Everyone’s favorite pixel pushing cartoonist, RStevens, (who also makes fantastic t-shirts), has posted his thoughts about webcomics having more readership than traditional comic books. LINK, HERE.

Of course, many of you know I’ve been babbling about this sort of thing for years now, and taking heat from time to time. Sure Marvel and DC sell a lot of comic books and make a lot of money, but not as much as they used to. I’ve posted this thought before here, and again over at his livejournal, but webcomics are simply amazing and fantastic because unlike a traditional comic book which is read once, sealed up and put away, the readers of webcomics come back EVERY DAY, and often become part of communities of fans online. It’s simply awesome.

All of us out here publishing webcomics online, know how EASY it is. Some of use know how easy it is to make money, even in smaller amounts. This is probably why we scoff at articles about how Marvel and DC or other companies are getting into webcomics, but what they’re really doing is just putting their past comics up for sale for download. While webcomics have been going for a good decade or so now, the big companies haven’t paid any mind until now. They’ve paid attention to the “webcomics” coming to shows. The crowds for Penny Arcade, and dear lord, they have their own convention. They’ve seen places like Dumbrella making money hand over fist with shirts and such at San Diego comicon…… but their hands are STILL tied by corporate masters who can’t see beyond the horizon of selling a comic in exchange for a readers money.

Man, thinking with an innovative mind here, I can see about 100 different opportunities for both the webcomics side AND the comic book industry side to really make some exciting things happen.

For a good while now, I’ve been developing a new plan or new “model” for myself. I’ve been writing up a sort of proposal of sorts. I’ve discussed it with a few other creators who think it’s just a fantastic idea. It’s a little out of the box, I can’t say it’s revolutionary, but I really think it can blaze a new path for both webcomic creators AND comic book companies. That’s about all I can say. I’m going to pitch and sell this idea to someone at some point, and I don’t want to give out any details yet, because it will be a model others will copy, and i want to make it work first.

It’s the way of the future…

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