Comments on: Levitz on Zuda http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Andy B http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-2962265 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:12:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-2962265 Can you help me? I'm trying to subscribe to your RSS feed, but can't seem to figure it out. Did you have that option in your blog? Really like it, BTW. Can you help me? I’m trying to subscribe to your RSS feed, but can’t seem to figure it out. Did you have that option in your blog? Really like it, BTW.

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]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-254285 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:27:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-254285 "You’re children, however, will have no such qualms about reading comics on their pc tablets." No, I think there's more to it then that. I have a little baby girl who loves her little bored books, but will only look at a computer monitor for a few seconds before becoming bored. Hee hee... a little word play there. TV didn't kill books, and although the computer is an even bigger zombie box then television, I don't think it can ether. “You’re children, however, will have no such qualms about reading comics on their pc tablets.”

No, I think there’s more to it then that. I have a little baby girl who loves her little bored books, but will only look at a computer monitor for a few seconds before becoming bored. Hee hee… a little word play there. TV didn’t kill books, and although the computer is an even bigger zombie box then television, I don’t think it can ether.

]]> by: Foot2Mouth - A Mouth Kicking Comics and Gaming News Source » Blog Archive » DC Comics announces Zuda Comics Online Web Portal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253364 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:04:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253364 [...] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. [...] […] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. […]

]]> by: Foot2Mouth - A Mouth Kicking Comics and Gaming News Source » Blog Archive » DC Comics announces Zuda Comics Online Web Portal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253365 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:04:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253365 [...] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. [...] […] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. […]

]]> by: Foot2Mouth - A Mouth Kicking Comics and Gaming News Source » Blog Archive » DC Comics announces Zuda Comics Online Web Portal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253366 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:04:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-253366 [...] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. [...] […] I have actually been debating all week how to properly synthesize this info for you the faithful Foot2mouth reader. I was seriously overwhelmed by the massive amount of negative reaction to this. The Beat did a good job of chronicling the senseless negative reactions here and here and she even excerpts an interview with Paul Levitz here. Essentailly the online community of artists that has been producing comics just fine without DC’s portal for years is suspicious and occasionally downright rude about DC’s new initiative. […]

]]> by: JimShelley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-252696 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:14:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-252696 Okay, I think we all know by now that there are people who prefer comics as a paper product. That's great. You're children, however, will have no such qualms about reading comics on their pc tablets. Okay, I think we all know by now that there are people who prefer comics as a paper product.

That’s great.

You’re children, however, will have no such qualms about reading comics on their pc tablets.

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-251041 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:08:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-251041 I'll have to put myself down as one of the people who can't read more then 4 pages of a comic on line. When I pick up a paper comic, I like to take it with me, so it's right there, where ever I go. I can flip through it in a waiting room, outdoors at the park, and where ever else I happen to find a few spare seconds. I can take it to work and show my students, without having to sit them in front of a computer monitor and pull up a site. Not only that, but I spend so much time in front of the computer as it is, it's nice to get a way and into a comic. I’ll have to put myself down as one of the people who can’t read more then 4 pages of a comic on line. When I pick up a paper comic, I like to take it with me, so it’s right there, where ever I go. I can flip through it in a waiting room, outdoors at the park, and where ever else I happen to find a few spare seconds. I can take it to work and show my students, without having to sit them in front of a computer monitor and pull up a site. Not only that, but I spend so much time in front of the computer as it is, it’s nice to get a way and into a comic.

]]> by: ProfHeff http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-249362 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:31:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-249362 I don't know about anyone else but reading an entire comic online is not only awkward but uncomfortable. There's nothing like having a book (comic or otherwise) in your hand and turning a page back or forth. Art on a page looks better on paper. I-Pod (or now I-phone) screens are just too small and computer screens on a laptop are just too bulky. And as far as downloads are concerned - I wonder how many people downloaded a comic and then printed it out on paper. Digital is nice but paper is better. I don’t know about anyone else but reading an entire comic online is not only awkward but uncomfortable. There’s nothing like having a book (comic or otherwise) in your hand and turning a page back or forth. Art on a page looks better on paper. I-Pod (or now I-phone) screens are just too small and computer screens on a laptop are just too bulky.

And as far as downloads are concerned - I wonder how many people downloaded a comic and then printed it out on paper.

Digital is nice but paper is better.

]]> by: robsalk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-248655 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:31:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-248655 I do a lot of consulting on business strategy for future technologies and had a chance to talk to Paul Levitz about this (informally) several years ago where I presented him with exactly those kinds of statistics (then followed up with a proposal to help draft a business plan, which was politely declined). The issue of digital downloads from Torrent sites seemed and still seems troublesome for the industry and creators, especially with smaller form-factor notebooks and tablets coming out that make it more comfortable and convenient to read digital comics. I am really pleased to see they are finally moving on this. I do a lot of consulting on business strategy for future technologies and had a chance to talk to Paul Levitz about this (informally) several years ago where I presented him with exactly those kinds of statistics (then followed up with a proposal to help draft a business plan, which was politely declined). The issue of digital downloads from Torrent sites seemed and still seems troublesome for the industry and creators, especially with smaller form-factor notebooks and tablets coming out that make it more comfortable and convenient to read digital comics. I am really pleased to see they are finally moving on this.

]]> by: minty fresh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-248643 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:25:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/10/levitz-on-zuda/#comment-248643 i'm not sure that 100k downloads number for sin city can be read as a barometer of anything. considering how the film was marketed - it looks like the original comics, frank miller's name all over everything etc - the torrent-savvy were likely to be curious to see those comics without necessarily having the interest to read anything else. looking at it from another angle, if it takes the marketing power of a big budget comic-creator-led blockbuster just to get 100k of completely free (and terribly copyright infringing) downloads, levitz might be correct in his scepticism. i’m not sure that 100k downloads number for sin city can be read as a barometer of anything. considering how the film was marketed - it looks like the original comics, frank miller’s name all over everything etc - the torrent-savvy were likely to be curious to see those comics without necessarily having the interest to read anything else.

looking at it from another angle, if it takes the marketing power of a big budget comic-creator-led blockbuster just to get 100k of completely free (and terribly copyright infringing) downloads, levitz might be correct in his scepticism.

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