Scott Nicholson wrote as part of a post:
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Originally Posted by Scott Nicholson
Solitaire, as a comics creator (as well as novelist), I am keeping a close eye on the different developments. I am not an Apple fan but was blown away when I saw how the iPad could handle comics. Getting paper comics in distribution is an uphill and costly battle for an independent, but digital distribution should create an explosion in style, format, and content--no more designing for a 7x10 page!
Scott Nicholson
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I agree that digital distribution would be a boon for independent publishers, especially when it comes to getting back issues. Over the years I've established pulls for independent titles because that was the only way to get the title (on some I was the only customer buying the title). I wouldn't be surprised if there are many great titles (like "Boris The Bear") that are not well known just because they didn't get wide distribution.
As far as story telling goes, it's more than the freedom from the 7x10 page, it's also freedom from a set number of pages, the need to continue a series, and the ability to cater to genres that standard comics tend to pass on. One of the best things about the mid-1980s were the influx of independent comics that catered to more than just the standard superheroes (such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Ninja High School" and "Ex-Mutants").
That is one of the things that attracts me to manga, it deals with genres and types of stories that are mostly ignored in comic books in the U. S. (although imprints like Vertigo are opening up the field a bit). "Afterschool Charisma" (a title I previously mentioned) is the type of story that I strongly doubt would ever be published by a U. S. comic book company.