Originally published December 6, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1203
Picking up from last week, we’re following up on the But I Digress poll, conducted in these very pages four years ago. The original notion was for readers to predict the state of the comics industry a decade into the future. Since life is—to put it mildly—uncertain, I thought it might be worthwhile to take a look at how a passage of less than half a decade has affected the industry.
Originally published November 29, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1202
There was recent discussion on CompuServ regarding the But I Digress poll.
For those poor folks who came in late: Four years ago, we conducted a reader survey, inspired by a magazine which tried to assess what folks thought their world would be like come the next century. The BID poll asked fans to share their thoughts, via multiple-choice possibilities, of what the world of comics would be like 10 years down the road.
I have no idea whether BID (or even I) will be around in another six years. So it might be instructive to see the changes a mere four years have brought and get a feel for where we are—and, perhaps, where we’re going.
Originally published November 22, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1201
Concluding my travel journal of my trip to the Salon Internacional in Spain. It was Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Haxtur Awards ceremony, and I’d just been presented with an award for Best Script for Incredible Hulk #420.
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Originally published November 15, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1200
Continuing my travel journal of my trip to the Salon Internacional in Spain:
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Originally published November 8, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1199
Tuesday, Oct. 8—I arrived in Spain for the Salon Internacional del Comic. Lately I’ve been trying to cut back on comic con appearances, to concentrate more on work and family. But hey—it’s Spain. Can’t pass that up.
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Originally published October 25, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1197
“That’s all I can stands ’cause I can’t stands no more.”
—Popeye the Sailor
How much is one supposed to take? And, when one has taken as much as he thinks he should, how does one fire back and to what degree? And where does the demarcation between fans and pros lie, and is there one, and should there be one?
Originally published October 18, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1196
“No one ever said life was fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
—from The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
I don’t remember when I met Lee Tennant. He was just always… there somehow.
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