None of the sites would take your copyright though; they only reserve the right to re-use if necessary, and that's just so they can "show" your post in your friends' newsfeeds. These sites aren't going to steal your stuff, so don't let that stop you from spreading your comics.
Sorry for delay, but well I just left some stacks of promotional bookmarks in a library and a sushi shop in which one of my friends is working, and gave some to a few other people. I'm not sure this brought me much readers, though. Most of them surely come from the period when my comic was in the New and Noteworthy section.
I think I'm going to start uploading on other websites too, but always keeping two weeks behind Tapastic, so if people want to read more they have to come here.
I was told to make a tumblr too but I really have issues to just understand how that works. And Reddit is even worse, I just don't even understand what kind of website it is. Those places seem so chaotic, random and scary...
On Tapastic the best way I've found is to comment on everything. The more people see your name and that you're a real person the more people will make it to your profile page and then your comic. The user Amet6 as an example has a not so great art dump comic that has amassed over 900 views from his frequent chatting.
Some other people have mentioned Reddit, but that tends to be very capricious and you may get people disliking you for simply self posting your work.
For other sites I can't advise.
i would like to share this video i found 3 minutes ago about how to establish brands :3
also if you ask me, collaboration with already established people is the best way to get your name out! especially if they ever feature you! (i got a spike of 100 watchers just because of one little feature from a well established name XD)
That's a cool idea :). It took me a while to get the hang of tumblr (thankfully one of my friends walked me through it).
Excellent video! I should spread the word 
I've yet to find some established names to collaborate with... *ponders
the trick with collabs is that you start off with smaller or equal people you'd find and help each other out first! also, its best that you know the person well or at least by a degree before you start collabing! (cause nobody would just go out and collab with everyone they've meet!)
also, join group collabs! the more the merrier as they always say! and you don't need to know the people here as much to do it :3
Wish i had more time in the day to do a collab, but when you work 7am-11pm sometimes it's hard enough squeezing in time for your own work. :-/
Collabs are good! Careful with Reddit, trolls feed off of each other, despite encouragement and lots of praise on my art style just about everywhere else, the Redditors gave me an ego smashing when I shared my first 8 pages. You've gotta really shove awesome deep down the throat of trolls so they're incapable of sayin anything 
Trolling is just so useless... I wouldn't want to lose time over them. It's not that hard to make constructive criticism, after all. May I ask what kind of collabs you do? Like, uh, one makes the lineart and the other colorizes? That kind of stuff?? Or trading fanarts?
Draw with Jazza is a very helpful channel. I'm subscribed. I did not know he had this video on there. It's nice, concise and very helpful. Thanks for sharing this.
And I agree with most of the posts here. Find as many places you can and share your work. I'm starting to realize that networking is a great deal of work, but it's rewarding.
I've been involved in a couple of group collabs. The concept has been that someone will pick an old public domain comic that gets completely rewritten in a different genre, then the artists will do their interpretation. At the end the participants get a copy of the finished book in PDF format that can be sent to a printer and printed out if someone wants to sell them at cons.
That sounds like fun! I like to do interpretation, twisting things... I've mostly done this through fanwork though, so of course it's not public domain and no profit can be made (it wasn't intended either), but still something I'd have fun doing.
Thing is that my polyvalence in writing and drawing made it so I never had the need to team up with someone, and if I could find someone who'd be interested to work with me (and fit as team mate). I must admit I'm a little controlling at times, and if I don't have the direction I will always find a way to bypass hierarchy "for the better" ^^;
As a new artist, I've only done networking on Facebook previously, but that hasn't gone well at all... I realized that Tapastic had a forum, so that's why I'm here now. I've been interested in doing some collaborative work though too.
Give back to the community. Become a part of it while you're at it.
I've seen people give the excuse of "but I don't have enough subscribers to give back to the community!". Well how do you expect to get that many subscribers if you don't start taking part?
You can do so much for and with your community. Here's a list of simple things to get you started:
-Read people's comics. I know this sounds silly and sort of redundant (I mean, most of us in here are comic artists). But there are some comic artists who are in it only for themselves and don't actually read comics. If you're a creator, it's so important to read comics. You expose yourself to new media and new techniques, and you can be inspired by other artists an the stories they tell.
-Comment on their comics. You can make a lot of friends on Tapastic this way, believe me. I'm still stuck in a comment string that's been going on since November 2014.
-Take part in creator contests for comics you like. Some contests are super simple and easy to enter and only require you to like an episode or tell the creator your favorite character (I'm in a contest right now where entering required us telling the creator our favorite flavor of ice cream). You might even win some nifty prizes that way too.
-If you want to support any artists through the Support program, then throw a dollar at 'em, even if it's only for a month or two (but don't throw all your money away either thinking that now they have to read your stuff just because you gave them money, because then that's just bribery >.>)
-Do guest strips/fan art. Often times the creators will show off the art in their comics and give you a shout-out for it (plus it's fun!)
-Thank the people who subscribe to you. Doesn't even have to be one of those creative "Thank you!" images, even just a simple "Thanks for subscribing!" PM can make someone's day.
-Host your own contests with prizes that you can deliver (ex. don't promise you'll give them a t-shirt if you have no actual way of giving them a t-shirt; prizes can be as simple as a shout-out on your page/comic to a free request drawing).
-Host drawing livestreams, and take part in other artists' livestreams.
-Take part in the forums. Just like the comment strings on the main site, you can make a lot of friends and learn a lot of things here.
-Help other artists when they ask for it. Give your honest feedback when they're seeking it ((don't go around giving unsolicited advice tho, some people don't appreciate that and it can come off as harsh and rude > < ) Along with this, if there's a page a creator did that you really, REALLY like, let them know and tell them why! They're working hard to give you the best damn comics they can.
There's a lot of other stuff you can do that I'm sure I'm forgetting, but that's something to get you started at least. There's a lot you can do to get your comics more exposure, but you have to be willing to put in the work. Don't expect people to come to you. Even if you only have 5 or 6 subs, you can still start now to become a part of the community, and you can still start to give back to said community. You always have to be an outsider before you can become an insider. (if that makes any sense lol)
Facebook's rather difficult to network on. I found better luck on Twitter due to #webcomicchat. But Webcomic Underdogs on Facebook's the best place for FB networking. Some find better luck on Tumblr and some on Reddit
I've been thinking of collab but I tend to have that worry of being intrusive or to annoy people (when I'm not just thinking that it's not the right moment yet). But I should definitely try because nothing happens if you don't try.
