I'm always interested to know what people think of their own work. So, care to rate yer comic on my handy-dandy scale?

1: Yeah, my comic sucks and I know it. I'll never be good. I don't even know why I bother.

2: It's not as good as a lot of stuff out there- I know I've got a long way to go. But hey- it's not the worst comic out there either, and at least I'm trying, right?

3: While I'm pretty proud of my comic, I'm realistic, too! I've got a lot of improving to do before I'm really happy with it, but I'm pleased with how I'm progressing.

4: Well, it's not perfect, and it might not be for everybody- but I think it's well above average. If I keep working hard, I think it can be a success.

5: My comic is the best thing ever, and there's no reason why anyone wouldn't love it. I'm sure that soon I'll be rich and famous.

I'd probably rank myself a 4 on a good day, and a 3 on a bad day. ;)

How about you?

That's a hard question... My comic is my absolute favorite one, but I wouldn't force it on anyone. Your options seem to be more of "what would others think of your comic" or a comparison to other comics in the most general sense, so I have to go with a 2 -- or a 2.5.

I could be wrong, but I love my comic so I would give it a 5.
After all, if I didn't like it, why would I keep making it?

@ usedbooks:
Ooh, you're right. I fail! :( That is a kind of a limited definition of "like". I guess I skewed it more towards a comparative/critical sense, instead of rating on pure emotional attachment/ personal sense of fulfillment. (If we're goin' for that- I'd rate, like, a 7 out of 5. ;) )

I'm with Hark I'll give mine a five. But more realistic I'd give it a 3 or a 4

harkovast
I could be wrong, but I love my comic so I would give it a 5.
After all, if I didn't like it, why would I keep making it?

Geez, he gets featured and it goes straight to his head. :)

I like my comic I think it's pretty good. There are pages with art and dialogue after I re read wish I'd made better. But overall I'm pretty happy with it so far, so I"ll go with anywhere between 3.5 and 4. I really haven't even got to what I consider the best parts of the story yet IMHO, so I"ll get back to you in about 50 to 60 pages. ;)

#3 mainly for Vampire Phantasm. I think my art is sloowllly improving, I love most of my characters, I just hate my writing sometimes and the fact that I can never make up my mind on the storyline. It gets on my nerves and many of my reader's nerves. XP

Hmm....maybe 3 and a half sometimes. >.>

ussually between 4 and 5, which probably sounds pretty stuck up. i know there's people that have this down a lot better then i do but God, i just enjoy it so much! i'm my own biggest fan! haha! i can only hope that some of my readers get the same enthusiasm from reading it as i do making it.

I'd say I rate it about a 3.5 based on your scale. While I'm generally satisfied with the artwork, I still think there are areas I need to improve in. Still, I'm a pretty big fan of my own comic. I get myself excited to draw something while I'm still in the writing stage so that I'm less disappointed when I actually get to drawing it. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not disappointed with the art itself! I just get dragged down by the amount of details that I want in the comic versus the amount of details I have the patience to do.)

For example, there are a lot of crabs that will be showing up in Timothy Green in the next two weeks. When I was writing them, and even doing some character designs, I got so excited. Now I'm developing a love-hate relationship with them because I thought it would be a great idea to have an army of tiny, cute crabs. It's somewhat mind-numbing.

But I digress.
If I didn't enjoy my comic, I wouldn't be drawing it in the first place.

I'd give my comic a solid 3. I still feel like a huge amateur. But looking at my first comic which I posted back in November and the comic I posted today, I am making great strides. Also my comic is just weird, the crap I come up with even amazes me sometimes. I honesty start most my comics with PG humor then my childish low brow humor over powers me.

4: Well, it's not perfect, and it might not be for everybody- but I think it's well above average. If I keep working hard, I think it can be a success.

I give my comic a 4. Its because of a few things.

1) When I was making the script of MAG-ISA, I was in a mind state in which I cannot explain. I was just motivated to work on it even if its 3 in the morning. And I knew in my gut that its somehow gonna be a bigger "hit" than Brood Knight. Because its got more thought put into it as compared to my past comics. And because on a technical level, it is the better-drawn comic compared to the ones I did in the past.

2) More because of reader reaction. Some of my readers say that MAG-ISA is a unique comic. But I dont know about that. IMO, there's nothing original these days.
Also its because it was voted in 7 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES in the 2008 DD awards. It didn't win anything though but it became a finalist in best political and best spiritual. I wasn't expecting it to fare that well. :)

Hmm, I love my comic, but I know it's not the best thing out there. So, I would probably have to rate Living With Insanity a 4.5 because while it may not be the best comic out there, it's a lot better than some of the stuff that's out there.

I used to be at 3.
Sometimes I go to 5.
But I'm pretty solidly at 4.

I'm going with a four, since the wording describes being self content with a work. I don't think my webcomic will be some success though, it's too niche.

