Mark Waid is (not) Evil: Part Two

Last week, Mark Waid announced that he was leaving his position as Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios to focus on independent digital publishing. 

This announcement is of special interest to Webcomics.com members who remember Waid foreshadowing a foray into digital publishing in his keynote address at this year's Harvey Awards ceremony. As you may recall, his comments were reported grossly out of context, and Webcomics.com offered a detailed clarification to the misinterpretation. Among the points that he made that night:

• File sharing is going to happen as long as we have the Internet and apps (and whatever comes around next).
• The Internet isn't going away
• Neither are apps
• And there's always a "Next."
• And, as Waid said, "I'm tired of being scared."
• Instead of being frightened of all of this, Waid suggested working together to find innovative ways to work within this new, developing system.
• Waid announced a public forum for this very purpose, and hinted at some projects he's ready to launch that will attempt some new angles on digital publishing.
• We can sit around acting out of fear or we can work together to find a way (or ways) to succeed within the system. Waid advocated for the latter.

Yesterday, Comics Alliance published a fascinating interview with Waid in which he discusses this decision and the ramifications that it may have. We'll discuss that interview and the effects that Waid's decision will have on webcomics in general.

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