Hi, John.
DJ> They WILL survive, but as "cybercomics" like marvel has on their
DJ> website. That eleminates the cost of paper,printing, shipping.In
DJ> short, it costs a LOT of men, their jobs. As the majority come to
DJ> have computers & net access, & the prices continue to climb on
DJ> traditional printed comics,eventualy, you'll see titles cease
DJ> being printed up intirely, to appear only on the net.Lets face it,
DJ> comics DO come to take
JR> I don't agree with you. Although there are some titles now on the
JR> web, I think the majority of comic book readers still enjoy having
JR> a work of art they could hold in their hands.
     I agree with you, John.  I've heard a lot of talk about how the
printed page will eventually become a thing of the past; with
everything being obtainable from the NET... but frankly, I just don't
see it happening.  You can't curl up in bed with a computer the way
you can with a good book.  Computer comics are an interesting idea...
but I don't believe they'll ever become the norm.  I believe that any
move to totally abandon paper copies of comics will result in the
ultimate death of the industry.  I can't see comic stores being too
thrill by that prospect either...
JR> Do you really think paint artists will stop using canvas to
JR> express themselves? Same thing really....especially since we will
JR> spend more and more time with computers, a comic book will allow
JR> us a rest from the screen.
     I agree with you on this too.  I spend 8+ hours every day working
on a computer... and when I get home, turning on my home machine is
the furthest thing from my mind.  To have to resort to the NET for my
comic fix... well, that would completely kill my interest in them.
Besides, I enjoy the process of actually going to a comic store to get
my weekly fix.  The sweet, musty smell of the older books... the feel
of newsprint in my hand.  There's just no substitute for that, IMO.
JR> And.....would an electronic image have the same collector value
JR> as one on aging paper?
     This is another aspect that would be lost too.  I mean,
theoretically, every copy is of the exact same quality as the next...
so pricing them based on condition would certainly go out the
window... and since the comic would exist as data, there's no reason
why individual issues couldn't be available at any time.
Talk to you later.
David
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