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  • From: "Todd Morman" <tmorman AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Eric Knisley on comics and recession
  • Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:12:47 -0500

Quoted at Tom Spurgeon's widely read Comics Reporter blog:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/more_thoughts_on_the_present_recession/:

Eric Knisley

One good way for people to respond to the economic downturn and possible hardships in obtaining comics is to quit *buying* and start *making*. I've been making and publishing my own comics for nearly forty years now, and there are very, very few comics I've ever bought that give me a fraction of the pleasure that I get from putting pen to paper. And it's the cheapest hobby you're gonna find this side of train-spotting -- all you need is pencil, paper and ideas.

My experience at the recent 24-hour comic day at Chapel Hill Comics really drove it home for me. That was the most fun I've had in a long time -- just sitting and working alongside other folks doing the same, all of us making comics (and the book came out pretty well, too). None of us are Alan Moore, but we all had a great time, learned some stuff, made some friends. That's not bad! And it only cost us just some ink and paper, and some time. There's a whole hand-made DIY revolution going on these days, and for good reasons -- stuff you make is better than stuff you buy. Making comics is more fun than buying them, and cheaper; you don't have to go anywhere; it's something you can do with any of your pals any old time. Sieze the means of production!

todd that ol' chapel hill spirit *sniff* warms the heart it does morman




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