Honestly, I do not make my comic for the people who read it. I make it for me, firstly, and if people are interested then that's awesome, but really, I do it all for me. I have this story and have these skills so why not make it?
I did not start my comics thinking "oh I'm gonna get so many views and so many subs and I'm going to be a star!" Those people annoy the living hell out of me. I hate seeing whiny posts about people not getting views or likes or subs and I just wanna GO OFF on those people, but we have established a sense of community here on Tapastic that that kind of behavior is frowned down upon and I don't wanna be a pariah in the community but sometimes it has to be said. I think those people are not in this for the art or the comic making process, but for the pretense of attaining some sort of pseudo-fame and be insta-famous, which is ridiculous. Personally I came into this because it is a platform for comics, I happened to be writing a comic, so why not expose it here? Eventually it gained some traction and now I am growing and falling in love with the format. I did not know anything about making comics in the beginning, and I still don't know everything, but I am learning as much as I can to make the best thing I can make, so I guess it's a discipline thing.
I couldn't care less if my comic got views, or subs, or a spotlight from staff, I am not here for that, I was never here for that. This comic is or me, it's completely self-indulgent, I have my story, I am illustrating it, I am sharing it publicly and people just happen to like it, why not continue? I don't stress myself with my comics getting views, they are free, I am not getting paid for them, they are not my job, they are a hobby which is nice, a hobby I wouldn't mind turning into a living. Am I working towards that? Not necessarily, that doesn't mean that is less important to me, I'm just super zen about it.
I think @shazzbaa put it in a way sweeter way than my angry, angsty, annoyed New Yorker brain could ever express. I do it because I can and because I want to.