Your comics target audience?

[JigokuNeko]

My stories are love letters to the past me so it's definitely teen girls/young adult women. I'm happy to see all ages and genders enjoy them, tho.

[brunoharm3]

Bruno Harm is only for cool, smart, and all around awesome people.

[Doubtcent]

Anyone who would have me.

Minus the vulgarity.

Although the humor takes a bit of thought, so maybe ten plus.

[Cielle]

I guess I wouldn't recommend Reus to anyone under 13, but the themes are aimed at a slightly older audience, around 17 and up. If we go by typical manga standards, it would be Seinen I think. I don't anticipate there being anything NSFW, but since Reus is heavily influenced by Jungian psychology, I think it appeals more to an older audience. Chapter 1 is mostly comedic with hints at the darker themes to come.

[whydocowsfall]

I should know this better than I do... but it's kind of all ages. I'd say 9+ because there are some bits that I haven't quite decided how to write - The Odyssey gets pretty graphic with descriptions sometimes and I'm still not 100% sure how much of that to keep in. It definitely won't be too bad though so, yeah, it'd be rated PG if it was a film! (:

There are some underlying themes that probably wouldn't be picked up on as easily by younger readers but I don't think it would affect the overall enjoyment! ^-^

[pottedlilgoree]

16 to 25
for now...
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but i always imagine a scene where a 40 years old established and well-educated person might take interest

[Kayke]

My target demo is kind of broad for Creep. Like 12-20something.

[atlas]

For SweetGum: 7 and Up
For Beasts of Ushin: 15 and Up
For Strike Pup: 18 and Up

I wouldn't be very interested in drawing anything if my target audience was simply one type for all my comics.

[Thesleepypencil]

I have 3 nephews, and i want to design something they would read or something that could easily be transfered over to a childrens show. so most of my comics i design to be 7-13 age range.

Lalita at the end of the universe` would gear towards the older of that range. No swearing, no sexualization or nsfw inaprops, but in a few occasions there is mild violence .

Mirrors and apples would go on the younger scale. It's very lgbta but there is no sex, very little violence, and no swearing.

i find the most difficult part is trying to keep violence at a minimum, i'm very much a epic battle type girl but ya gotta keep the blood hidden.

[Waterdrain]

I want to say that Hobo story is targeted towards older teens, but I guess it could be safe for preteens. As for OOTO I think it should be 18 and up.

[HollyRedwinter]

I struggle with figuring out target audiences a lot when I'm writing Redwinter. The story is of course dictated by my own interests and mannerism, and that leads to some weird dichotomies. There's little swearing, but the only cuss anyone seems to know is "fuck." I'm tackling transgender and LGBTQ themes, but in a way that requires some foreknowledge and isn't informational for people who are extremely new to those issues (at least I think so, I'd love feedback on that particular issue if anyone is interested and willing).

I think target audiences are for me a search for like minded people who will laugh and enjoy the same weird amalgamation of tropes that I do. I'd hate to ever put that behind an age barrier because I remember getting a lot of value out of "above my age range" works that I read in my early teens like Battle Angel Alita and Berserk. I'm writing a cosmic horror story that's also kind of funny; how violent can it be and how terrifying can it get while still being somewhat readable by younger audiences who want something a little creepier, especially on the net where everyone can read everything? That said I can't help but feel that I've closed off my work to any kind of future publication (har har, funny joke) through official channels because of the slight cussing even though it's the kind of entertainment that I feel the 13-20 crowd might really like.

I also remember playing the fourth Resident Evil game when I was 14 and being unable to sleep for a few nights so maybe that's for the best.

-Holly

[maelstrom51210]

Harhar. I think I wrote Demon King mostly for myself. I guess it's for people who like horror and occult stuff.

[eagle1]

I'm writing for adults. Not that I am writing lots of sex and violence, but I am writing for those people who have a mature outlook on life, and want mature stories to read. In other words, like any writer, I am writing what I want to read.

Eagle
(And that really doesn't have an age range)

[wbparham247]

Teens for the most part, I try to keep it "family friendly". Since I started with my comics when I was about 12 years old I've tried to keep that same feel to them while improving my drawing and techniques.

[aferrara]

weeeeell...

I try to make Husband&Husband available to all ages...but it skews a tad bit older due to all of the innuendos.

For Lost Boys Academy... that's a completely different audience. Total older/mature audience. I would say 17+.

[scythe]

Yeah, I'm a bit the same. I write for myself, and not in kind of lofty ideal sort of way, but in a I'm writing the story I want to read sort of way.

Whoever else likes it a nice bonus.

[VermillionWorks]

Serial killers, obviously.

...............okay, anyone who can handle graphic violence and creepy stuff, really. XD I've actually been happy to hear that some people who aren't usually into horror or vampires have been taking an interest in Daniel, I was hoping it would be interesting for most random readers.

Most of all though I write to entertain myself with stuff I love.

[infectedbloodcomics]

Adults, for sure, although my current series, The Green-Eyed Sniper, can be read by teenagers, I guess (at least, people older than 14 or so). And adults who enjoy stories with strong women who exist on their own, rather than as an eye-candy, are definitely the kind of adults who will enjoy my stories the most.

[elixiadragmire]

Silversong is for teens and older. so 14 and up. The core of the group seems to be young adult women. Due to its themes and inspirations this makes a lot of sense. I also have women of my age and older and young men and older too. Its attacts people who like Disney-que stories, high fantasy readers and the tabletop roleplaying crowd. It seems to hit on a bigger market and a small niche one at the same time, I think this is primarly due to the artstyle and the story writing

I started this primarly for myself also but its interesting to see patterns in the readership

[Kura]

Age wise.

When writing Raven Wolf I was aiming for older kids, so a 10 - 12 and up audience. My audience I ended up getting for that series is mostly very far from that target range.

For No Future I didn't give a damn since all the extra work I put into Raven Wolf to make it kid friendly wasn't worth shit since my audience is mostly adults. So I didn't focus on aiming at any age group and just focused more on the story I wanted to tell without worrying about ages. So it's not aimed at adults, and it's not aimed at kids, it's pretty much just aimed at anyone that might want to read it.

Aside from age I really did not set out to write for any specific group of people for either series.