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The only exception on that list is a gimmick card game illustrated by a popular webcomic author that for whatever reason went viral. It went viral because said
by jarcane 11y ago
The only exception on that list is a gimmick card game illustrated by a popular webcomic author that for whatever reason went viral.
It went viral because said webcomic's creator is a professional SEO marketer.
The Oatmeal is basically the Buzzfeed of webcomics.
- almightysmudge 11y agoPersonal opinion of course, but even if you don't like The Oatmeal, a comparison to Buzzfeed isn't really appropriate, they're very different animals. One's a comic written, drawn and published by a guy, the other is a couple of lists interspersed with gifs, then lazily rehashed weeks later.
- jarcane 11y agoRead some of the stuff he and others have written in the past about his process. Even the subject matter is selected based on virality more than anything. You really think it's coincidence that all his comics seem to be about whatever is an instant meme on reddit this week? Nobody ever went broke on the internet by running cats and bacon into the ground.
- hullo 11y agoNow I don't read the oatmeal so am not really qualified to comment on its content, but what you just described (content based on timely matters) seems like the very definition of the editorial cartoons I grew up reading. I imagine there are a large variety of non-contemporaneous comics one could also read on the web if it's not to one's liking.
- giltleaf 11y agoCan you link to some of that stuff?
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- waqf 11y agoAnd even the bacon phenomenon was marketing-driven: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-06/bacon-why-americas-favorite-food-mania-happened http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-06/bacon-why-am...
- furyofantares 11y agoActually, buzzfeed has some good long form content
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI've noticed that, and been surprised every time. It's like finding a diamond at the bottom of a dive bar urinal.
- tricolon 11y agoIt's not all that surprising once you know about their efforts: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/come-fly-with-us#.pqdmg3WRE http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/come-fly-with-us#.pqdmg3WRE http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/1109-buzzfeed-news-columbia-journalism-school-investigative-reporting-fellowship-for-journalists-of-color/8 http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/1109-buzzfeed-news-c...