Advertising Age on Webcomics
by Joey Manley
Advertising Age columnist Teressa Iezzi discovers webcomics:
While the online-content battle has largely pivoted on developments on the video front, the web has also transformed the rules of engagement and currency for other storytelling formats. Consider the comic.
This is all a run-up to her critique of a particular webcomic, one I’d never heard of (which is a good thing — more on that in a bit), called Shooting War by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman, which looks to be a pretty interesting take on the war in Iraq, in the tradition, maybe of Joe Sacco, or maybe more like Patrick Farley. Haven’t really read it yet, just skimmed. Like I said, looks interesting. The reason it’s a good thing that I’ve never heard of it is that it shows that webcomics is growing too large and too fast even for the most obsessive, parochial fanboy (me) to keep up with everything. Very exciting! I remember when that happened with blogs, and look where we are now …
Via PW Beat
