I don't get mean comments; I only get stupid ones. Either they're good, normal, or stupid; and 'stupid' comes up far more often than I deserve, IMO. T_T Like, at least you can feel righteous anger when someone is mean to you. When someone just doesn't think, how do you react to that?? You could get mad, but it wouldn't be the same...
Anyway, the closest thing I've gotten to a mean comment recently is someone saying "wow I can't believe this comic has zero comments". Sounds nice, right? Like, yes, I AM an unrecognized genius, thanks for noticing. ;]
But then they come back when I post the next episode and say "wow I've never seen only one comment before". And now this is starting to sound...snide. Like, are you making fun of me for having a small audience? Are you going to come to every subsequent episode and make the same pointless statement??
Of course, there's always the off-chance that they're being literal, and are still (still??) genuinely surprised that my work hasn't gotten super popular. Or maybe they're not a native English speaker, and they don't know how they sound when they say things like that...
...Ugh, you see what I mean?? I don't even get to be mad! I just get to be...annoyed! And confused! I honestly think I'd prefer straight-up insults to this ambiguity...