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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. once again.... by bricriu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Once again, Sluggy Freelance has been passed over in an online article/discussion about comics. It has everything that Salon is bringing up as salient points: long story arcs (not quite as long as the mentioned College Roomies from Hell, but they do intersect and elements from previous arcs come back in later ones), micro-payments, the ability for the artist to make the majority of his money off of it (witness the actual bound books available through Plan 9 Publishing, as well as the assorted "goodies" you can buy), and solid artwork (those who've read Gaiman's Sandman may notice some influence in the often-hauntingly-beautiful The Bug, the Witch, and the Robot story arc may see some similarities)...

    Why does it seem that Sluggy has become an online-comics pariah these days? User Friendly gets bashed for being too pro-geek (or whatever), which may or may not be a valid criticism. But Sluggy is just getting forgotten? What gives?

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  2. friction sucks unless it's intimate by rstevens · · Score: 3, Interesting

    maybe i'm biased, but why does there have to be friction between web and paper comics? we can help each other grow, especially if you use web strips to help sell paper books to people who don't go to comic shops. (gee, and that's only 99% of humans in the USA)

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  3. Ughh... Too many levels of abstraction. by Giant+Hairy+Spider · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here we are, posting comments on a link to commentary on a review of an analysis of the future of a medium for a mode of expression.

    Now people are going to moderate these comments, and meta-moderate the moderation, and probably comment on both level of moderation.

    Given the typical error factor in each level of analysis, there is a near certainty that there is no meaningful connection between this discussion and physical reality.

    So does this mean we've gone insane or that we've evolved into creatures of pure thought and energy?

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