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Here’s a conversation about digital comics

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A conversation I had with Eric Orchard on Twitter last week, on the subject of digital publishing. Eric just self-published his direct-to-tablet comic Marrowbones which, incidentally, is a very fine all-ages book (or precisely not a book?)

I think comic people are recognizing the importance of having revenue streams at all levels of publication, to make it sustainable
April 17, 2012 14:43 via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
...says @ who has cut out the middleman and is self-publishing his gothilicious Marrowbones comics for tablets! #fromthehorsesmouth
April 17, 2012 15:17 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm
@ It actually has more to do with speed than economics, wanting more material available. Trad. publishing is very slow.
April 17, 2012 15:26 via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ I know, in more ways than one. One reason I'm making my own little books now.
April 17, 2012 15:32 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm

Said “little books” available here, here, here, and here… We return to our scheduled program:

@ I'm still working all this out, publishing seems to be a bunch of things now....
April 17, 2012 15:41 via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ as in digital is an ongoing changing process and print is the artifact.
April 17, 2012 16:02 via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ Yeah, blogging, for one thing. Imagine every blog having an ISBN...
April 17, 2012 15:45 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
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Allan Haverholm
@ I guess it's really just making something public, in a distributable or accessible form?
April 17, 2012 15:47 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm
@ Yeah, I think access is a big thing. Acceptable pricing to a lesser degree.But that needs a lot more research.But access for sure
April 17, 2012 15:53 via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ Somehow I would like to see people publishing paper objects with the same (lack of) filter they publish things online.
April 17, 2012 15:49 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm
@ I think visibility and access are the 2 big things in digital.
April 17, 2012 15:54 via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ When you see it that way, putting your book on TPB isn't that big a step. It's all publishing.
April 17, 2012 15:58 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm
@ absolutely. I'm adopting the philosophy that digital publishing is more fluid and less exact while print is a more finished thing
April 17, 2012 16:00 via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ Exactly, which is why we make certain updates and samples freely available as "blog posts" :)
April 17, 2012 15:57 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
@haverholm
Allan Haverholm
@ and both free content and paid online content is all part of that fluidity.
April 17, 2012 16:04 via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite
@Inkybat
eric orchard
@ It's more like being a street musician. People can stop and listen; if they like the music they'll tip, and maybe buy the CD.
April 17, 2012 16:03 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
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Allan Haverholm
@ yes! And I've received 'tips' or donations beyond the price of the comic.
April 17, 2012 16:04 via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite
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eric orchard
@ And with digital publishing you won't have to play guitar in the rain...
April 17, 2012 16:04 via twiccaReplyRetweetFavorite
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Allan Haverholm

And it kind of petered out from there. Eric went on to write an almost shocking blog post about his rookie experience with digital self-publishing. “Shocking” in the ease with which he got the technical side sorted out, making one wonder how long there will still be a mass market for dead-tree books…

The Twitter effect

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I’m assuming that, if you’re new to this site, you have come here on advice from David B. Metcalfe, Eric Orchard, or Derik Badman. These three gentlemen have been more than generous in their recent statements about my work, and I am grateful to them.

Since you have been thusly misled into believing I produce any work of artistic merit, I urge you to take a peek through the categories “Comics” and “Sketch of the day” (the menu to the right of this post. That should set the record straight.

If you’re still not convinced of my hackery after that, surf on to the workblog of my current project, Astoria and judge for yourself.

I am very sorry about the inconvenience!