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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was reading what Cord wrote, and I couldn't
resist to manifest myself:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Digital Comics, as he mentioned:</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV>> - they take no space</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They will take LESS space, but they'll take space
anyways. In CD-Roms or in the HD of your computer...</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><BR>> - comics would always remain in print</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This isn't something that you can count for sure.
It all depends of the politics of the publishers. Some of them make the comics
available, like DC Comics actually does with its paperbacks. Any kind of stuff
can get discontinued... you even can't find some "old" CDs and CD-Roms
today...!</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><BR>> - all the great comics of the past would always be available</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See what I've mentioned above;</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><BR>> - I could buy any comic instantly over the internet</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this "digital comic" is delivered on-line, in
this case you're right... this is something that's completely different from
"our" comics actually. That's why they're "digital", and not regular comics. But
I prefer the other format!</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - it could be possible to try a comic before you purchase
it.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>But you can do it, anyway! It's just a matter of checking
it...!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> - I could take my comics with me wherever I go</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why can't you go with your comics to any other
place?</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - they could be much cheaper as production costs are much
lower</DIV>
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face=Arial size=2>More or less. You would cut costs with printing. Maybe with
distribution - you would need a distribution in case of CD-Roms or DVD-Roms. And
you would pay the creative team...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The costs don't decrease so easily in a digital
format. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> - they do not collect dust, yellow and deteriorate of the
years</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Buy those special plastic bags!!</FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - I could find any comic in my collection instantly</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can do this if you catalog them and if you put
them in the proper manner in a collection box.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - I could reread any comic at any time</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why can't you reread
the stories in your "paper" comics?!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - colors ould be better as digital displays can display millions
of<BR>> colors and are more brilliant than print.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The monitor shines. That's why the colors are so
vivid. But printers can reproduce the color tones better now.</FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> - I could make my own "best of" collections<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's only a matter of putting them aside in your
collection!</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>> There would of course be a few comics I would like to keep
because<BR>> they are beautiful books or because I became sentimentally
attached<BR>> to them over the years, but this would just be around 20-30
books.<BR>> The others I would trade in for digital versions at any
time.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't wanna be against you, but being a comic
professional I tend to see the medium as the books that we see these days. I"m
also not against better technologies or innovation... but I don't see comics
going to other formats by now. If you can't "control" the storytelling, then it
won't matter... it won't be a comic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do you think?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fabricio Grellet</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>