Comments on: Oh Nerdliness, How You Haunt Me So….

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:12:40 +0000

Bill, it’s actually qute true. See, in the ’90’s the comic book industry practically self-destructed, which was best manifested in Marvel Comics (yes, THE Marvel Comics, Spidey, X-men, all those cats) bankruptcy. The cause of this, which is probobly what your professor is referring to, is that the publishers (DC/Marvel/Image/etc) cut back on printing. They did this in the theory of upping demand, and “assisting” collectability.

The problem? Nobody new got into comics, new series flopped due to impossible needs for sales, the industry stagnated, bad things happened.

Things are “better” now, but yeah, I’d suspect it’s still a very difficult industry to get into. Esspecially the mainstream publishers. Since, you know, you gotta draw all these classic charachters within fan/editor preferrences.

By: emma Trithart

emma Trithart — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:37:40 +0000

The “What is Nerdiest” dilemma really deserves some thought. It’s funny how everone automatically names things like D&D the worst, because they really do require you to have a social life. This leads me to believe that one player computer and video games may be the nerdiest thing ever, but have just slipped under the radar all these years because they seem less nerdy.

Maybe you should write a dissertation on this subject.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:15:57 +0000

My comic art teacher told me comics are a tough business to get in to because there’s not much demand. Maybe the social networking you’re creating through comics will make them popular like they were in the 70’/80’s.