11 comments on “Peter David interview on ComicMix”

  1. How spoilery is the interview? I’m a little behind on She-Hulk and X-Factor.

  2. How spoilery is the interview? I’m a little behind on She-Hulk and X-Factor.

  5. Good writing needs good art? Well i guess that explains why the X-cell arc is considered as the lowpoint of the series. The art was really not good.

  6. I’m with you Peter when it comes to being of two minds about digital distribution. While I want to have a physical copy of the book I would probably read more books if they were available in a cheaper format. Finding the right digital format is also an issue. I tried Marvel’s current format and I didn’t think it was very user friendly. If there ever does come a time when books are distributed digitally I hope some sort of printed form is still available. Whether it be through the issues or in TPBs.

  7. Jason, there are no spoilers in the interview. Most of it is on Peter’s comics career, how he came to be on The Dark Tower, his observations on the importance of art, the importance of both plot and character development, etc.

  9. Okay, read it.
    Very nice interview. I read a lot of webcomics, so the idea of putting comics on the web is interesting to me. One point that PAD brought up is the pride of ownership that people take in actually owning a book.
    This is interesting because webcomics right now often go in the opposite direction of how Marvel comics is doing things. Marvel is taking stuff that was made for print and is putting it online. Meanwhile, a lot of the successful webcomics are taking their archives and publishing them. Who buys these books? The fans who have already read them online.
    I think that really ties into what PAD says about pride of ownership. A webcomic gets successful enough to get a lot of people to read it online. Some of those people then buy the book, thus providing some of the artist’s income. Right now that isn’t enough, a lot of these guys are also selling t-shirts, advertising, and whatever else they can to stay afloat. It’s an evolving process.
    I also find the pride of ownership point to be very important because comics haven’t always been that way, at least not to the degree they are now. In the early days of comics people treated them like magazines and newspapers. They’d read them and maybe keep them around for awhile, but not forever. Now there are a fair number of people like me who still have every comic they’ve ever owned.

  10. I’m just plain ready for online comic books period. I’m over the pride of ownership, and the whole feel of the book in my hands. The long boxes and bookshelves are telling me it’s time to go digital, before I run out of space in my apartment. 😛

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