Saturday, February 21, 2009

As Print Dies, So May Comic Books

"Radar":
Looks like kryptonite isn't the only foe for Superman.

The popularity of the iPhone/iPod, and the growing popularity of Amazon.com's e-book Kindle, may mean the end of the line for comic books.

"If 10% of the readers migrate to an e-device, that is gonna throw off the economics for 60% of the (comic) books that are published in this country," DC Comics exec John Cunningham told a panel in New York.

1 comment:

John Whittaker said...

What are we going to make movies about if this happens?! :)

J.