Comments on: Our vanishing internets http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Todd Gray http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1177127 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:44:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1177127 Being a novice at internet searches, I had thought this was just some phenomenon confined to google searches, so it was nice finally have some clarity on the matter. ...AND THAT'S WHY I READ THE BEAT! Thanks, Heidi! Being a novice at internet searches, I had thought this was just some phenomenon confined to google searches, so it was nice finally have some clarity on the matter. …AND THAT’S WHY I READ THE BEAT!

Thanks, Heidi!

]]> by: LurkerWithout http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1167737 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:55:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1167737 At a guess, I'd say all those old fansites on geocities and other platforms have been replaced by the ease of free blogger and LJ and whatnot. And old .wav sites and the not have been pushed aside by YouTube and YTMND and Revver and so on... I'd be welling to bet on their being blog rings dedicated to talking and bitching about wrestling that are just as active and home to online drama as comics blogging... At a guess, I’d say all those old fansites on geocities and other platforms have been replaced by the ease of free blogger and LJ and whatnot. And old .wav sites and the not have been pushed aside by YouTube and YTMND and Revver and so on…

I’d be welling to bet on their being blog rings dedicated to talking and bitching about wrestling that are just as active and home to online drama as comics blogging…

]]> by: STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: April 1st, 2008 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1167556 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:04:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1167556 [...] Our vanishing internets from THE BEAT [...] […] Our vanishing internets from THE BEAT […]

]]> by: Kelson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166831 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:29:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166831 Forgot to mention that this is something I've seen with my links page. There was a time when there must have been about half a dozen active sites dedicated to the Flash or Impulse, and at one point I was contributing material to two sites in addition to my own. But one by one they disappeared or stopped updating. For a while, at least once a month some comic site that I'd linked to was disappearing. Forgot to mention that this is something I’ve seen with my links page. There was a time when there must have been about half a dozen active sites dedicated to the Flash or Impulse, and at one point I was contributing material to two sites in addition to my own. But one by one they disappeared or stopped updating.

For a while, at least once a month some comic site that I’d linked to was disappearing.

]]> by: Kelson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166765 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:17:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166765 I'm still plugging away at <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/" rel="nofollow">Flash: Those Who Ride the Lightning</a> after 12(!) years, but it does get demoralizing from time to time. Admittedly, the state of the title over the last 2.5 years hasn't helped. It's funny seeing how far the images I've scanned and cleaned up have traveled, though. I think half the Flash-related images on Wikipedia were copied from my site at some point, but the weirdest is seeing them in other people's forum avatars or signatures. I’m still plugging away at Flash: Those Who Ride the Lightning after 12(!) years, but it does get demoralizing from time to time. Admittedly, the state of the title over the last 2.5 years hasn’t helped.

It’s funny seeing how far the images I’ve scanned and cleaned up have traveled, though. I think half the Flash-related images on Wikipedia were copied from my site at some point, but the weirdest is seeing them in other people’s forum avatars or signatures.

]]> by: Jason Green http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166428 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:56:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166428 Being a huge Erik Larsen nerd, I'm proud to note that there are two great fan-run sites dedicated to his book Savage Dragon: http://www.dragonfan.com/ http://www.brotherhoodofthefin.net/ Being a huge Erik Larsen nerd, I’m proud to note that there are two great fan-run sites dedicated to his book Savage Dragon:

http://www.dragonfan.com/
http://www.brotherhoodofthefin.net/

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166076 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:42:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1166076 Heidi, there are a bunch of "old school" fan sites out there, like Mid-Atlantic Gateway and Kayfabe Memories that may have had what you were looking for yesterday. Heidi, there are a bunch of “old school” fan sites out there, like Mid-Atlantic Gateway and Kayfabe Memories that may have had what you were looking for yesterday.

]]> by: Michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1165965 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:59:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/01/our-vanishing-internets/#comment-1165965 I don't mind the loss of fansites. Most of them were ugly, insipid and pompous. I don’t mind the loss of fansites. Most of them were ugly, insipid and pompous.

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