I just finished a new page and I hate it. I feel like nothing I do about it is right. I know what I want to achieve but it just can't be done properly. I feel like when I post it I'm just cheating people.
I get horrible post anxiety, especially if I am late with an update. Also if there is a lack of feedback bit people unsub it’s hard to say why they unsubed. i also fear that i have a plot hole that I wasn’t aware of or that I didn’t make myself clear.
In the end i post it anyway because I’ve worked hard and I enjoy the story I am making so there must be others out that that will and do like it too.
Just post and forget like most people say. But i have a hard time forgetting fora long period, lol. I eventually come back to see how it was received.
I get anxious if I'm posting a particularly dark scene - my comic goes to some really sad and miserable places and I worry about people being put off.
For example, I posted a scene where a character is beaten and threatened with further violence. It's a pretty gritty part of the story and I think one or two people unsubscribed because of it. That freaked me out.
There's a bit of a trend right now where if your character is a nasty person you are expected to defend yourself or something. I don't want to do that because my characters can't be compared to myself, but I worry about having to because of how reactionary some readers can be. It's weird having to stand up to protect a piece of fiction just because someone canonically "bad" did something unsavory. That kind of drama grosses me out.
No never get it. For me its just a hobby really so I don't really have too many qualms for what I post and the fact i've been doing it for 10 years makes me become desensitized to it.
True anxiety is I can't find one damn job in my art field. That shit keeps me up for nights.
I share your pain, buddy. Writing and illustration work is so damn hard to come by and I always get nervous about my portfolio / resume because chances are despite how much I've done to be distinctive it's not gonna happen.
Cruel world, eh?
Oh this is good to know about the trend! I feel so much better now, ha. My comic is pretty dark but it started out only mildly dark, and the growth definitely slowed down the darker it gets lol.
There's really nothing we can do as a creator when it comes to readers personal taste, so just like the others said, just post and move on and not worry about it 
I feel this at every post. Everytime I draw a new comic, the doubt starts to creep up.
What if everyone hates this comic?
What if all the trolls decide to come and destroy the comments?
Its a huge barrier everytime I click the submit button.
Thank you for sharing your feelings about this. Same goes to everyone else who posted previously!
Very glad to hear that it is a common thing among creators.
Making comic is such a personal way to express your thoughts and feelings for the internet to see.
Someone said that it's like exposing yourself naked to the world (but not really lol)
So it can be nervewrecking sometimes, I'm grateful that this forum can be a channel for fellow creators to share their experiences for each other to learn.
Actually, its kind of a blessing and a curse to be able to get feedback.
On a positive side, the feedback can help you improve.
But on the flip side, the feedback can seem overwhelming and give you unnecessary pressure.
So its more of a balance between "I want to do only my thing the way I want to" and "I want to see if everyone likes my thing." Its a daily struggle, like my latest episode6 where I left the last frame uncoloured to show its an "omake" part of the comic. Boy did I wrestle with to colour or not to colour. In the end I just packed its bags and kicked it out of the door just to see what happens.
Most importantly, as a creator, you really need the grit to keep going. Just reach 100 strips. If you see most of the successful webcomics, they always hit their "breakthrough" point at around 100 comics. I would encourage you to do the same. Just get to 100 first before deciding anything.
This is a very good advice. From the beginning, I knew that webcomic is a long game.
Just dump it online and see how it goes with zero expectations. When it comes to entertainment, taste is very subjective, depending on each individuals background, age, gender, etc.
Your intended target audience may not be online all at the same time within a day. So as you wisely said, only with consistent posting over time you could tell if you're going in the right direction or not.
Just last couple weeks I lost track of that thought for some reason. It really helps to hear others thoughts and experiences since we all in the same boat.
Thank you for the great advice!
Well, I used to be a real huge case of posting anxiety. Actually, I lost my buffer because I stopped drawing for some weeks because I lost some suscribers and didn't get comments... But then my grandma decided to try baking cakes and selling them... They were delicious, but nobody bought the first cakes... because they didn't know that those exquisite cakes existed. Then we started promoting them, but most of our neighbors are people who can't eat cakes.I learned that you have to find the right audience for your product, instead of thinking that your product is shit. That's what I'm trying right now with my comic. If I want to have comments, I must find people who is interested in the kind of story I'm writting. Now, when I see my numbers dropping I don't think "Dammit, my comic stinks", instead I say "The one who left wasn't the kind of reader that I want".
Love the cookie analogy! They're awesome! 
On the lost of subs, a wise comic buddy told me that those who matter will stay and those who don't will leave #relationshipadvice
Nope, not really unless someone comment something and I am like WTF? someone actually watch what I do?? Sometimes it makes me more happy than anxious. 
Even though my webcomic could be considered a relative success, I feel like shit all the time about it.
It's really hard. If you have high expectations and it doesn't come through, you feel like a failure. If you have low expectations and it surpass them, you feel undeserving. I'm just pushing through all this feelings, trying to finish finally finish it. It's sooooo hard....
8 days later
You're definitely not alone! I feel that just about every new page that I post, especially after having made a drastic change in genre after being several pages into the story. I'm always worried that I'm not blending the elements I want to include well, that the art style doesn't work, or that the idea itself is stupid/ worthless.
I enjoy working on my comic, but sometimes It feels like it's not enough; like the story isn't solid enough to justify it' continuation. I'm lucky in that I have some friends who read my work and press me to keep going the direction I'm heading. Honestly if it wasn't for that I'd probable have fizzled out by now.
Hopefully, with some perseverance, those of us this feel that way will learn to suppress those worries and become more confident in ourselves and our work!
ALWAYS! "Is it too short?" "will they like it" "am i doing good?!" I have a post schedule for tonight and im panicking lol
I'm always very nervous when it comes to posting. Mostly due to me being overly self critical and insecure...not a very good combination, right 
However, it got a lot better throughout the months. In the beginning of the year, when I started to post, I was expecting that everyone would hate me and my work.
Well, thank goodness nothing really bad has happened so far, although I got my fair share of criticism too
However, the nervousness still remains. On some days more...and other days less.
It's nice to know others feel the same. Did anyone ever had a real meltdown and conciderd to pull or even did pull a whole comic/page/chapter due to it?
I nearly did 