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Comic Books And The Internet, Continued

Posted by Hemos on from the groth-and-sim dept.

A number of readers have written in about the Salon story talking with Gary Groth's recation to Scott McCloud's pieces on the intersection of the comic and the Internet. Groth's feelings are much different then McCloud. I love the comic book format (am currently reading Cerebus, The Dreaming and Bone amongst others) and think is an interesting issue - 'specially considered within the greater question of "art" and digital media.

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  1. You people should know better. by PopeAlien · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comics are for young children, not for computers or commuters. Computers are serious business. The Internet is serious business. How are we to find a way to increase profits if you are spending all your time reading comic-books. If you were my employees, I'd have you all flogged.

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  2. Re:Comic books are cool but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    After realizing how much better I could spend $4 Canadian

    Gumball? New shoelaces? Can of "pop"?

  3. Re:Check out http://www.whoopkadang.com by PopeAlien · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, as long as we're trolling for hits I might as well see if I can slashdot my server as well. PopeAlien.Comics is a half-assed weakly comic completely unrelated to the Pope, Aliens, or indeed even this discussion topic. I like to get drunk on the weekend and give half-assed advice to strangers.

    Please.. visit in an orderly fashion, one at a time. I don't think the server can handle anything more. There. I've promoted the site, done my geek duty. Can I go home now?

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  4. The history of comic books and the media by GnomeAttic · · Score: 2, Funny

    The internet is a wonderfully various place for comics to be distributed. Comic books ahve a history of taking innovative approaches to complex problems. This is a good thing and i applaud it.

  5. RTFM solved if ... by beanerspace · · Score: 4, Funny
    Okay, here's a wild hare of an idea that'll probably klobber my karma ...

    Perhaps we could get users to read the manual if they were in comic book format ? And it doesn't have to be anything cheezy ... I remember spending hours sitting on the edge of the couch pouring over Classic's Illustrated renderings of this novel or that.

    Sure, it'll have it's limitations, just the same way trying to use a Classic's for a book report on Moby Dick is ... but at least the user will have a clue.

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