#idk what my point is anymore except that ‘comics’ as a word encompasses so much

[roguestorm]

very interested in how marvel + dc are both experimenting with the webtoon format (infinite scroll/minimal paneling + simpler art style) and how what is published in that format is not traditional superhero stories but things that might be more in line generically with what you would find in a webtoon (for example, making a whole comic dedicated to romance, which is a very popular webtoon genre but not a popular genre for the comics you’d find in an american comic book store)

it’s very different from the early days of infinite comics, where the paneling was often very important and it moved from panel to panel with powerpoint animations. and it’s always interesting to see how marvel and dc respond to other comic forms and try to capitalize on what is popular. especially right now when it seems like the traditional comic book industry is perpetually on the edge of dying.

#m.txt #as an artifact of our present historical moment it’s really interesting! #like. do i like it? not really. is it absolutely fascinating? you bet! #the reason i don’t like it also has less to do with the format specifically and more to do with the capitalism of it all #stop stifling creative expression in your artists by denying them living wages and benefits!! #also I’m thinking about the young adult graphic novels dc has been putting out recently #I am not Starfire Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass Stiefvater’s Swamp Thing #that’s a different medium/format from traditional comics too #and it reminds me a lot of when Marvel dabbled in publishing manga #or how DC has Ngozi writing for them now #or how OGNs were all the rage in the 80s/90s #it’s like the 20 page floppy has arguably been the same for decades (at least since the 60s) #but it’s come into contact with so many other forms of comic over the years #that it’s impossible for it not to be changed #like the ‘magazine’ comics where morbius appeared #or the spider man newspaper comic #idk what my point is anymore except that ‘comics’ as a word encompasses so much #and when we use it to talk about floppies distributed by diamond we sometimes forget #not only that the term encompasses so much but that even the big 2 are engaged in an ongoing negotiation with all other types of comics