That’s a loooong title!
Publisher weekly has an article online about the future of Digital Comics against the print medium. There are some good facts and figures here, but my personal belief is that the two can work hand-in-hand to increase the general comic readership…
While many other NYCC panels were also markedly focused on digital, discussions remained largely speculative and inconclusive as to which directions the industry will take as it moves towards an inevitable digital future. Some of the more interesting ideas thrown around included Mark Waid of Boom Studios speculating that all periodical releases will eventually go completely digital and Dark Horse’s Aaron Colter’s musings that an open source solution which allows digital comics file sharing is the best way for publishers to gain new readers. (Both Waid and Colter characterized their statements as personal opinions that in no way reflect the strategies of either Boom or Dark Horse).
