Anonymous asked: I've heard from quite a few people that the comic book industry is probably going to implode in the next 5 years or so and go all or mostly digital. I don't agree with this, but its something that keeps coming up in my circles and i'm curious, without diving into things i'm sure you can't talk about, what is your opinion on the gradual march towards an all digital medium?
They still make vinyl records.
Yes, but only as a quaint collectible. They still make buggywhips too.
A better example - Newsweek just came back into existence as a print publication.
There’s still a demand for printed publications. They don’t vanish if the battery in your iDevice dies, and they fold up better. Digital is more convenient, and more people are growing up using a pad as their primary reading device, so there will certainly be more people buying comics that way.
The (rhetorical) question really is, at what point will the print comics become the same quaint collectible as vinyl records, and have to be priced accordingly to be profitable?
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darrylayo said: Why would comics “going digital” harm the industry. Unless the asker means “paper comics”
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