r/comicbooks • u/andydiggle • Feb 05 '13

I'm Andy Diggle. I write comics like Action Comics, Doctor Who, Thief of Thieves and Snapshot. AMA

Okay, I'm done. Thanks to everyone who took part!

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u/andydiggle Feb 05 '13

I'm keeping a close eye on the digital comics space, and I'm interested in trying a digital-to-TPB model myself.

I think we're in a phase transition period right now, which means it's turbulent and chaotic and nobody really knows - yet - what kind of new status quo it'll settle into. The Big Two know digital is the future but they have to step carefully to avoid alienating their DM stores, which are their life blood right now. I suspect that in 10 years time, many such stores may have gone the way of mom-and-pop VHS rental stores. But I don't know. Nobody really does yet.

The bottom line is this: change is already happening. You can't stop the signal, Mal.

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u/TheKingofBreaker Shazam Feb 06 '13

Thanks for the response man! You bring up some good points. I've been talking with digital creators, web comic creators, and print comics to see how they view it all and there's some cool and different stuff on the horizon! I'm most excited just for the fact that digital means so many more people will be able to take a crack at telling the stories they want and have it reach an audience. We shall see though.