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MIT on Comics and Micropayments

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the micro-comic-entertainments dept.

Snotty Pippen writes "Henry Jenkins, Chair of MIT's Comparative Media Department, has posted 'Comics and Micropayments: An Interview with Todd Allen.' Todd Allen is a professor/consultant with a book on the business of comics. The two discuss a number of online business models and web comics, ranging from the print-to-web migrants like Girl Genius and Finder to the print-to-web download of Flying Friar; the long tail as a driving source for reprints & back-issues; and PayPal's effect on micropayments. All-in-all, a fairly comprehensive round-up of the industry."

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  1. How to Make Money in Online Comics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1. Get mentioned in a book by an MIT guy
    2. Get a link from slashdot
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  2. Re:DC and Marvel by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    How To Make a Fortune Gambling:

    1. Buy a lottery ticket
    2. Win!
    3. Stop buying lottery tickets

    KFG

  3. Re:Finder! by ikkonoishi · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot to mention NSFW.

    I prefer Schlock Mercenary myself which is family friendly, funny, and (this one is important) actually available in its entirety online.

  4. Re:DC and Marvel by Control+Group · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps I should have explicitly stated that I wasn't being particularly serious.

    Of course it's a ridiculous claim, posted in response to a clearly not-serious post.

    Crikey.

    --

    Reality has a conservative bias: it conserves mass, energy, momentum...
  5. You know... by enc0der · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...you need more sleep when you glance at a Slashdot title and see: "MIT on Chronic and Micropayments" Skochie Bochies! :)

  6. My web comic is doing its part... by PurifyYourMind · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...to flesh out the end of a very long tail. ;-)