{"id":891,"date":"2010-04-06T00:45:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T05:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=891"},"modified":"2010-04-06T00:45:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T05:45:15","slug":"worth-repeating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"Worth Repeating"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read something on\u00a0 Scott Kurtz’s PvP blog <\/a>today that I feel is worth repeating.\u00a0 It was in a post about his iPad impressions, and this section about how it works as a comic book reader struck me so much that I wanted to record and repeat it here.<\/p>\n

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Comics:<\/strong>
\n Comic books look amazing on this effing thing. Big bright full color pages really jump out at you. I can\u2019t think of any other word to decribe it but \u201cfun.\u201d It\u2019s just freaking fun. The Marvel Comics app is sublime. I downloaded a couple issues of Fantastic Four and was blown away by it.<\/em><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s why it\u2019ll be so dissapointing when the comic book industry does absolutely NOTHING revolutionary with this device. God damn it. I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m so cynical about this, but everything I read from my industry about devices like the iPad make me want to start punching people in the crotch. Everything I read online points to an entire industry either adamatly denying that the iPad will change things for comics or actively praying it doesn\u2019t. Then there\u2019s the truly astounding group of idiots just sitting there waiting to see if it does anything.<\/em><\/p>\n

Retailers want it to fail because they want to keep selling physical floppy comics. Diamond wants it to fail because they want to keep being a monopoly for physical floppy comics. Fans want it to fail because for them, comics is about collecting, bagging and boarding, not reading. Creators want it to fail because they\u2019re artists, and they don\u2019t understand new business models or how to make money, nor do they want to worry about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

What about the big four publishers? I don\u2019t know. I suspect they fear selling digital copies of comics will cut into their existing business. That\u2019s why the Marvel app is pushing Avengers comics from 1998 on me. Guess what I don\u2019t give a shit about? The Avengers from 1998. What\u2019s happening to the Avengers now<\/strong>? And how would it be bad for business to offer me those comics for $1.99 a piece?<\/em><\/p>\n

That Marvel app should allow me to subscribe to my favorite CURRENT title and deliver it to me the day it hits shelves. How about charging me a premium to get it before it hits physical shelves? How about TRYING ANYTHING you luddite assholes! Hey guess what comic book industry? The iPad is not going to be a game changer. No technology is. YOU are the game changer. You have to DO something with the techology that is presented to you. Think. Be innovative. Try something bold. Don\u2019t give me Captain Amaerica from 2004. Even a noble failure would be better than playing it safe at this point. Don\u2019t you think?<\/em><\/p>\n


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I would subscribe TODAY to several digital comics if I could get them beamed straight to my iPhone, or iPad at $.99 to $1.99.\u00a0 This compared to the ZERO dollars I am spending on comic books right now.\u00a0\u00a0 Marvel, Dark Horse, DC, and everyone else\u00a0 you need to change with the times, and provide current issues on our mobile devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read something on\u00a0 Scott Kurtz’s PvP blog today that I feel is worth repeating.\u00a0 It was in a post about his iPad impressions, and this section about how it works as a comic book reader struck me so much that I wanted to record and repeat it here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[8,118],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-comics","tag-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}