Comments on: Scans Daily No More?

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:12:47 +0000

Some clarification?

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/03/04/interview-the-scans-daily-moderators/

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:31:12 +0000

Well, good to see that it’s back:

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/

Also, Dirk linked to this, which I think is quite good:

http://paulgraham.com/convergence.html

In relation to the Scans Daily debacle and what it says about people’s internet use, this passage leaps out:

“Users prefer it not just because it’s free, but because it’s more convenient. Bittorrent and YouTube have already trained a new generation of viewers that the place to watch shows is on a computer screen.”

By: minetruly

minetruly — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:36:13 +0000

This got me into some comics. My friend was introduced to Fell through Scans Daily, and bought the comic book. I saw her copy and bought a copy of my own. I’m not a big comic book fan, but now that I’m getting more involved in reading Scans Daily, I’m much more inclined to walk into a store and check out what they have. Without Scans Daily, I would’ve ignored the entire industry.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:02:49 +0000

i know one person that read scans daily and bought comics and 10 that read it INSTEAD of buying comics. i think people who say that scan daily getting shut down is bad for the industry probably don’t work at a comic store, draw or write comics, etc. still, i’m going to miss finding out of print batman comics from the 50s on there…

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:02:29 +0000

This is really sad. Scans Daily was usually my nightly read while in bed. I hope it gets resurrected in one form or another!

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:02:17 +0000

I too lurked there from time to time, and most of my comic purchases were based on what I saw posted there. I’d get excited about comics I hadn’t even heard of due to the comments and scans people posted. I’m not sure I’ll get the same motivation to buy them now from the official preview scans alone.