Digital comics: Nemesis or sidekick to comic book culture?
Some say the animation and sound effects threaten the aesthetic foundation and could wipe out comic shops. Others say the medium is bringing badly needed new readers and innovation.
Chris Rosa manages Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. New readers who become interested in digital comic books might eventually want to collect paper issues, but “the jury is still out on that one,” Rosa said. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / July 21, 2010)
It’s a book! It’s a cartoon! It’s … digital comics!
Technology, which has already upended the music, television and movie businesses, is now gripping the comic book world. Publishers are unleashing a torrent of digital comic books across smart phones, tablet devices, game consoles and digital book readers, portending major changes in how comics are made and marketed.
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Its an end of the decade blowout as the crew pulls out all stops and invites some of the hottest names in the LA comics industry for a roundtable mash-up to end all! We invite Percy Carey (SENTENCES), Jonathan L. Davis (EUREKA, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD), Mark Sable (UNTHINKABLE, TWO-FACE: YEAR ONE), Matt Gagnon (managing editor, BOOM! Studios) and Pierluigi Cothran (NOLA) to offer insights and opinions as Caleb and Chris run through their top 10 books of the decade, and the audience gets involved to air some grievances! Part one of two.
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Part Two:
“Its mano-e-mano as Chris and Caleb enter the ring to discuss and debate the work of Mark Miller in part 1 of our high-flying, ground-pounding, steel cage match of death throwdown! We also begin the show highlighting Isobella Jade’s A MODEL LIFE from Soft Skull Press, take a look at Greg Rucka’s new book STUMPTOWN from Oni Press, and examine last week’s DARK REIGN: THE LIST – WOLVERINE.”
“The opening shots for Meltcast are fired as Caleb and Chris open the inaugural episode by discussing the BLACKEST NIGHT event from DC and the SPIDER-WOMAN motion and print comics by Bendis & Maleev from Marvel. Buckle up, the start of the ride has begun!”
Podcast Alert! Meltcast & The Beat Bee Sessions, 2 Podcast You Should Bee Listening To
If there were 2 podcast you should be listening to they should be Meltcast with Meltdown staffers Chris and Caleb & The Beat Bee Sessions with good Meltdown friends Jim Mahfood and Jane Dope. Put your headphones on and LISTEN NOW!
The Meltcast is a comics podcast. It’s the brainchild of Chris Rosa, recorded every Wednesday at the renowned Meltdown Comics on Sunset Blvd in LA. Aaron Brewer handles the technical stuff on the recording side, and Francisco handles the technical stuff on the web side. And Caleb Monroe co-hosts. Basically, a small collection of comics raconteurs and ne’er-do-wells given microphones and free rein.
We have a wide-ranging perspective because, between our three hosts, we have 1 professional comics writer, 2 comics retailers and 3 life-long comics fans.
We have big plans for the Meltcast. Big plans. We may be a little garage, a little DIY, a little punk, a little rough around the edges right now, but we put it up for you to listen to anyway. Every week. We’re the big podcast that could.
The Beat Bee Sessions:
The Beat Bee, mysterious cosmic funkanaut of the the intergalactic spaceways, delivers his magic Mixtapes throughout the universe to spread the love and joy of real music! He has chosen Food One and Jane Dope (ANGEL CITY DERBY GIRLS, & EAT YOUR ART OUT) to broadcast his funky signals on planet Earth…an all-new, weekly podcast guaranteed to clean the cobwebs out ‘yo mind.
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