I really like my comics when they are in notebook form because then most of them have an ending but when I actually draw the comics I end up hating them and not working on them. For that I put them in the 2 - 3 range. Still, I am very pleased with my progress.

i give myself a 2.5 - 3

I have gotten lots of critiques from other ppl both public and private which is great so i can improve on each page that i do...not to mention it's rly helping me improve my photoshop skills =]

Also,i feel rly good when ppl PQ about cameos...rly feels good that ur readers also want in on the action hehehe

I suspect readers' opinions of Shades will differ widely. Any readers expecting a straightforward super hero story with lots of flying and fisticuffs are probably going to be put off by some of the character-driven episodes. I suspect they would rate it as a 2. Unless they really like great artwork (I'm not the artist!) in which case they might be more generous (3 - 3.5?)

Personally, I'd rate it between a 4 and a 5, not just because I'm biased but because ... well, I've deliberately tried to put in all the things I like about comics and leave out all the things I don't! Hey, it's a comic written especially for me. How could I not like it!

3.

3.5.
While I know I'm improving, I'm really proud of what I've been able to accomplish thus far. My original thought was to just rate it a 5! lol! But then I realized how stuck-up that would seem...

4. The better drawn chapters anyway. Realistically probably a little lower, but according to other threads underselling yourself hurts your book. So yeah, it's four :P

And the script I wrote recently? Gonna try to make it FIVE! :)

Three. I keep finding ways to make it better and as long as I can do that it will forever be a three. The learning curve is steep and I like to keep challenging myself.

Harkovast
I could be wrong, but I love my comic so I would give it a 5.
After all, if I didn't like it, why would I keep making it?

As the slave whispered into the ear of the successful conquerer in his Triumphant parade. "Remember thou art mortal." All glory is fleeting. ;)

I'd say I'm sitting at a solid three, and that's generous to myself because I'm always my hardest critic.

I have many things that I could improve on, but I'm proud of myself so far because I've been forcing myself to draw things that I have lots of trouble with (hands and perspectives, specifically XD). And I think I'm improving in both areas.

As for writing, the story's just beginning, but I have so many things up my sleeve. :D

Hyena H_ll
1: Yeah, my comic sucks and I know it. I'll never be good. I don't even know why I bother.

This, although I didn't bother.

Zaymac, I wrote that before getting featured!
Also, I the question was what do I think of my own comic.
I think my comic is fantastic, its the best comic I can make and it has all the stuff I would like to see in a comic. It is like someone sat down and tried to make a comic that would 100% appeal to me, because effectively that is what happened!
If I didn't 100% like it, I would do it differently.
Now if the question was how much do other people like it, I would give you a more mixed review, but in terms of my opinion, it is exactly the sort of thing I would like to read and therefore warrants a 5.
I am not assuming everyone who reads it would give it a 5, but this is the score I would give it.

As Ryu said, he was going to give himself a 5 but thought that would sound stuck up.
I would assume everyone loves there own comic and you are all jsut saying 3 to avoid seeming arrogant. Are you really trying to claim you dont love your creations that much? Come off it! YOu all think your comics are brilliant! And rightly so!
I do not think declaring my own love for my creation is arrogant, and I am not going to fib, so I stand by my 5!

harkovast
As Ryu said, he was going to give himself a 5 but thought that would sound stuck up.
I would assume everyone loves there own comic and you are all jsut saying 3 to avoid seeming arrogant. Are you really trying to claim you dont love your creations that much? Come off it! YOu all think your comics are brilliant! And rightly so!
I do not think declaring my own love for my creation is arrogant, and I am not going to fib, so I stand by my 5!

I think it's a frame of mind thing- as usedbooks pointed out earlier, the "scale" I devised was based more on a critical/ comparative perspective than a pure emotional attachment one.

I think some people's brains work differently- while I love my comic, and love workin' on it more than pretty much anything else in the world, I can help but constantly evaluate and analyse it. I'm constantly finding things that could be better, and tryin' to make it such. I feel like if I ever got completely happy with it, and stopped findin' stuff wrong with it, I'd stop improving.

I am an arrogant bastard, mind you- it's just tempered with an intense self-criticism!

I'd say 4. I like to think we're improving all the time.

Threads like these are why im starting to dislike this forum. "How much do you like your comic/comic characters/how much do you draw/fanboy over your character/everything?" kind of gets old after awhile. lets talk about actual comics, please.

I don't even know if my comics are good or bad.

I think what I really love about my comics is the potential of the story before I draw it, so that would be a 5.

The actual aftermath of the comic pages I'd give it more of a realistic 3.

A 3 -4 for objective reasons, and a 5 in my heart, just enough to keep me working on that 4. :D

NickGuy
Threads like these are why im starting to dislike this forum. "How much do you like your comic/comic characters/how much do you draw/fanboy over your character/everything?" kind of gets old after awhile. lets talk about actual comics, please.

Wait, they still make real comics? I haven't seen one in SOOOooo long.

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I'd rate my comic a 4. If I could get the art and coloring to be more professional I would thinks it's a 5 but my art can at times even make it a 3 when I screw up. God I'm glad I'm still improving. One day maybe I won't sink to 3 at least :P