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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.

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Steph L. - Dec 12, 2006 6:17:33 pm PST #9941 of 10000

the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Also, comics are becoming huge in libraries. And librarians are realizing they're not just for kids.

Heh. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm one of the top comics-checker-outers in my library. Whenever they get a new TPB in that I've been wanting to read, I always thank them.

Just call me Teppy, GirlGeek.

amych - Dec 12, 2006 6:25:58 pm PST #9942 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

For Teppy, GirlGeek: [link]

Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2006 1:42:01 am PST #9943 of 10000

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

It's strange, though, that Girl Genius is the only comic that I'm aware of that started out as hard copy, and then moved online. It isn't really that indie comics are moving online, they're getting displaced by them.

Another thing I'm noticing is that the indie comic aesthetic is having a huge influence on contemporary art. Maybe it's easier to sell prints online than comic books.

Oh, and indie animation is the new indie comic.

Strega - Dec 13, 2006 6:12:36 am PST #9944 of 10000

It's strange, though, that Girl Genius is the only comic that I'm aware of that started out as hard copy, and then moved online.

A Softer World was in zines before it was online. I'm 90% sure there's another fairly well-known comic that stopped hard copy production and moved online recently but I don't have time to dig around right now.

P.M. Marc - Dec 13, 2006 8:43:20 am PST #9945 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think the web comic that's up on girl-wonder.org was print before it was online, and stopped doing print a few months back.

(Which reminds me, I need to write my stupid column, now that I have some free time.)

CaBil - Dec 14, 2006 4:11:28 am PST #9946 of 10000

Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

Well, the great series Finder made the jump from print to online, with the plan for the yearly collections to be released at SDCC. The Finder GNs were what was making money for the creator anyways, not the floppies.

David, there has been some interesting long tail analysis of comic sales, and the basic result was that basically everything after the top 40 or so titles are drastically underordered. Hell, most months Image doesn't even have a title in the top 50...

Strega - Dec 14, 2006 5:08:35 am PST #9947 of 10000

Finder! Yes, that was what I was thinking of, thank you!

Zenkitty - Dec 14, 2006 8:26:49 am PST #9948 of 10000

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Schlock Mercenary has been online since 2004 (I think) and has sold two print books successfully this year.

Dana - Dec 18, 2006 7:35:30 am PST #9949 of 10000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Hee. This is just awesome.

Kevin - Dec 20, 2006 4:54:47 am PST #9950 of 10000

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Buffy comic writers being overseen by Joss;

A veritable who’s who of comic book writing talent that includes Brian K. Vaughan (Ex Machina), Brad Meltzer (Justice League of America) and Jeph Loeb (Onslaught Reborn), along with former “Buffy” TV writers Jane Espenson, Drew Goddard, Drew Greenberg and Steven DeKnight.

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