http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/08/02/around-the-podosphere-5/ A journal of geekery, music and joy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/08/02/around-the-podosphere-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45007 dave Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:44:47 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/08/02/around-the-podosphere-5/#comment-45007 I'm glad I'm not the only one. It just struck me as really odd how he kept focusing on the fact that no web comic has 20 million readers. So what? If Chris Onstad is making a comfortable living and able to hire a staffer off 100,000 readers of a comic he doesn't even do every single day, that's victory not failure. The fact that artists can make a living without the need for a syndicate and millions of readers is all to the positive. That he sees it as negative is more about the broth he soaked in for his early career than anything else, I think. I’m glad I’m not the only one. It just struck me as really odd how he kept focusing on the fact that no web comic has 20 million readers. So what? If Chris Onstad is making a comfortable living and able to hire a staffer off 100,000 readers of a comic he doesn’t even do every single day, that’s victory not failure. The fact that artists can make a living without the need for a syndicate and millions of readers is all to the positive. That he sees it as negative is more about the broth he soaked in for his early career than anything else, I think.

]]> http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/08/02/around-the-podosphere-5/comment-page-1/#comment-44980 Garrick Van Buren Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:19:12 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/08/02/around-the-podosphere-5/#comment-44980 I'm listening to the Berkeley Breathed interview p2 right now, and yes, his 'the old days need to come back' stint is long and baffling. I 'm struck by how much he's clinging to newspapers as the only way for comic artists to find and grow an audience. I'm shaking my cane back at him. I’m listening to the Berkeley Breathed interview p2 right now, and yes, his ‘the old days need to come back’ stint is long and baffling. I ‘m struck by how much he’s clinging to newspapers as the only way for comic artists to find and grow an audience. I’m shaking my cane back at him.

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