Comments on: State of the Blog http://mrmyth.com/2009/02/20/state-of-the-blog/ (or at least reviews thereof) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Myth http://mrmyth.com/2009/02/20/state-of-the-blog/#comment-4618 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:50:58 +0000 http://mrmyth.com/?p=597#comment-4618 Well, one thing to keep in mind – that figure is largely for someone unknown breaking into the field. DC and Marvel come with a premade audience, especially for already known characters.

I would see it happening similar to what went down with Girl Genius – it shifted from having a decent fanbase for the print comic, to having a very strong fanbase online, in a very short period of time.

Now, them taking the same approach, with comics that aren’t already key properties… well, that’s basically what they are working at with Zuda, so we can continue to watch and see how that goes.

]]> By: Korvar http://mrmyth.com/2009/02/20/state-of-the-blog/#comment-4617 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:12:41 +0000 http://mrmyth.com/?p=597#comment-4617 The thing that I think would prove the sticking point for DC and Marvel getting into the webcomics business is that everything I’ve seen on the economics of webcomics says that it takes at least a year, and often more, before the comic can actually turn a profit.

That’s an investment that an individual can make, probably by keeping their day job until the comic can support them. Would a comics company be able to put that kind of investment into comics that may or may not eventually pay it back?

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