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Webcomics As Business Model
oddjobs writes "It's not the most groundbreaking article, but the Chicago Tribune does a pretty good job of looking at the state of webcomics-as-business-model. They mention the usual suspects (Marvel, McCloud) but most hopeful is Unbound Comics, which is selling comics collected in Adobe's e-book format. Fans of the 80s book Dalgoda take note."
I'd pay a buck to read Spiderman #1 online.
But then I'd have to pay a buck to read Spiderman #2.
And then... how many Spiderman issues are there?
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Actually, Adobe are currently hard at work on the E-Comic format.
While it's probably a flagrant breach of the DMCA for me to talk about it, the format involves putting the panels in... now here's the cunning bit... reverse order. By using Rot-Pan, the technical name for ROTating PANels, Adobe intends to use the DMCA to prosecute anyone who simply reads them backwards.
When questioned about using the DMCA to protect such a ludicrously simple encryption technique rather than actually make it genuinely secure, the Bush administration was quoted as saying, "Well, pretzels look simple the surface too but look how complex they really are."
I would discuss this further but the Feds appear to be knocking at my door with a search warrant signed by yet another large corp.
This gives me the idea to go to eBay and start selling packages of mylar bags to use to protect online comics. Someone is bound to want to buy these. Might as well get in on the ground floor of the online comics revolution!
Penny Arcade had a similarly logical take on McCloud's ideas.
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