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]

If people want to start a comics community on LJ that isn't centered around piracy, there's plenty of room for that. We run xmen_on_lj based on official company previews and I think it's been pretty effective on a small scale. On the other hand, anything you do on LJ you don't own, that's a risk.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Xmen_on_Lj is also extremely narrowly targeted -- if you already are interested in the Xmen books, then it's a good comm.

But it won't do things like get me interested in THOR, or let me know something like TINY TITANS exists. Scans-Daily did that.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

We started that comm because we were interested in XMen. 3 of us started it and it takes about 15 minutes of work a week. My point is that if somebody wants to start a community -- any community they want with a means and purpose that is within TOS -- they can do it.