What do people hate about your comic?

[scullpanda]

Someone has an issue with the fact one of my characters is wearing stockings cuz it was such a drastic skin change between the legs and the rest of her It took like ages to convince this person that these stockings existed

[candaceandco]

I like this thread! The first email I ever received pretty much told me to keep my day job, which I view as a rite of passage for an artist! The biggest beef was that my artwork was severely lacking, and looking back at my old comics, I can't disagree, although I've gotten better ever since. These days, it's the occasional joke that inadvertently bugs someone. Mostly because, while I take care not to intentionally offend ANYONE, sometimes I wind up writing something that raises a pair of eyebrows now and then. Oh, and did I mention the 100+ rejection slips I've collected over the ye:smile: ?

[Mariah]

For my comic, mostly that people dont know what to feel about it. Is it supposed to be funny or sad? I think it can be both. Sadness can be funny. I still don't really know how to classify it.

[Ambat]

I haven't had anyone say anything negative to me about Nocturne yet, but the thing I personally hate and have been self critical of has been the overall quality of the first chapter. This is my first shot at writing a comic pretty much ever, so I've already made pretty much every mistake in the book--wonky speech bubbles, awkward formatting, lazy backgrounds, inconsistent character drawings, boring panelling, etc. I drew all 40 pages of the first chapter at once about 5 months ago, before I released the comic publicly, and have been using the pages as my buffer.

I've been making a huge effort to make chapter 2 substantially better than the first chapter by studying and reading other comics, trying new techniques with my backgrounds and just practicing in general and I feel like the quality jump is pretty drastic--I'm hoping this won't be offputting for people. I plan on redrawing the first chapter entirely probably a year from now just because I know even just after a few months I can already do so much better with what I've learned, and I want to present my work in the best light I possibly can.

[Michelle]

That our page release schedule drags the story out too long. Readers say we have great pacing when you can read it all at once, but the inevitable end comes and then the story just DRAGS in comparison. I think this is a REALLY fair critique, but it's not something we can really help right now. ^_^;;;

I feel this a lot too. I've heard a few times that my comic reads much better if you're reading the chapter in one sitting, rather than a page a week. Which is good considering I wrote my comic for print, but it makes me really wish I could update at least twice a week. But like with your comic, the pages are so labour/time-consuming that it's almost impossible to do unless I made my comic my sole priority. :<

[Mikayi]

really? I was wondering but I thought it was rude to ask to see if it was Westerners asking those things. You know I do understand that, I lived in Pusan/Busan for the longest time and that is very typical behavior for Koreans, my mom will tell me flat out if I gain any weight. and she actually did do the same thing with Career choices. I guess if they never had experience with it, they wouldn't know. I've had an American ask me "what do you have against Japan." the sad thing is.. all I did was respond "I'm not Japanese", when he kept asking me about Japanese Language, and culture. as if it was the same thing. but the sad part is he also believed Japan, Korea and China were the same thing, and that what was portrayed in comics, and movies for slice of life was actually how they all acted x.x"

I'm not sure if that's on the same line as you were talking about, but I do understand what you are talking about.

and that is wonderful! I think I was looking on the site to find Korean Artist and I thought someone was cause the style and they had Korean text, turns out they weren't, still I liked their comic so I subbed to it, the person was kind enough to let me know he wasn't Korean but I found it interesting he used the text. so it's been a bit hard for me to find them. i did notice the new spot-light comic, so I see there seemly are Koreans around the site. ^^

[sorrelma]

my comic hasn't been running for very long so i haven't had a lot of complaints but the main one is definitely "why is this episode so short?" i don't even want to honor that with a response tbh :/ it's my choice to make them that length and frequency, and honestly it's something i've asked for feedback on multiple times so the current method IS what readers wanted

[60Six]

Is this on Webtoons or Tap?
On Webtoons I'm starting to just not care... :'D I can't win there in regards to the length of my episodes. My last update was 11 pages (Granted one was a title page, but that's still 10) and it still got a comment saying it was too short.

[sorrelma]

mostly webtoons. i'm going to start posting longer chapters on there to satiate the hunger they apparently have OTL (i have gotten it on tapastic too tho)

[punkarsenic]

honestly, i dont think ive yet got to a point where ppl have broken past the 'its just starting out' politeness. that being said, many people when asked have pointed out struggling with the font; i use a kinda weird one for the specific speaker in the prologue and i'll admit its a pretty inaccessible font, but theres few that fit the intended aesthetic while being creative commons. either way, im looking for alternatives for later issues.

[Pandastrophic]

I also haven't gotten any hate but some people do really dislike a few things in the comic:
- Some people dislikeing a few characters, specifically the female lead, but in contrast some people LOVE her, and this was expected because I wrote her in a way which her actions may not be very 'likable' to some people. But this was mostly at the start of the comic.
- that the main 2 aren't together yet XDD which is fine but I hope people have a lot of patience

@60Six my episodes are around 20+ panels per episode and I get that comment too. So just don't worry about it no matter how long an update is they will say it XD

[blackopsracing321]

I've had people tell me that my story doesn't upload enough (despite updating at the time 2x a week with 3 pages each episode). These are people IRL who have never read a webcomic before, so I don't worry about this complaint too much.

