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The Rebirth of Comics

Posted by michael on from the mary-worth dept.

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."

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  1. michael.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just Shut Up!!!

  2. Neocons are coming to America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Give me back my broken night
    my mirrored room, my secret life
    it's lonely here,
    there's no one left to torture
    Give me absolute control
    over every living soul
    And lie beside me, baby,
    that's an order!

    Give me crack and anal sex
    Take the only tree that's left
    and stuff it up the hole
    in your culture
    Give me back the Berlin wall
    give me Stalin and St Paul
    I've seen the future, brother:
    it is murder.

  3. HERE'S A CLUE... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    There ain't no such thing as a "safe occupation"...

    Management: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 288,281
    Business: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 348,028
    Computer: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 472,632
    Architecture: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 184,347
    Life sciences: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 36,770
    Legal: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 76,642
    Art, design: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 29,564
    Sales: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 226,564
    Office: Number of jobs moving overseas by 2015: 1,659,310
    Oh, and, by the way, it's only xenophobia if one is "unduly" contemptuous...

  4. You Think You're Immune, But You Ain't! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Offshoring to eliminate 3.3 million jobs in the US per year!

  5. Noooo, this is a slashdot effect... by kclittle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "So popular was the contest that the server suffered from a veritable slashdot effect." Ain't nuthin' like the real thang... Here ya go, see? Doh!

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