Assembled, Zipped, Transferred And Downloaded: News From Digital By Tom Spurgeon
* this is a videogame story, but it's interesting to see "slice of life" webcomics ;referenced as its own genre.
* that's an interesting development, that a graphic novel-related promotion involving free material related to a Marvel movie did not move the needle, apparently. I'm sure the numbers were okay, but still. I get a lot of paranoid e-mail about Marvel and/or DC continuing their publishing lines over the long-term if the numbers keep being lousy. I don't think that's likely, but certainly a lack of synergy over a long period of time could be a factor.