[navyzerimar]

I haven´t gotten that much criticism has of yet...
I´ve seen comments of shock and surprise by the dark turns I have given early on the series but nothing really negative aside from my early designs.

[antimekii]

I always get the "I'm confused" in most chapters. I think it was because most readers don't get context clues that much, so I really need to spoon-feed information so they'll get it. I also suck at writing dialogues and transitions so there's that. Well, I hope to improve. I also have my favorite comment that I took with a huge grain of salt.

... I'm too old to be ready for this shit. Its too childish and you lack in a lot of skills, your script needs so much work -.- how do you block an author?

I'd love to get an editor to whip my ass but that costs money and I don't think its worth it for a trial webcomic...I cry every night I remember this, I'm laughing. (and lowkey dying)

[niinasalmelin]

So far my comic Numb hasn't gotten any sort of hate, but two complains I've gotten are that the story is too slow, then others say it progresses too fast.... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Oh and way back when I was starting and we're only prologue in people found it comfusing sometimes, but now when things are more established that problem seems to have gone away. I guess it's just matter of perspective and how far the story was already when these readers jumped in. Longform stories can be tricky in webcomic format where you get only one page every week.

[Silerna]

Wish I knew actually. I only know what I hate from it ....

[dojo]

I haven't gotten any hate on my comic yet (criticism sure, but I don't like bundling that with hate since I don't think that's healthy), but I have gotten hate on my style in general, but it's usually just the nonsense "it's bad" or "it scares me" comments that don't serve much purpose beyond people trying to ruffle my feathers (not that it works, because 9 times out of 10 comments like that make me laugh ESPECIALLY when people say my style scares or disturbs them. I've maybe had my feelings hurt twice over comments like that, and chances are I was already having a bad day when I saw them so obviously it'd get to me a little more).

My style is def not everyone's cup of tea, but I really don't have it in me to care if someone doesn't like it. I chose to make it this way, after all. If I cared what people thought, I'm very capable of switching styles and using something "nicer".

[TennaShoe]

I've only gotten some slight hate in the past, but there's a few people that have repeatingly told me off for some things.

-My handwriting
-How I draw faces
-How messy the comic is
-Someone literally told me off for 'attacking' a children's show that "wasn't for my age group" I had to delete the comment chain because it was getting really, really out of hand and they weren't listening to me at all.

Recently, not hate but this person hasn't given me a break.
-Says I can't draw kids
-Doesn't like that I leave sketch marks
-Doesn't think I'm a good artist
-Has taken to other platforms to give me 'feedback' on my other works. xD

The ones I take light hearted because I agree with them to an extent, are the ones that wish I worked in color. I'd not call that hate though. Just wishful thinking. xD Same with those that want me to print my comic.

[miesmud]

Fortunately I haven't gotten any real hate on any of my comics here on Tapastic. But I haven't gotten criticism either, which I would like to get to improve.

The only thing close to negative feedback I got, is people commenting words like "update" with lots of question- and exclamation marks, which probably means my readers think I make them wait too long. (Wich is totally true) But it also means they want to see more, which is actually a very good thing.

And once when I did a giveaway I got some hate/ jealous comments from people who didn't win haha. Telling me they didn't want to follow me anymore or something.

So I think I'm very lucky to get so much positive feedback from everyone on Tapastic

Some people in my actual life don't seem to like my comics that much tho
They think one of my comics is lame and generic, and don't take it serious at all. And they say my other comic is like it's written by a twelve year old, and doesn't make sense.
They also say I draw too many regular teenagers and tell me to create more different kind of characters. (Things like age and bodytypes, etc.). They also think my characters are awkward and unrealistic. That there happens too little in too many pages, that I write boring dialogues. And I don't even remember what they have said haha.

What they said actually bothered me quite a lot, it made me kind of dislike my comics. But at the same time, all the respect and positive feedback I got on Tapastic really motivates me to keep going. After all, the people at school are not even my target audience, so their opinions on my comic don't matter that much. And they have given good criticism and feedback too, which helped me improve. #EmoModusOff

[Down_the_Rabbithole]

I don't really have any hate on my comic yet since it's only seven pages in. I got some good constructive criticism from some people that I've since put into good use:

-Lines could be cleaner.
-Values could have more contrast.
-Change that font.
-Put more effort into the backgrounds.

Like I've said, I haven't been around long enough to get hated on yet, but I can imagine where people could get annoyed:

-The action scenes are too padded.
-Not enough panels per page.
-Beginning chase scene might be confusing.

That's pretty much it. I've thought of maybe one or two reasons someone might get offended, but I'm not going to worry myself with that. I can't control how other people react or feel, so I'll just do the best I can and take all the reasonable criticism that comes my way.