tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post5407336247984429748..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: FINAL PART OF UK 'TROLLS': KICKING THE BUTTS (OF BUTT-'EADS)...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-6931268024529312732015-12-15T15:16:39.408+00:002015-12-15T15:16:39.408+00:00Sure, DSE. Will look forward to it, as, I'm su...Sure, DSE. Will look forward to it, as, I'm sure, will others.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11761934099667554712015-12-15T15:08:21.740+00:002015-12-15T15:08:21.740+00:00Digital media represents a unique challenge... I p...<i>Digital media represents a unique challenge...</i> I put that in italics because it's the kind phrase that gets trotted out with tedious regularity in this context. The ellipsis (actually it's just three full points) stands in place of the stream of platitudes, that inevitable follow such boilerplate phrases. The inconvenient fact here though, is that such statements encompass much truth. For me, problems arise in the way that challenge is assessed and solutions formulated to accommodate it are put forward. The Dandy website would epitomise those problems: failing publication + dwindling circulation + lack lustre content = fantastic opportunity for digital media, is not the calculation I would've made. Even so, if the website had offered some decent content to attract attention from on-line competition, it could've been viable. My assesment is, that the problems with the Dandy website, were a consequence of the way DCT approached the scalability of internet based operations. Going into detail there would be tangental but the example does serve to illustrate some naivety form established industry players.<br /><br />That naivety has implications for the way the British comic industry is represented in digital media. Allow me to illustrate, buy any British comics for your Sony Playstation recently? Oh no you haven't? what a surprise there. Now there may be something available through that platform, I haven't found any myself; and it may not necessarily represent much impact in terms of market share but,if my observations are accurate, it illustrates a lack of depth, regarding the representation of the British industry in digital media. There is a certain degree of on-line activity, and with various e-book formats. The question you need to assess is, how many of those efforts have the backing to promote wide scale distribution? You know, you meet on-line comic creators all the time, flip even I've had stuff published on-line, so what does make me, one of the supa dupa thriving on line creators? Well no I don't think it does, despite the fact I got paid for it, which something I'm not that confident, is something that occurs with digital media that often. Digital media is going to grow and it's an avenue worth exploring, I read quite a bit of stuff through digital media but it's the eclectic material I can't find in print. I suppose that's an indication of the greater choice it represents, of course with more choice comes more competition.<br /><br />I'm having to break off here, I might come back later and expand on the topic a little later if that's OK.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.com