Oy! Scans Daily MADE comics fans!

[neotoma]

Someone unknown got scans_daily deleted off LJ for copyright violations. One of the mods explains what they currently know, and asks for everyone to refrain from pointing fingers.

However... if it was the work of an industry insider, that person is STUPID -- I've bought twice as many trade collections in the last six months than I did in the three previous years because of stuff I saw on scans daily. It was a wonderful way to get your friends into comics, because you could show them intriguing little bits.

Fortunately, there is an IJ asylum that can be utilized.

Comments

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm already cooling down and apologetic -- i shouldn't assume that my experiences with S_D, which started fairly recently, reflect those of other people who have been around the comm for a while. I'm mostly reacting to a few bad people.

And I know the newsarama & cbr message boards are every bit as bad as what i dislike about s_d.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

No problem. It did get wanky...I just think back to the old old days. Your posts on X Men First Class dragging me out of kiotr otpness enough to buy them and the essentials for the first team too.

There was a lot of brat-entitlement there, but it also just worked for me better than a lot of the comics boards and comms. (a lot of them only discuss the new issues, and vague references to events that don't make any sense if you haven't already read it.) At scans daily I could look at scans and decide which trades to ask the bookstore to order for me, or getting interested in a character I'd never heard of in a fic and running over to flip through the tags to get his backstory. (or just find out what he looks like, but the 'you don't have to describe characters because everybody reading the fic is already a fan' thing is a whole other rant.)

I'll miss it.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will be back in some form.