There are serious fandoms for webcomics out there.
Ask Scott Kurtz -- He had angry backlash from dropping gag-a-week storylines revolving around gaming and going to more character-driven storylines.
Or Jin Wicked's "Crap I drew on my Lunch Break" -- complete fandomonium from her changing her art style for a single week.
Scott Thigpen, who went from "Schwerve" to "Boomslang," and then seems to have sworn off comics entirely after "Whats wrong with you" hit too many nerves.
I was a former Trekkie who gave up entirely on the fandom once I relaized how polaraized the fanbase was getting. Hell, my own comic had two storylines that pissed people off.
Personally, I now gravitate to comics and stories that surprise me; not play to me or what I would potentially think as "Correct." That to me is fandom: Enjoying a storyline as a whole.
I coined a phrase for the other face of fandom over coffee some years back -- NERDSESSION. Its a good descriptive phrase for anyone who gets completely out of whack over specific aspects and tiny details on their favorite show, comic, or whatever.
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Date: 2005-11-29 06:04 pm (UTC)Ask Scott Kurtz -- He had angry backlash from dropping gag-a-week storylines revolving around gaming and going to more character-driven storylines.
Or Jin Wicked's "Crap I drew on my Lunch Break" -- complete fandomonium from her changing her art style for a single week.
Scott Thigpen, who went from "Schwerve" to "Boomslang," and then seems to have sworn off comics entirely after "Whats wrong with you" hit too many nerves.
I was a former Trekkie who gave up entirely on the fandom once I relaized how polaraized the fanbase was getting. Hell, my own comic had two storylines that pissed people off.
Personally, I now gravitate to comics and stories that surprise me; not play to me or what I would potentially think as "Correct." That to me is fandom: Enjoying a storyline as a whole.
I coined a phrase for the other face of fandom over coffee some years back -- NERDSESSION. Its a good descriptive phrase for anyone who gets completely out of whack over specific aspects and tiny details on their favorite show, comic, or whatever.