Scott McCloud on the future of comics

By at 6:36 am Saturday, Jul 22

Here's a cool, brief interview with Scott "Understanding Comics" McCloud that touches on the present and future of comics (which is looking pretty rosy, thanks to novel titles, formats and business-models):
WN: How does the lack of editors affect webcomics?

McCloud: I always think of Spiderman's "With great power comes great responsibility."

When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them.

WN: Is it difficult to separate the quality webcomics from those of lesser worth when there are literally thousands of them?

McCloud: The good work floats to the top really quickly. If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers. (The challenge is) finding the one that evolves and becomes better: You'll check it out and it wasn't very good. Then you'll check it out three years later and realize it's become pretty good.

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Cory Doctorow

Upcoming appearances

* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference

Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)

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