Sarah Boxer on Webcomics in NYT

I imagine some people really aren't going to care for Sarah Boxer's New York Times article about the artistic potential for webcomics and what she could actually find when she went looking for it. Her article's primary service, though, might be to point out how many webcomics remain baffling to access for the first time, particularly those on the more theoretically ambitious end. It's still hard for me to track down and then access comics of this type really easily, and I'm quite the comics-savvy nerdling.

Where I probably least agree with her criticism is in castigating a couple of comics for belonging to subscription services, even though the new-comics-free emphasis on many sites can be confusing and doesn't always seem to serve the reader pursuing new comics as much as reflect a certain common consumption profile and entice return customers attracted to the free stuff. That being said, I can't imagine getting mad because a text preview or a film trailer only offers so much before they want you to buy a book or pay for a movie ticket; site owners are also generally happy to accommodate press.

Eric Burns rips into the column.

Joey Manley writes in to say Boxer received press passes to Modern Tales; I guess her objection to subscription sites were based solely on what it means to the reader.
 
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