Bwahaha! Wow...self-centered much?

I feel like someone should inform him that the lenses on mirrorshade sunglasses are supposed to face outward.

I love that he plans to TRIPLE sales of X-Factor...by refusing to discuss it, throwing a hissy fit about people discussing it, and angering mobs of fans who have money.

Truly, that business plan rivals only that of the Underpants Gnomes.

Considering Peter David doesn't delete negative posts about his work from his own website, I find the "These guys said mean things about me, so I'm going to get them shut down" accusation unlikely.

I'm not saying he's completely in the right in this, but I'm willing to accept his explanation that his issue was the fact people were posting scans of half an issue and then describing whatever parts were left out via text, which goes far beyond Fair Use or even a review. And he claims all he did was report the site to Marvel, as they are the legal copyright holder of the material he saw.

Should he have done that? That's debatable, though I'm going to fall more on the side of fandom and say he should have followed the "live and let live" example other creators had towards the site.

However, I do think saying he deliberately tried to get the site shut down because someone on it hurt his feelings is an exaggeration, at best.

He did react on s_d previously, IIRC, and established a persona that meant the accusation he got the place shut down wasn't too surprising.

The s_d rules are to post no more than 5 pages (there's comics_daily for people who insist on more, IIRC) to try and stay within fair use, but discussion of the rest of the issue is impossible to avoid.

I don't know how many people read s_d instead of buying, but I do know of a number of people that started buying various issues because of scans in s_d.

The s_d rules are to post no more than 5 pages

Actually, the rule has been no more than half a book, but apparently the mods had been re-working the rules with a lower limit, and they were going to put those new rules up this weekend.

The 5 pages thing is sites like Newsarama, etc., that have previews of issues, which are generally only 5 pages, give or take.

I haven't been a regular in a while, but when I was it was 5 pages. I didn't know it had changed.

Most people still only posted a couple of pages (or just a single panel or two) instead of just under 50% of an issue, but I have seen the occasional post up to the limit.

I don't know how many members scans_daily had, but I sure hope PD has underestimated how effective a pissed-off internet community can be in driving other comics buyers away from his work.

anyone reading the Eureka comic?

anyone reading the Eureka comic?

I didn't know there was one. Did it just start?

Two issues so far, I think. It's done by one of the creators/writers over at Boom.

I remember Colin talking about that. I have a vague memory of him being involved in it creatively, but I can't remember to what extent. How is it?