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August 5, 2009


Go, Read: Jog On DM Event Comics

In response to Frank Santoro's declaration that the Direct Market's ability to combine comics traditions has ceased to exist, and various responses to that post including my own, the critic Jog presents a long essay from 2005 about the DM's greatest achievement: the market-bending crossover event comic book series.

One peculiar about this discussion as it spirals outward is I think some people assume that comics shies away from structural change as this might represent. I actually think the opposite is true, and that comics history is one of jumping on bandwagons and trends and new ways of doing things with severe commitment to the point that the costs aren't always processed before doing so.
 
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