Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:57:29 -0700
From: Gary Leach
Subject: In the Dawning Era of E-Books
To: dcml
I've also wondered about the future of comic books as printed on paper
(or dead trees, as some will have it).
Back when we first started working on computers to produce Gladstone
comics, they seemed to be the answer to time-consuming and
increasingly expensive "traditional" publishing production techniques.
Only slowly did it start to dawn on us that computers combined with
networking combined with the Internet heralded what was, perhaps, the
beginning of the end of publishing as we even knew it.
In many ways publishing on paper has met the future and found it
dismal. Whether it goes away entirely remains to be seen, but
indications are that the 32-page comic book that I and so many others
grew up with is reaching the end of its time as the main medium for
comics.
It's a melancholy thought, at least for old-timers like me. Still, I
remain interested in what the future holds. And I think there are some
bright prospects there for old friends like Donald, Scrooge and
Mickey. The trick seems to be, at this stage, getting a bead on the
most effective way to present them.
Gary
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