(NOTE: Due to a staggering lack of home internet connectivity, no Who’s Who entry this week. Sorry.) The problem with having Napoleon and Tabitha as judges is that apparently the only other hip-hop choreographers available to SYTYCD right now are Cicely and Alyssa. This is problematic, because Cicely and Olisa’s specialty is a subsection of […]

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Jul

What I Read.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

As a further bit of explanation, and to demonstrate where I’m coming from, I will go through this week’s offerings and tell you how I plan to consume them. My rampant downloading will no doubt anger some comics professionals, but until that new copyright bill gets ass-rammed through Parliament I’m not technically breaking the law […]

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Jul

The Reading Thing

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

Lister Sage, in comments from the previous post: Maybe the biggest problem with comics is not the direct market, it’s not the price, it’s not even that kids aren’t reading them, maybe the problem is the general reluctance of people nowadays to just sit down and read. Newspaper sales have been getting poorer and poorer […]

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Jul

Reinventing the wheel.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

I’ve argued before for a new delivery model for comics as necessary to keep the business alive in the long term. Before I go any further discussing it, let’s tack on one more reason why going to a download-supporting sales model is a good move for comics companies: the electronic transfer of .cbr files is […]

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Jul