Comments on: Ultimate Kibbles ‘n’ Bits! http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815366 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:33:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815366 I'm not sure if I should be offended that comic books were not part of the Onion's report. ;) I’m not sure if I should be offended that comic books were not part of the Onion’s report. ;)

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815245 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:09:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815245 Mario: Sorry....the link mentioned the Netherlands so I leapt to a conclusion! Mario:

Sorry….the link mentioned the Netherlands so I leapt to a conclusion!

]]> by: mario boon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815105 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:32:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-815105 Heidi! "Dutch" coloring? Surely one would know that Spike and Suzy is a Belgian (Flemish) comics series. Don't sweat it: the series is only 60 years old and sells 200.000 copies per new issue. Heidi! “Dutch” coloring?
Surely one would know that Spike and Suzy is a Belgian (Flemish) comics series.
Don’t sweat it: the series is only 60 years old and sells 200.000 copies per new issue.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-814634 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:56:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/05/ultimate-kibbles-n-bits/#comment-814634 Re: Geek Obsessions 1. Most of the examples were pioneers in a specific field: Star Trek with science fiction television, Magic with collectible card games, Warcraft with online gaming, Rocky Horror with audience participation. 2. Star Trek is the gateway drug. Everybody has seen it, knows the basics, and the licensing has pervaded every media. (At least five comicbook companies have published Star Trek comics.) If Trek doesn't pioneer a field, such as slash fiction or cosplay, then the fans and/or licensees will take a given field and adapt it. 3. Monty Python fans are not geeky. Sure, we may sing The Lumberjack Song in German, but do we dance with fishes, wear hankerchiefs on our heads, or engage in silly walks? Well, not in public. «SQUEEK» Python fans are similar to those who enjoy show tunes, Warner Brothers cartoons, or baseball teams. They may possess esoteric knowledge about a subject, quote excerpts, and even write books. But a hobby is not always an obsession, which is when geeks become nerds. Re: Geek Obsessions
1. Most of the examples were pioneers in a specific field: Star Trek with science fiction television, Magic with collectible card games, Warcraft with online gaming, Rocky Horror with audience participation.
2. Star Trek is the gateway drug. Everybody has seen it, knows the basics, and the licensing has pervaded every media. (At least five comicbook companies have published Star Trek comics.) If Trek doesn’t pioneer a field, such as slash fiction or cosplay, then the fans and/or licensees will take a given field and adapt it.
3. Monty Python fans are not geeky. Sure, we may sing The Lumberjack Song in German, but do we dance with fishes, wear hankerchiefs on our heads, or engage in silly walks? Well, not in public. «SQUEEK»
Python fans are similar to those who enjoy show tunes, Warner Brothers cartoons, or baseball teams. They may possess esoteric knowledge about a subject, quote excerpts, and even write books. But a hobby is not always an obsession, which is when geeks become nerds.

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