I’m saving newspapers!
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Well, maybe not me alone. But this article talks about how newpapers comics are helping grow readership in other countries. Gasp! What a novel idea especially since that’s why comics were put into newpapers. Not that I’m stuck in the past. Quite the opposite.
I’m fortunate that DeD is both a webcomic and print comic. I don’t see it as either. The web and newspapers are just two pillars in building the world of Dog eat Doug.
Still, stories like this warm my heart:
Can comics save the American newspaper? ยป The Daily Cartoonist
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
The debate reminds me of theatrical animation. Once a thriving business that went down due to television.
In fact, most theatrical animated shorts released in the ’60s and the ’70s were meant to be seen in both television and movie theaters. (Terrytoons shorts released by FOX in 1969 to ‘71 are all made-for-TV cartoons that first appeared on CBS and NBC in the ’60s).