Assembled, Zipped, Transferred And Downloaded: News From Digital

By Tom Spurgeon

* I've had a couple of people ask, but as far as I know at the time I put this post to bed, there's been no change in the story of critic Zainab Akhtar closing her Comics & Cola site. Heidi MacDonald was effusive in her praise for Akhtar, here, in addition to covering the story more generally.

* Gary Tyrrell reminds here that there's no reason that webcomics makers shouldn't get nominations for individual efforts in comics-making. He's right.

* the wonderfully-named Michael L. McGlathery penned a short piece for the Harvard Crimson about the role that internet meme creation plays in modern webcomics, pointing out that old strips had a similar function vis-a-vis our culture, and asserting that it's part of the dismantling of highbrow culture. I'm not sure I agree with the bulk of that, but it's not a take I've seen all in one place.

* finally, some grappling with the true meaning of Patreon.
 
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