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The Rebirth of Comics
Malfourmed writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running a story on web based comics and how the new medium can change the traditional "left-to-right in a rectangular frame" paradigm.
Concentrating on the work of Scott McLoud it also mentions geek favourites Dilbert and The Matrix, among others. Micropayments are discussed, with the article claiming that after you pay your 25 cents "most of which goes straight to McCloud, cutting out the middlemen that make it difficult for comic artists to make a living from their work, and in the process doing justice to their talents."
One of the more interesting sites discussed is the Oz Comics 24 Hour Gallery, the result of a competition in which artists had 24 hours to create an original, 24-page comic. So popular was the contest that the server suffered from a veritable slashdot effect."
Well basically any "geek" skills revolve around a mixture of human calculator and code monkey which is extremely easily replicated by anyone who can memorize a few formulas and read some o'reilly books.
I suppose you could become a sociologist or something but you know that liberal arts degrees require, you know, thought. Independent thinking is tricky for geeks as can be seen by the same jokes and rants being modded up +5 day after day after day after day...