Assembled, Zipped, Transferred And Downloaded: News From Digital

By Tom Spurgeon

* really only one news story in the digital realm of first-rung status: the ending of Octopus Pie, one of the two or three best long-form serials from an era of idiosyncratically-created long-form serials. All congratulations to the cartoonist Meredith Gran on the extent of her achievement. If comics progress into digital realms the way they should Octopus Pie should be long noted as a creation for this specific time and place.

* that's the cover at right to the imminent print collection. Gran redid the entire series through Image and a final softcover trade will be out in a scant few weeks. I think having stuff like that in print and with a company that does not interfere with media rights is something that could distinguish a number of on-line projects. I know it was a spur for me to catch up with the work.

* it's Gary Tyrrell's area of coverage by virtue of volume and time spent. I'll defer to him for a last word on the strip itself.
 
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