Comments on: King Features launches comic web application http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Phil Wohlrab http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73644 Phil Wohlrab Sat, 17 May 2008 13:28:56 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73644 It's tough to get people on the boat when it's sinking. Those that do hop in the boat do it for the sheer thrill of being on a boat. I think the incentives for doing a comic strip are less today then they ever were. Thats not to say that kids don't read cartoons anymore. I saw a little kid run up to a book rack containing the Adventures of Captain Underpants with great enthusiasum. It's a fun and playful comic that doesn't take itself too seriously. http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/ I felt the same way about Garfield when I was younger. I don't know if it's just me but there just seems to be less comic strips out there that kids could identify with. I identified with Charlie Brown and the little red haired girl. At the time it was like he was writting about me. that was the great appeal. I don't buy that jazz that you write for yourself and forget the audience It’s tough to get people on the boat when it’s sinking. Those that do hop in the boat do it for the sheer thrill of being on a boat. I think the incentives for doing a comic strip are less today then they ever were. Thats not to say that kids don’t read cartoons anymore. I saw a little kid run up to a book rack containing the Adventures of Captain Underpants with great enthusiasum. It’s a fun and playful comic that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/
I felt the same way about Garfield when I was younger. I don’t know if it’s just me but there just seems to be less comic strips out there that kids could identify with. I identified with Charlie Brown and the little red haired girl. At the time it was like he was writting about me. that was the great appeal. I don’t buy that jazz that you write for yourself and forget the audience

]]> By: Malc McGookin http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73643 Malc McGookin Sat, 17 May 2008 10:14:24 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73643 Isn't it just another example of the major syndicates rearranging deckchairs? Adding whistles and bells to a service NO-one is asking for and NO-one wants seems to be occupying the minds of execs who should be actively improving their menus, not finding more particular methods of delivering the hash they already have out back. Isn’t it just another example of the major syndicates rearranging deckchairs?

Adding whistles and bells to a service NO-one is asking for and NO-one wants seems to be occupying the minds of execs who should be actively improving their menus, not finding more particular methods of delivering the hash they already have out back.

]]> By: Jeff Stanson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73639 Jeff Stanson Sat, 17 May 2008 03:18:53 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73639 So if Comics Kingdom takes off, is this going to bite into potential sales of DailyInk? And speaking of DailyINK, isn't it time KFS beefed it up some to give readers more of what they'd promised? Bigger archives... more classic comics... So if Comics Kingdom takes off, is this going to bite into potential sales of DailyInk? And speaking of DailyINK, isn’t it time KFS beefed it up some to give readers more of what they’d promised? Bigger archives… more classic comics…

]]> By: Larry Levine http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73567 Larry Levine Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:06 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73567 Very cool--I wish King Features would launch their own version of Comics Sherpa with this software! Very cool–I wish King Features would launch their own version of Comics Sherpa with this software!

]]> By: Scott Gallatin http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73566 Scott Gallatin Thu, 15 May 2008 13:51:47 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/15/king-features-launches-comic-web-application/#comment-73566 That's great news. Now maybe I'll visit a newspaper website rather then just google news. That’s great news. Now maybe I’ll visit a newspaper website rather then just google news.

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