Do your parents even know you have a webcomic?

[Jim North]

Mine know, but I don't think they've actually seen any of it yet. They're not computer savvy, and therefore don't have a computer or any access to the 'net whatsoever. I do plan to show it to at least my mom sometime when she visits the apartment. My dad doesn't really get the whole RPG scene (or much of anything else I do ;P ), so I probably won't bother with him.

[Blackaby]

They know but haven't read it yet. I'm fairly sure that all our extended family and family friends will be reading, as well as the billions of other people I'd like to keep out of my online life. More fool me, I guess, for having a domain in my name and linking to stuff with it.

[Aster Azul]

Definitely not.

But with my loudmouthed little brother who absolutely does NOT understand the meaning of "secret," I think they have an idea.

My parents would say I was wasting my time when I should be writing or something.

[-Rain-]

They know, I showed them (for some reason, my mum always tells me that I don''t have interests...she just forgets about seeing me drawing, reading or whatever). They print the pages and show them to their coworkers and friends, but I don't think they really read it. They just enjoy the pretty pictures

[Kris X]

Now that I think about it...Rather, what do my parents not know...Hmmm.

I can think of a few things.

[Risky]

They know, and they mention it a lot, ask if I'm still doing it, but they've never seen it as far as I know. Ye Gods, I hope not. My sister reads it and so do some of her friends.

[Sortelli]

I've had some very nice conversations with my parents about my comic, so it is nice. My dad especially has an appreciation for comics and art in general so it's good to have his input.

[Sarasoji]

They know... but they do not think of it as a serious project... Well, it ain't a serious project, though I do get a bit concerned when I don't update on time.

[Nanda]

My mom's so proud, she even pretends to get it... I wish she'd stop giving the URL to my realatives. I'm sick of hearing cloyingly polite faux-praise.

[Pimpette]

Mine do. My dad read through my archives a little while ago, and sent the link around to his sisters - one of which actually called him up after reading through and said something to the effect of "I don't get it", which I found strangely funny.
My dad even went and bought some stuff from my store, and keeps it around the house to show it off. He's been after me and my older brother for years to "do something" with our artistic talents - I think he's proud I've actually managed to stay with something like this for so long. He's pretty excited over the convention I'm going to in August too, which is nice.

[RemusShepherd]

I told my sisters, but my sisters know what kind of perverted freak I am. My parents do not, and with luck they'll die before they learn.

[Ezra]

My family doesn't know. Hell, they don't even know what I draw. I think if they read it (when I have more of it..) they wouldn't get all the allegorical significance of it. Also, in regards to what I know the ending will be.. I think my mom would put in other meanings than what I'm wanting to convey and.. I dunno.. it'd just be a mess because there's also gonna be swearing and stuff and.. She's not an open-minded lady, let's put it that way.

However, I do hope to finish it and show it to my grandmother before her health declines more. She always loved when my mother painted and since she didn't get to have an art career and I'm hoping to base most of mine on art.. well.. I hope to make her happy that one of her descendants is doing the art that she herself never got to do either.

Also, a character who gets his ass kicked early on is physically based on my stepdad.. whom I cannot stand. Thus, I really don't think they should read it. :/

[Yeahduff]

My parents know.

My mom has read it occassionally and often tries to read into things as if my comic a veiled autobiography. My dad saw mine when it was in my college newspaper. He didn't like it, and kept telling me I "needed a character." He hasn't read any of it on the web, as teaching him the internet has proved to be a sisiphean effort. I don't think he'd read it anyway.

I did recently find out that my girlfriend's father reads it. That freaks me the hell out.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

I did recently find out that my girlfriend's father reads it. That freaks me the hell out.

Ummm.... yeah. That's creepy.


That reminds me. All my realitves in Thailand read mine now. On some level, I wish they didn't.

[Toxic]

a veiled autobiography

The best kind! I have a theory that all creative works are thinly veiled biographies, with different levels of obviousness.

sisiphean

Sisyphean! (Err...I had that on a vocab test not too long ago...)

[Levi-chan]

Mine know, but they're pretty blase about it.

My sister appreciated it though. She printed it out, then showed it to her boyfriend.

[Risky]

I'd be more worried if they read the forums.

[Yeahduff]

*Throws another peanut at Toxic*

[Robbie]

Yeah, I don't think she's seen it though. But she should be telling everyone she knows dammit.

[Toxic]

I'd be more worried if they read the forums.

Damn, that is a scary thought.

*Throws another peanut at Toxic*

*Asphyxiates from a severe allergic reaction, thus being temporarily unable to correct others' spelling*