> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In answer to the subject line -- um, no? :) I'm guessing that's your > belief, anyway. Nice hook. > > The Fool wrote: > > <<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/books/17comi.html?ex=1281931200&en=0
> > 8e3777cc4943486&ei=5090&partner=geartest&emc=rss>> > > http://tinyurl.com/djskq (I had problems with a cut URL. I figure > someone else might have, as well.) THese shortlinks don't show the original source of the URL. > As I read the article, I was wondering, "On what planet is this woman > accessing online comics?" My favorites were not mentioned in the least. > > > <<http://www.websnark.com/archives/2005/08/wow_i_get_to_tr.html>> > > > > ... > > The effect is an article on webcomics written by someone who hasn't > > actually read the comics in question. (She mentions only one webcomic > > unreservedly positively -- Count Your Sheep. Which she could read for > > free. Nice to know the Times won't spring for a three dollar one month > > subscription for her expense account. And also nice to know that she > > didn't bother to check around for... oh, I don't know... Webcomics > > resources to use in research.) > > Of course, in talking about making money -- and the failures of > > webcomics to fulfill that promise -- she manages to not talk about PvP, > > Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance, User Friendly, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Something > > Positive, or much of anything else. In other words, she doesn't know > > the first thing about the debate of commercial success in webcomics, > > much less the topic. She doesn't know the Keenspot model versus Modern > > Tales versus Blank Label versus independent sites. She doesn't know the > > argument of support versus merchandising support versus subscription > > versus micropayments. And it's not like it's hard to find evidence of > > those debates. Just going to Scott McCloud's website would do that. > > ... > > Comments: > > ... > > For the record, Sarah Boxer asked for, and received, free press passes > > to all the Modern Tales sites while she was writing this article. And > > then proceeded to treat the subscription wall as an impenetrable > > barrier anyway. > > ... > > On a hunch, I did a little research on this Sarah Boxer person and it > > turns out that she's a print cartoonist. > > ... > > Yeah. What they said. I'm wondering if her bias totally got in her way > of writing something *intelligent* on the topic. :P > > Thanks for pointing this out to us! Their are dozens of free / daily / archived webcomix. A few of the better ones: Pewfell (older behind barrier): http://www.moderntales.com/series.php?name=pewfell5&view=current Sluggy Freelance: http://www.sluggy.com/ Schlock Mercenary: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ Errant Story http://www.errantstory.com/ User Friendly: http://www.userfriendly.org/static/ Something Positive: http://www.somethingpositive.net/index.html Angel Moxie: http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/index.html Goats: http://www.goats.com/ Girly: http://go-girly.com/ Overboard: http://www.ucomics.com/overboard/index.phtml Pearls Before Swine: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/pearls/index.html Little Dee: http://www.littledee.net/ Fighting Words: http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=csnav I Drew This: http://idrewthis.org/index.html The Circle Weave (older behind barrier): http://www.circleweave.com/ Exploitation Now (Ended): http://www.exploitationnow.com/ Bleedman (PPG): http://bleedman.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=0 (It's not like they aren't making PPGZ in Japan...) Sinfest: http://www.sinfest.net/ PvP: http://www.pvponline.com/ Etc. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
