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Comics Escape a Paper Box and Evolve to the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the song-remains-the-same dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' Sarah Boxer takes a look at the evolution of comics from paper to the Internet and asks: 'It's drawn and it's written, but is it still comics?' She cites Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics '...in which he argued that the future of comics is on the Web.' Also cited in the article are Copper by Kazu Kibuishi, found on boltcity.com and The Discovery of Spoons by Alexander Danner and John Barber, found at twentysevenletters.com, as well as several others. The article links to an angry attack by Gary Groth of Fantagraphics against McCloud and his views in Reinventing Comics."

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  1. Do Tell! by Maavin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comics are in the intarweb now?
    sheesh... what next? Places where you can buy stuff?

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    Crivens! I kicked meself in me own heid!
  2. Say what?? by joetheappleguy · · Score: 2, Funny
    From the Angry Attack link:

    It is axiomatic that the commercial colonization of new frontiers, real or virtual, must be accompanied by hyperbolic rhetorical claims that are clearly perceived after-the-fact as transparently propagandistic and whose vastly inflated humanitarian forecasts are unrecognizable when compared to the inevitable outcome.


    Mod me down -5 Offtopic Idiot, but it took me 3 or 4 readings of that sentence to figure out what the hell he's is talking about, an I'm still not sure.
  3. Are you kidding me? by ErikZ · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's drawn and it's written, but is it still comics?

    Yes.

    Where are the media getting their reporters these days? Rejects from beauty school?
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    Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
  4. Activating the Simplificator... by kahei · · Score: 5, Funny


    Okay, guys, it's time to test our company's newest product..
    Let's turn the Simplificator to level 1!


    Everyone knows that when a new area of business opens up, lots of exaggerated claims are made -- and then later it's easy to see that those claims were just propaganda and have nothing to do with what actually happened.


    Hmm, good -- but not simple enough! Let's crank up the power a bit and turn to level TEN!


    Whenever a new world opens up, some pompous twits will sound off about it, but the clamor dies down and is forgotten in time.


    Short and to the point! Now, let's put on our goggles and lead coats, and turn it UP TO ELEVEN!


    Scott McCloud is a pretentious idiot, but the comics business will carry on regardless. Duh.


    Hooray for the Simplificator! It cut to the very heart of the discourse -- and the only damage was some trivial radiation leaking!

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    Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.