a small following of those who enjoy my work and I'm happy to draw for them. I'm just not sure if I should have a larger following or what to do at this point (marketing wise) besides keep drawing.

[Shanny8]

I feel like if I can get readers asking about the characters, plans, the direction the story is heading in and other stuff, then that is success for me. I hoping they will like my comic and suggest it to others.

[TristanJensen]

To be honest I never really judge my comics success. I mean odds are the chances of it rising or falling at any time are hard to predict.
I mainly determine it by what the people who do say anything say about my work in comments or on my page and not necessarily the following it has. And judging from that alone I think I'm doing pretty well ^^

[shazzbaa]

For me, my main measure of success is what people say to me. If people respond to my comics and like my characters, then I feel like I'm doing what I wanted to do!!

Monetarily, I don't have a specific goal (like "I want to be supporting myself with my art in 5 years" or anything like that) so there's no real measure of how far along I "should" be at any given time -- it's more that as long as the things I do are worth the money I'm putting into them, and as long as I'm slowly improving at marketing my work in different ways, I feel that I'm doing well!

I guess I don't have a huge sense of where I "should" be. My first comic wasn't one that I started with the intention of gaining a huge audience -- I did it for fun and for my friends at first, so the following I did get later was a cool bonus! For my comic now, I don't have a concrete goal... I just want it to be as good as I can make it, and I want people to read it and like it. As I get more of an audience on social media, I want to share my webcomic with them, too. And every time a single person says "oh, I just found your comic, I really like it!" then I feel successful, tbh.
Whether or when I get noticed by the right people and grow up to have an audience of thousands feels like it's more in the hands of God than me, so I don't spend a whole lot of time wondering how to get there. xD As long as I'm slowly getting better and making something I'm proud of, it doesn't really matter!

[Kyosu]

I often ask if my my followers like my comic and they say what they like and not. the only problem I have is it's too slow.!

[thomassayle]

If its got subscribers,people actually like it enough to come back.

[awesomenwin]

It depends what your measure for success is.

I for one am enjoying the process of what I'm doing as I learn. I've got some specific goals in mind for this particular comic and am achieving them slowly so the successof my comic is different to what you might want from yours.

It's really what you want out of it.

If you mean audience size, that's different.

[carloswebcomic]

Subs, views, good reader reaction and Patreon supporters.
I'm not looking for spiritual or intellectual fulfilment. Sure, a bit shallow, but those are my key point indicators.

[zelkats]

I'm putting my comic out there so it automatically becomes a form of entertainment for others. The amount of subs, views, comments and reactions would be a good indicator of whether or not it's good entertainment. Sounds superficial but I'm spending energy and time (that I hardly have) on this so yeah, it's good to know if it's working.

If I wanted to create a story solely for myself, I can always do it privately on a sketchbook lol.

[indagold]

honestly the highest rated comics i've seen are trash... you gotta go more of word by mouth when it comes to understanding the comics worth or reading it. I noticed the comics that get thousands of subscribers are running on a gimmick like fanservice. Who needs substance when you have cheap ploys.

[LCT_m_a_d]

Completion. My personal regrets in life have all come down to the many times I either never started something I wanted to because of the possibility of failing, or just as bad, not seeing an idea out to the very end. For me, the very fact that I choose to sit down write a completed thought and take accountable action by releasing my content publicly, I feel as though it's at least marginal success for me. Ultimately, finishing this comic will define how successful it is to me.

[pammella]

I never thought about making success of my comics, of course I'm grateful and appreciated the visit of each new sub.

Really I started to draw for fun and to try to develop my art.

[yenrou]

Right now we are at early stages of our manga.
Getting started was already an achievement (since it was the hardest part I think)
and if I am to measure being successful, it's when we get an animation proposal xD
active readers are great part of it too

[lilybugged]

If I have even one dedicated reader, I consider it a success.

[laneord]

When people comments and connects with your work is what keeps me going.. I guess the satisfaction of creating content itself is what I would call a success..

[mappypaint]

When I finish all pages then I will call it a success... all 1200+ pages of it. All the subs, likes, and comments I get along the way will be a bonus towards the goal of completion.

[sorrelma]

i tend to pore over my own analytics page, so i always base my "success" off of numbers. it feels a little cheap but honestly there's a completely different level of satisfaction that comes from enjoying working on my comic, enjoying the thrill of.... spending all of my free time on a project that may not garner any attention whatsoever

my comic is doing "well" when i like the numbers

[samuelrowley]

I'm setting smaller goals for myself. I view it as a success if I update my comic on time each week and try to improve it over time.

[R.n.P]

I think I've done pretty well for an amateur so I wanna enter the professional side a little in order to see how it will be so I decided to start releasing colored pages of my comic when I start uploading again
THE LAST SAMURAI

[mariusthered]

getting likes and feedback can make it feel like your achieving something.

I sometimes feel that making a comic is an endless task like pushing a boulder up hill. but then again it's an outlet for frustrations, that's the good thing about having a Drama Comic like Swipe city If I'm depressed i can write about one of my characters being depressed, if I'm angry or in a bad mood I can write a fight or argument ( that's the best part of having four family's to pick from)

I guess Success comes in many forms and often you don't see it until it's passed.