Comments on: #webcomicschat – “The Cartoonists of Comics” http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/2011/03/10/webcomicschat-the-cartoonists-of-comics/ All ages comic strip for geeks and their kids. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Patrick http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/2011/03/10/webcomicschat-the-cartoonists-of-comics/#comment-1189 Patrick Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:37:43 +0000 http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/?p=956#comment-1189 Dave practices what he preaches. He is very kind and friendly to everyone. Including dopes like me. :) Dave practices what he preaches. He is very kind and friendly to everyone. Including dopes like me. :)

]]> By: Patrick http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/2011/03/10/webcomicschat-the-cartoonists-of-comics/#comment-1188 Patrick Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:36:57 +0000 http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/?p=956#comment-1188 Great point. It's hard to say whether or not it will have a negative impact. I guess time will tell. Great point. It’s hard to say whether or not it will have a negative impact. I guess time will tell.

]]> By: Lonnie Easterling http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/2011/03/10/webcomicschat-the-cartoonists-of-comics/#comment-1187 Lonnie Easterling Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:59:27 +0000 http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/?p=956#comment-1187 Thanks for this post. I was not aware of either of these speeches. Listening to Dave makes me want to be a better cartoonist and I hope I get to meet him in person one day. Thanks for this post. I was not aware of either of these speeches. Listening to Dave makes me want to be a better cartoonist and I hope I get to meet him in person one day.

]]> By: Leroy Brown http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/2011/03/10/webcomicschat-the-cartoonists-of-comics/#comment-1186 Leroy Brown Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:46:01 +0000 http://www.supersiblingscomics.com/?p=956#comment-1186 Dave Kellett is a good cartoonist who makes a very enjoyable webcomic. His success as a webcomic artist is proof of that as is his strip's longevity. His speech is very informative and interesting in particular when contrasted with the comments Bill Waterson made about the state of newspaper comics in 1989. I like the freedom that is implied in the artist owning the distribution model of the work. Dave's point about artists needing to be business savvy is also very true and well taken. The same type of evolution is happening in the music industry as old ways are displaced by the internet. The one unanswered question raised by Waterson and somewhat skirted by Dave is that of turning the cartoonist into a marketeer and merchandiser. Bill Waterson saw this as a 'cheapening' effect and a negative impact on quality of the artistic expression. I wonder what Dave's position is and if he thinks its cheapens the art of cartooning or not. Thanks for the interesting and thought provoking topic. Dave Kellett is a good cartoonist who makes a very enjoyable webcomic. His success as a webcomic artist is proof of that as is his strip’s longevity. His speech is very informative and interesting in particular when contrasted with the comments Bill Waterson made about the state of newspaper comics in 1989.

I like the freedom that is implied in the artist owning the distribution model of the work. Dave’s point about artists needing to be business savvy is also very true and well taken. The same type of evolution is happening in the music industry as old ways are displaced by the internet.

The one unanswered question raised by Waterson and somewhat skirted by Dave is that of turning the cartoonist into a marketeer and merchandiser. Bill Waterson saw this as a ‘cheapening’ effect and a negative impact on quality of the artistic expression. I wonder what Dave’s position is and if he thinks its cheapens the art of cartooning or not.

Thanks for the interesting and thought provoking topic.

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