i'm not sure if they were serious but i got a user spamming my comic with "what the fuck" and "stop this"
I only recently got my first "rude" comment which was "lol the hands" in response to one of my earlier pages--I didn't really get too heated about it or anything because they're not wrong, LOL! CH1 of my comic is extremely wonky and I've p much accepted any and all criticism, rude or otherwise regarding that part of my comic haha!
A style specific quirk that I have is drawing female characters' chest with a pointed edge--I likely picked this up when doing style studies from artists like Butch Hartman and Lauren Faust, both of whom are huge inspirations to me. I've had some people point out that it can be a jarring stylistic choice in some of my characters which is a totally fair criticism and I intend to explore different ways to go about it to see if it works better, however regarding this, the rudest comment I ever got was, "do you even know how boobs work?" LOL!!
I really don't have an issue with criticism, in fact I'm always actively looking for it!! People can be a little rude for the sake of being rude sometimes though it seems.
I have yet to get a single rude comment, everyone's been super friendly so far! I feel like that could change though if I end up posting my comic on Webtoons, especially with my inconsistent updating time, lol.
Majority of my readers are the sweetest bunch and I love seeing comments/feedback/critques from them... though there is this one guy... I think he enjoy my comic, (thouh he has said he doesn't like either of my main characters) but he makes either the oddest comments or leave statements that are... well rude or simply unnessary. If I make a post celebrating something, he goes and point out a negative, or challenge me on something in the comic to try and make it seem that I've made a mistake.
It's not super obvious, in your face rude though, so I sometimes wonder if he is a troll or he's just not great at talking to people...
Had a reader say how terrible the art was in the first "issue" of the comic. I agreed with him though, it was done in 2013 when I barely started taking art seriously.
I never really got a rude comment but I did get one (on another site) that went, "I hope he doesn't get anymore naked than he is. -.-' "
Hoo boy. I haven't gotten any rude comments here on Tapastic, but my comic has been online since 2009, so I've had some good ones.
My comic is about the American Revolution but with "battle of the bands". So Britain vs America punk rock. The British aren't the "bad guys", but it's a war so people are going to root for a side. Well, I had a British soldier kick the main character's dog (character development so he can become better) and I get this gem of a comment:
"The British literally kick the dog?
I’ll try and pretend to be surprised.
So here we have a comic by Americans portraying the British as pure evil in order to feel good about themselves and their country.
Again, I’ll try and pretend to be surprised.
Makes me wish we had sent ever more troops to help in Iraq and Afghanistan."
YIIIKKKKKES, right?
Not much rude comments on my stuff aside from this one: "DO NOT TELL ME THIS IS LGBT ? OR BL?"
(I did get a lot of constructive criticism on my earlier chapters but they're not rude at all).
Though I got a lot of death threats at a certain character in my recent update. I'd personally would feel like shit if those were directed at me /sweats
Eh, this has to be the worst I've gotten in terms of my comic, that and occasional update demands.
But that's Webtoons for ya.
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Well I got a series of comments from a person who pretty much only ever commented to judge my life decisions and push me down. When I mentioned how screwed up the medical system is here in sweden (and across the rest of the world really) when it comes to how they handle trans people, this person just slapped my face with "the waiting for transition SHOULD be really long". Mind you this was during a time that it was well known my shitty situation brought me to suicidal thoughts. It was the last thing I needed to hear in that moment, and certainly not something the huge amount of trans people in my audience needed to see. I confronted them about it, and they straight up told me they just dislike transgender transitions and piercings/body modifications (oh yes. They judged me for my lip piercings too.)
I don't get comments from this person anymore, thank god. It was the only time I had to straight up tell a person I wanted them to stop coming around for my comics and that I would block them if I could. As I said, I have a lot of transgender readers, I can't have transphobic people hanging out in the comments.
Thankfully my rudest comment wasn't bashing my comic, they were just acting like an entitled prick.
"I'm getting fucking tired of these short updates. THIS IS BULLSHIT!"
I was not afraid to chew them out. Oh man did I chew them out. They apologized and said they were just having a bad day, but damn. There's a good chunk of Webtoons readers who don't think of us as human beings who have lives that can get in the way of comic making.
12 days later
As a lot of other creators are saying, running an LGBTQ+ comic has its challenges...
My worst comment has to be this one that quoted some identities I featured and then said:
"Jesus f**king christ you are cancer."
Someone also recently told me "f**k you go to hell" because I posted the Tipping announcement!
...Which I found simultaneously offensive and funny because neither Tap or I are requiring anyone to tip creators! Lol
i dont get lots of mean comments. which is super nice. BUUUT i did get this one that i actually really like
"I don't read Robo Hole because frankly one of the two main characters is an unlikable c**t."
it was in a forum tho and not on my actual comic. and to be faaaiiir one of my main characters is kinda unlikeable so ya got me there homeslice. but i really liked that they cared this much to say that haha
I don't really mind if people bad mouth the characters, but damn if they even mention they need more updates...
I'm not gonna let em go without a good talking to.
This is only happens on Webtoons lol
Ugh these are very typical right now because tons of people are freaking out and creating this controversy over intergender people. Basically, intergender people are hated by EVERYONE, including the ones that should understand their situation the most out of the people that aren't intergender themselves. Gay, lesbian and "typical" ftm and mtf people all hate on them, claiming that they make the lgbtqia movement look dumb or that they are making doctors doubt... and I hate having to quote this, but.... "REAL TRANS PEOPLE". That one physically hurt to type. Please send bandaids.
The absolute worst part is when they say "THEY'S BE ONLY 2 GENDERS CUZ SCIENCE" and then you're like "Uh intersex people" and they either dismiss it or ignore it and just keep going "SCIENCEEEEEEE".
I can't even anymore I'm having Vietnam flashbacks to that one video Arielle and JaclynGlenn made and I am cringing so hard that my lungs are about to fall out. I'm so sorry that you get these types of comments on your comic, I have seen it around and I bloody love that it exists. It is so openminded and spreads such a positive message about individuality, I just don't understand why people feel the need to taint its comments sections with such dysphoria-triggering filth.
I actually have a whole hall of bad comments on my Twitter xD
But the rudest one was this here on Tapastic:
(first comment, I never told anyone except trusted people what my life situation was, but the part when he talks about my boyfriend, yea, my boyfriend does have a job xD And no I never stated I make 30 bucks of my Patreon lol) Later the guy told me that my work is worth minimum and then I got a proposition to be featured on Webtoons. The timing was so right.
Tho the rudest I got on Webtoons was:
Can't really decide which one was worse XD
@AffectedMind holy crud that tapastic butt-wad is the worst. i dont even know enough words to say how annoying that guy is. hes just... hes just so wrong about everything ever. jeez