That was a very odd article. It seemed like our intrepid reporter did some
major skimming of the subject material and the information flow seemed a bit
disjointed to me. I mean, the Gary Groth - McCloud bits were ancient
history. I didn't care for her treatment of McCloud. Granted,
micropayments aren't looking to be the savior people were hoping for, but Scott
is far from a vilified figure, and that was a sour portrayal of him. The
vaguely sarcastic comments about subscriptions were also strange to read.
If you're going to write about the economics of web comics, write about that (or
just read this - it seems to cover things reasonably well). If you're
going to review web comics, review web comics. This was a poorly
constructed argument against pay-per-view content and an amateurish gloss-over
on the comics themselves. Phooey.
On a brighter note, is it just me, or is the New York Times running a lot of
comics-related material lately?
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That was a very odd article. It seemed like our intrepid reporter did some major skimming of the subject material and the information flow seemed a bit disjointed to me. I mean, the Gary Groth - McCloud bits were ancient history. I didn't care for her treatment of McCloud. Granted, micropayments aren't looking to be the savior people were hoping for, but Scott is far from a vilified figure, and that was a sour portrayal of him. The vaguely sarcastic comments about subscriptions were also strange to read. If you're going to write about the economics of web comics, write about that (or just read this - it seems to cover things reasonably well). If you're going to review web comics, review web comics. This was a poorly constructed argument against pay-per-view content and an amateurish gloss-over on the comics themselves. Phooey.
On a brighter note, is it just me, or is the New York Times running a lot of comics-related material lately?