Webcomics, monetization and incentives from Carter Schonwald on Vimeo.
This is my final presentation on webcomics. The first half of the presentation is a recap of what I discussed in class, and the latter half is various qualitative considerations I use to argue that the current setup for how webcomics make revenue is implicitly dependent on a permissive approach to IP. Theres a lot more interesting work on this topic, and I think I’ll do thusly over the summer, see the end of my presentation for a few ideas for what to do next.
[note: the last video segment has bad quality for resasons that I'm not able to determine or fix]
Cool project, Carter. I was in another class where we discussed the existential threat facing newspapers, mostly focusing on the implications for the quality of news coverage. I had never thought about the way in which things like comics, which, as you point out, traditionally could only be lucrative if syndicated in newspapers nationwide, are threatened by the decline of the traditional media.
One question I had about your section on selling merchandise is whether you think these web comics attract a large enough audience to sell enough merchandise to remain viable?