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17.3.05 Another Week, Another Interview

"For 22-page American comics, the future is the screen. Kids have no problem reading floppies on the computer - or even manga. Look at all the scanslations on the Net. I know so many people who pirate-download scanned comics. Some friends of mine haven't bought a single comic in two years, yet read about 10 floppies a week this way. The fact that DC and Marvel haven't done an iTunes for comics continues to blow my mind. Their loss. " I talk to Kareem Aminu at Komikwerks about SMOKE, Joseph Heller, my Steranko fangirlishness, and the addictive pain of self-publishing. Go, read.

Someone will make millions organising the first comics download service. Think how quickly DC and Marvel could re-monetise their entire back catalogue - and imagine being able to have that old issue of NICK FURY #47 that you're lacking, instantly, on the 'puter, for 99 cents. Am I the only person that thinks this is a no-brainer?

( 1:58 PM )

1 Comments:

You're probably right, the big boys would make a fortune doing iToons (that name is, of course, already snatched up). Anyone who could make available some lesser known and/or hard to get independent series could possibly do well, too (titles from Valiant, Eclipse, Now and others).

I rarely buy books these days, but that's because I'm a poor writer. I don't think I could sit in front of the screen all day and read them. I'd miss the feel of them. I would like to see the graphic novel market take a better hold of things, but the American audience, and many of the creators, would have to be retrained for that, and we're a atubborn lot.
- Christian

By The Hammer, at 5:19 AM