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Title: Comic-Con: iPads are mainstream, but there's still digital drama Post by: HCK on July 31, 2014, 09:00:20 am Comic-Con: iPads are mainstream, but there's still digital drama
<article> <section class="page"> <p> I’ve been reading comics on and off since I was a kid, and I went to college in San Diego, yet I never attended San Diego Comic-Con International until the release of the iPad. I was drawn by the impact that device would have on the comics industry, and sure enough, over the past five years there’s been massive change.</p><p> But the story that drew me to my first Comic-Con is, it seems to me, drawing to an end. The industry freak-outs about how digital comics were going to destroy printed comics and comic shops? They’re gone (http://www.techhive.com/article/2045137/comixology-leads-comic-publishing-resurgence.html), by and large. (This doesn’t mean that the industry isn’t changing—just this week a venerable retailer announced it probably wouldn’t return (http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/072614wemail.html) to the show.) The shouting is over and digital comics are just another part of the landscape.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2458891/comic-con-ipads-are-mainstream-but-theres-still-digital-drama.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Comic-Con: iPads are mainstream, but there's still digital drama (http://www.macworld.com/article/2458891/comic-con-ipads-are-mainstream-but-theres-still-digital-drama.html#tk.rss_all) |