Is print -> digital feasible?

[Thaumaturge]

It could be reasonably argued that the newspapers and such which failed did so because they simply moved the written word on-line. They didn't/don't use the best aspects of the internet: its adaptability and interactivity.

Hopefully, the new Dragon and Dungeon do capitalize on these aspects.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Porn.

So obvious, so sad, yet so true.

 

[loki44]

So obvious, so sad, yet so true.

Tell me about it. I'm likely to say the same thing about music too on most days but I go back and forth on that one.

 

[Kurashu]

So obvious, so sad, yet so true.

In all honesty, porn does a lot for advancement of technology: VHS, DVDs, the internet itself.

 

[loki44]

In all honesty, porn does a lot for advancement of technology: VHS, DVDs, the internet itself.

In the same way NASCAR advances the automobile industry?

 

[JiffyPopTart]

Encyclopedias

No longer do you have to shell out the price of a small car and dedicate a bookshelf in your house to have dated knowledge at your fingertips. Now its free, hyperlinked, and searchable.

DS

 

[JiffyPopTart]

The Card Catalog

Good luck finding that bad boy at your local library.

DS

 

[blargney the second]

In all honesty, porn does a lot for advancement of technology: VHS, DVDs, the internet itself.

Al Gore invented porn?

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

On a more 'localized' level than, say, 'porn' or 'encyclopedias' or 'the card catalog' that should be familiar to at least some gamers, Phil and Kaja Foglio's 'Girl Genius' seems to have successfully transitioned from print comic to web comic.

I seem to recall a couple of other webcomics making that transition as well. IIRC, David Willis (It's Walky, Shortpacked!, Roomies) tried print comics and didn't get ahead with them, but has enjoyed great success online (makes his living that way, to the best of my knowledge). Didn't Scott Kurtz of PVP also try print comics for quite a while before going online? No question that he's a success story.

You could make the case that comic strips in general have successfully transitioned from print to web, with probably as many webcomic artists as print comic artists making their living that way, and a great deal more material out there on the web.

 

[The_Gneech]

You could make the case that comic strips in general have successfully transitioned from print to web, with probably as many webcomic artists as print comic artists making their living that way, and a great deal more material out there on the web.

No, no, no. You can count the webcomic artists who make their living from it on one hand and have fingers left over. Trust me on this one.

-The Gneech