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Comic Sales Soar After Artist Engages 4chan Pirates

Posted by kdawson on from the more-flies-with-honey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Steve Lieber, the artist behind the graphic novel Underground, discovered that someone on 4chan had scanned and posted the entire comic. Rather than complaining, he joined the conversation, chatting with the 4channers about the comic... and the next day he saw his sales jump to unheard-of levels, much higher than he'd seen even when the comic book was reviewed on popular sites like Boing Boing."

4 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. Good? by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    4chan can use their powers for good?

    Um... I just don't know how to process that information...

    1. Re:Good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      4chan strikes me a bit more like the classic greek gods, capricious, capable of granting blessings and curses on a whim.

      Along with a steady dose of bestiality and incest.

    2. Re:Good? by Even+on+Slashdot+FOE · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, he did say Greek gods, amirite?

  2. Re:piracy is better than obscurity by greyline · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who?