My Usual Apologies To Dan Vado

When you're driving a car that is North American comics industry coverage, the blindspot when you look left seems to be NBM and the blindspot when you look right seems to be Slave Labor Graphics, two companies that for whatever reason up to and including malfeasance on the part of reporters like me go vastly under-covered.

Here's the latest example: two interesting stories about Slave Labor I haven't covered yet. First, an admission on the part of Dan Vado that their Disney licensing deal my end in 2008 without the company being able to make a success of it. Vado's explanation bravely includes his company's difficulties in re-orienting themselves to a different production model as well as the hugely conservative nature of today's comics market. Second, SLG is about six weeks into the launch of its eyemelt.com digital comics site, which is still modest but seems extremely sturdy thus far. A company like Slave Labor, with its lack of market penetration and its tendency to publish in very specific niches at time, seems a perfect candidate for a web-based effort like this one.
 
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