Oh, such a lovely sentiment! I really hope that the ratio of users leaving feedback is higher than just 10% because, in my experience, as long as you yourself prove active with the community, you'll never be met by silence. Interacting with fellow artists and being available to your audience breaks the ice like a pleasant sledgehammer. Who better than to swing that thing than you?

OKAY! My first comment I remember very vividly because it was the first time I posted my art online. It was on a forum, cartoon zone, I think? Way back in time, the fabled year of 2006. Nervously, gut winding itself in knots, and promising myself if no one left a comment in an hour, I'd delete everything and just keep making art for me, I submitted and walked away from the computer. HALF AN HOUR, unable to contain myself, I rushed back and found several extremely cool comments from forum users (and a mod who I was like... floored to see leave me a comment -- they even made some of my very first virtual fanart)!

The very first comment, I can't remember the user, but it was someone saying that the pictures made them want to know more about the characters' stories, so I was hooked. I was ready to flood 'em with all I had, haha^^

Forums being my first real online community, encouraging words and in-depth commentary became really important. I try my hardest to leave creators my input regarding the work they post because I know how nerve-wracking it can be to put your most intimate stories and characters out there. Someone, even nameless, sharing what they think about a creator's work is so precious as fuel to keep them creating. You shouldn't feel entitled to feedback but always consider your own voice an opportunity of inspiration to yourself and to others.

Hmm. I can't quite remember the details of my first comment, but it was something nice about the visuals. It didn't feel too special, since before that I did illustrations on DA, and praise about my drawings wasn't new. The comment was on an old, not too serious project I tried out in 2009 which got discontinued not too long after it's creation. Although, the first meaningful comment I got was a more in-depth one about my characters. It wasn't extremely long, a paragraph, but it made my day because I always wonder how readers see my characters and such as opposed to how I see them. The comment was on my hiatus project, probably back in 2011 or so.
It got the gears in my head moving, which was nice.

While comments in general are a nice rarity, I feel comments that spark thought, or conversation are even more rare and valuable.

no I don't recall my very first comment but I do get the same happy feeling when I get some feedback it makes it worth while and I want to thank my people who like and comment my pages for talesfromswipecity.

feedback to creators is so very important and in truth a very small price to pay for something your reading for free, a little feedback can brighten a day when pages feel like they have no end and you start to wonder "why the hell do i do this to myself?" then you get a comment and it's " yer i do it for them" loyal fans are something I really respect and do my best to support.

I myself don't always know what to comment but I do try (or at least hit the like button)

I don't recall my first comment ever, since I started posting art online like... 14 years ago? But I will say that the positive reception to my art helped encourage me to keep improving, and it was really nice of people to compliment my work when I was still very much a beginner. So I always try to be nice to artists developing their skills, because I know how easily discouraged you can get when you're just starting out.

As for here on Tapastic, I don't recall my first comment off-hand, but I remember thinking "Omg! People care about my comic!"
I'd been posting it to my website for a year prior to Tapastic, and getting actual comments from people was very rare. So to have people commenting on my work on Tapastic and getting involved in the story has been a very uplifting and encouraging experience.

I don't remember my first comment ever but I remember thinking "OH SHIT SOMEONE LIKES ME!!!" haha! Getting comments in general gets me happy as fuck because it is the main way to interact with readers and I just love interacting with people! It also makes me feel like someone really is reading and paying attention to whatever is going on!

So, please comment, most creators love getting comments and are really nice (unless you say some stupid shit and need to be put on your place immediately lol). I would rather be overwhelmed by comments than have none.

It's like this: OH MY GOSH! I EXIST!!

Hmmm, I don't quite remember my first comment. It was on Deviant art, I know, but I don't think it really surprised me because at that time, I didn't really know how to navigate the site and wasn't used to it. I don't think I even noticed it until weeks later XD

I'm giddy every time someone leaves a comment coz I like interacting with my readers! I like that they think of enough of my comic to ask or make comments toward it. I try to respond as soon as I can because I appreciate the effort they've put towards reading my comic.

