...if we, as readers of comix, just stopped reading Marvel and DC books ( Read more... )

Something has occurred since the advent of Web 2.0, I think, and that's the idea that free information is worth something more than has been paid for it. There are several comix collectives out there now, including ACT-I-VATE and now candycalavera (elsewise known as Sugarskull) along with The Chemistry Set, The Comic Stripjoint and the rather specific-to-minis SIZE ( Read more... )

This is an interesting discussion about the state of comix. Stop over and throw down some thoughts of your own.

My friend Seth has written a very thoughtful article about how rising oil prices are affecting the distribution of comix. One thing I wanted to talk a little about:

While the publishers - Marvel, DC, Image, TokyoPop and so on, all either did not return phone calls or promised that the gas prices weren't affecting them Well, maybe not directly, ( Read more... )