AI
Sit quietly and read time: AI, Meta, money and… Tintin?
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
comics
Gosh has been selling comics in London for 30 years
30 years of selling comics in London [http://www.goshlondon.com/2016/02/gosh-its-our-30th-birthday/] Gosh, a London comics shop, is 30 years old: > So not a bad year for comics, and not a bad year for us: on the 14th February 1986, Gosh! Comics opened its doors for the
comics
For my photographer readers
[http://pchipsta.tumblr.com/post/131939129517](http://pchipsta.tumblr.com/post/131939129517) (from the wonderful PC Hipsta comic [http://pchipsta.tumblr.com]…)
bloom county
The end of the shared media moment
Berkeley Breathed on the reaction to his return to Bloom County [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/07/14/berkeley-breathed-speaks-here-is-why-bloom-county-is-really-returning/] : > “There is no media that will allow a Charlie Brown or a Snoopy to become a universal and shared joy each morning at the same moment across
comics
The radical politics of Peanuts
What happened when Peanuts introduced a black kid [http://hubpages.com/hub/How-The-Peanuts-Comic-Strip-Got-Its-First-Black-Character] ? > I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin—he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, “Well, Larry, let’
amazon
Amazon versus Captain America
re/code on Amazon’s rapidly escalating war with media owners [http://recode.net/2014/08/09/amazon-takes-on-disney-and-captain-america/]: > Retail giant Amazon is giving Captain America, Miss Piggy and Maleficent the cold shoulder. Consumers are suddenly unable to place advance orders to buy DVDs or Blu-ray discs of forthcoming films
comics
The Marvel comic that sells more digitally than in print
Here’s something else from outside the mainstream of publishing you might find interesting: > Ms Marvel recently went to its sixth printing, a rare accomplishment in comics today. But chatting with Marvel executives at San Diego Comic Con I discovered more. That it sells more in digital than print,
clickbait
Clickbait, as mocked by comics
Looks like Marvel Comics has take the measure of today’s news cycle. From yesterday’s Original Sins #1 [https://www.comixology.co.uk/Original-Sins-1-of-5/digital-comic/104064]: The “spammy click bait phase of the news cycle” just entered my vocabulary. Good work. (Not the first time comics have commented on
amazon
The publishing winner on iPads - comics - are under threat from Amazon
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/comixology-new-app-3708.html] It’s interesting to note that one type of publication was hugely assisted by the arrival of the iPad: comics. > Very few people bought comic books digitally before the iPad (probably more stole them). Remember how the iPad
Blogging
Dear Superman, about that blogging thing...
An open letter to Superman [http://www.bigfashionista.co.uk/2012/10/an-open-letter-to-superman.html]: > Firstly, let’s talk money. I assume you are being paid at The Daily Planet? You are? Well being a blogger is slightly different. As a blogger, you are expected to eat your “raised profile”
bloggers
Clark Kent quits newspapers to become a blogger...
Tomorrow, newspaper journalism loses another icon. Clark Kent, well-known reporter on that famous Metropolis organ The Daily Planetquits, to go into online journalism [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/10/22/clark-kent-superman-comic-book-series/1648921/] . That’s right, Superman is getting out of print journalism, and he’s not the only
aggregation
The Mighty Marvel Pinterest
Marvel Comics launches Pinterest and Tumblr accounts [http://marvel.com/news/story/19181/marvel_unveils_pinterest_and_tumblr_accounts] . A visual content publisher promotes itself on visual aggregation and sharing sites. Utterly simply, perfect match. I could do without the “begging for engagement” comments under every image, though: “What do