Honestly getting our first comment/like was probably the most important thing that I needed when starting this. Its an acknowledgement that someone, somewhere is out there looking at our comic. Thank you Wuzzems

I think for my comic I got a couple of comments when I posted it originally at my swedish site. I shared it on my blog so there where some people who found it that way. I think it was "nice drawings and good humor" and it made me super happy. I still get "dancing around the room"-happy when some one comments on my work https://tapastic.com/series/magicadvisor . it is the best feeling.

I have probably have 5 comments to begin with so I'm just happy someone cares.

I thought, "Wow, people are actually reading this...I could have sworn they were all just spambots".

Spambots have taken over my Tumblr and DA accounts, I rarely get real people looking at my stuff.

I remember mine, since I've only been posting my comic since May. Zak Simmonds-Hurn, the creator on Monstrosity, said "Great work. Looking forward to seeing more!". While it was a simple comment, the source it was coming from blew me away, since before making my account, his comics was one of the ones that I checked out and really enjoyed from tapastic. His talent level is way above mine in my opinion, so it made me feel that if he could like it, surely my art and concept weren't as unpolished as I had thought. It's funny how such a simple comment can really motivate one to work harder. My comic used to be in black and white, but now it's in colour, and every page I try to push myself to learn something new. If you're reading this man, thanks for fueling my start, minutes after I had posted my first page. Your comic is still awesome, by the way.

I actually don't really remember how I reacted to my very first comment, but I can be 100% sure that I was probably really excited that someone gave my comic feedback! I still get excited when I read and reply to feedback actually !

"Finally! A real human being liked my work enough to comment on it!"

To me every single comment I get on anything I do feel like "my first comment". It makes me feel happy that people care enough for my content and I so often find myself sitting there refreshing a page to wait for a comment to pop up LMAO (Hence why my readers usually go YOU REPLY SO FAST)

I don't remember who was first, but I did get a first "my children" comment today which was wild. I feel like it's a good milestone when people feel that protective over your fictional people.

@joannekwan omg I love your comics and I comment on them all the time!! Haha I hope I'm not being too weird! Sometimes I feel like I am too over-bearing showering people with affection since I am so outgoing and I wonder if I am making people a bit uncomfortable with my likes and comments!

It was really nice! As you say, the vast majority of readers are silent, so getting a comment is always fun - and on the whole, 99% of my commenting readers are lovely and thoughtful. <3 My first Tapastic comment was (not verbatim) "Oh wow, look at this artwork! I can tell this comic is going to be REALLY popular here!"

And what do you know - my first commenter could apparently see into the future! : D

Getting comments on your comics means so much to creators, because likes - while they're a nice thumbs-up - are also silent and something I'm unable to respond to. Not getting comments makes me feel like I'm shouting into the void, and getting nothing back.

Comments really DO make my day!

I think first comment I ever got was either 'nice' or 'fix that anatomy yo' style of thing, 2005. I didin't get comfy around internet till last year so I held back with posting art and comments. Tapastic is probably first community I actually feel part of.

That being said getting comments is always great. Someone actually bothered to type it. I still get very excited when I get one and I tend to leave a lot of comments to others, especially if they're just starting out or haven't found their audience yet.

I remember the fist comment that I had clearly, it was about how he/she loved the way my action series was going since it is a action comic based on a storyline n all, that was when I knew that I'm getting somewhere with my comic and don't need to be discouraged because there are people out there who would love to read my comic.
Unfortunately I can't get to the page now to mention the name of my subscriber that posted it my mum's yelling my name into the sky right now so I gotta go for sometime but I remember it was around episode 12 to 19 that the comment was made before I got some other comments on my earlier episodes

When I recieved my 1st comment on my comic....
I read it like 10 times, felt super happy and ran downstairs to tell my mom.... yes >.>......