Sean Kleefeld is an independent researcher whose work has been used by the likes of Marvel Entertainment, Titan Books and 20th Century Fox. He writes the ongoing “Incidental Iconography” column for The Jack Kirby Collector and had weekly “Kleefeld on Webcomics” and "Kleefeld's Fanthropology" columns for MTV Geek. He’s also contributed to Alter Ego, Back Issue and Comic Book Resources. Kleefeld’s 2009 book, Comic Book Fanthropology, addresses the questions of who and what comic fans are. He blogs daily at KleefeldOnComics.com.
I have a number of friends and relatives I know in real life who periodically take sabbaticals from being online. I expect they don't log off the internet entirely (who pays their bills with an actual check...
Last week, it was announced that 20th Century Fox will no longer be showing footage of any of their upcoming works at San Diego Comic-Con, citing how often exclusive footage shown at the event gets leaked...
If you're starting a webcomic for the first time and don't have much of a name or reputation, I think most people would reasonably assume that they weren't going to attract tons and tons of traffic as soon as...
Yesterday, the nominees for the 2016 Eisner Awards were announced. As with pretty much every batch, there are some fantastic works listed and all very worthy of praise. Now I could take this column to look at...
One of the panels at C2E2 last month was entitled "Comic Fandom Year One: What You Wish You Knew Then." It was basically a discussion of things that veteran fans knew and wanted to relay on to newer fans who...
One of the cultural mores in our society is that we don't talk about money. Not specifics at any rate. It's just a subject that isn't broached except with the person doing your taxes. What this means in...
One of the cool things about the webcomics community is that most creators realize just how amazingly hard it is to make it doing webcomics, and are generally willing to help other creators out with advice,...
You've no doubt noticed that a lot of historically geek-type interests have gained popularity, and the nature of geekdom has changed. Ten years ago, I watched what I believe was the first television show...
One of the limitations of reading and collecting print comics is the cost. Whatever book(s) you're buying and regardless of where you purchase them, you have to shell out some of your own money to get them....
Although taking an accurate count is virtually impossible, it's reasonable to assume that there are more webcomics now than ever before. And, if telecom companies are telling the truth, there are more people...