The apparent idea behind this is that the comic book "Girl Genius" is
mainly a way to get an audience for people to buy the merchandise.
Therefore, Foglio is betting that a webcomic (which costs far less to
publish than a paper comic) should bring in an audience at a far lesser
cost. Given that he has such a rabid fan following (including me), he
may well be right.
Posted by:: Invid Fan Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:17:13 -0500
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In article <1112188974.409855.52930@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
Modemac wrote:
> http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
>
> The apparent idea behind this is that the comic book "Girl Genius" is
> mainly a way to get an audience for people to buy the merchandise.
> Therefore, Foglio is betting that a webcomic (which costs far less to
> publish than a paper comic) should bring in an audience at a far lesser
> cost. Given that he has such a rabid fan following (including me), he
> may well be right.
>
I'd rather buy the books (and I will, whenever collections show up in
my local store). I wish him luck in this, but as much of a fan as I am
I'll be ignoring the site. Reading a page every couple days of a comic
book, as opposed to a daily strip, just doesn't appeal to me. The truth
behind this is most likely a) the long delay in getting issues out
really hurt sales, and b) color is just too expensive for this type of
book.
--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total shit. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS
Posted by:: "Paul E. Jamison" Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:11:23 -0600
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"Modemac" wrote in message
news:1112188974.409855.52930@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
>
> The apparent idea behind this is that the comic book "Girl Genius" is
> mainly a way to get an audience for people to buy the merchandise.
> Therefore, Foglio is betting that a webcomic (which costs far less to
> publish than a paper comic) should bring in an audience at a far lesser
> cost. Given that he has such a rabid fan following (including me), he
> may well be right.
>
I first discovered Foglio at the World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas
City in '76. I picked up his "Star Trek Primer", his comic-book reports on
a couple of Star Trek conventions and the coloring-book version of his and
Rob Asprin's "The Capture" (which was nominated for a Hugo in its slideshow
form). I've always figured since then that anything with the Foglio byline
is worth picking up.