Comments on: The (Comics) Journalistic Ideal http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/ Never Safe For Work Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Gigcast » Blog Archive » webcomic Wire - 10/10/07 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14483 The Gigcast » Blog Archive » webcomic Wire - 10/10/07 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:44:35 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14483 [...] Christopher Butcher posts about the state of comics journalism. [...] [...] Christopher Butcher posts about the state of comics journalism. [...]

]]> By: Rickey http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14472 Rickey Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:27:16 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14472 I've been thinking about the same issues, man. I found your link through the Beat and I absolutely agree with about how writerly hands can often be tied when it comes to coverage thanks to the dependence of PR and/or talent for a story and how a story's tone can have an effect on any future story. It's a tough situation and a black hole when it comes to trying to find a working way around it. I’ve been thinking about the same issues, man. I found your link through the Beat and I absolutely agree with about how writerly hands can often be tied when it comes to coverage thanks to the dependence of PR and/or talent for a story and how a story’s tone can have an effect on any future story.

It’s a tough situation and a black hole when it comes to trying to find a working way around it.

]]> By: odessa steps magazine http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14396 odessa steps magazine Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:39:35 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14396 First, let me thank you for saving me the trouble of buying TCJ for the first time in over five or six years. Second, I think the best comics reporter possible is someone who understands the business but doesn't want to be part of it and isn't a fanboy/girl. It would be a beat that they cover and that's it. First, let me thank you for saving me the trouble of buying TCJ for the first time in over five or six years.

Second, I think the best comics reporter possible is someone who understands the business but doesn’t want to be part of it and isn’t a fanboy/girl. It would be a beat that they cover and that’s it.

]]> By: It’s called biting the hand that feeds you… « Blurred Productions http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14361 It’s called biting the hand that feeds you… « Blurred Productions Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:28:06 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14361 [...] It’s called biting the hand that feeds you… October 9th, 2007 — Smith Michaels This big announcement from Newsarama this week (really, last week) and this postat Blog@Newsarama (and the post it links to) got me thinking. [...] [...] It’s called biting the hand that feeds you… October 9th, 2007 — Smith Michaels This big announcement from Newsarama this week (really, last week) and this postat Blog@Newsarama (and the post it links to) got me thinking. [...]

]]> By: markus http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14117 markus Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:45:51 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14117 I keep meaning to congratulate you and agree and leave it at that. But really, what I'd be agreeing to is that journalists (in the broadest possible sense) should try harder, but that's awfully general and trivially true. Beyond that, I think the piece ultimately fails to address the problem of how to get people to pay for that and more "proximately" merely touches on the many _structural_ reasons why comics discourse is as. And as many of these have been chewed over at length already (IMO) a next step would have to be a systematic overview or an attempt at solving these problems which matches e.g. the attempt to make superbooks more female friendly in scope and dedication. So, yay for the link and the reminder, but oddly enough it feels a bit like a step behind where we already are. I keep meaning to congratulate you and agree and leave it at that. But really, what I’d be agreeing to is that journalists (in the broadest possible sense) should try harder, but that’s awfully general and trivially true. Beyond that, I think the piece ultimately fails to address the problem of how to get people to pay for that and more “proximately” merely touches on the many _structural_ reasons why comics discourse is as. And as many of these have been chewed over at length already (IMO) a next step would have to be a systematic overview or an attempt at solving these problems which matches e.g. the attempt to make superbooks more female friendly in scope and dedication.
So, yay for the link and the reminder, but oddly enough it feels a bit like a step behind where we already are.

]]> By: Nate http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-14076 Nate Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:41:33 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/10/06/the-comics-journalistic-ideal/#comment-14076 I'm glad you mentioned the Cooke interview. I agree, it was a missed opportunity. The interviewer asked a lot of questions answered in Cooke's work, "what's your take on Character X," for example, and didn't probe any of the answers he received. A bummer, since whatever you think of Cooke as a creator (and I'm not a big fan), he has a unique vision and take on the industry that he hasn't been afraid to share. I’m glad you mentioned the Cooke interview. I agree, it was a missed opportunity. The interviewer asked a lot of questions answered in Cooke’s work, “what’s your take on Character X,” for example, and didn’t probe any of the answers he received. A bummer, since whatever you think of Cooke as a creator (and I’m not a big fan), he has a unique vision and take on the industry that he hasn’t been afraid to share.

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