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neotoma ([personal profile] neotoma) wrote2009-02-27 09:46 pm

Oy! Scans Daily MADE comics fans!

Someone unknown got [livejournal.com profile] 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.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
It would be my guess that it was related to the person who told Peter David to fuck off and die in a fire, and then defended her right to do so.

[identity profile] madripoor-rose.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
http://schmevil.livejournal.com/161736.html

One of the mods is saying it was copyright infringement. Whether Peter David reported it as such instead of abuse...well, who knows.

I'm just depressed. So many years of great discussions, so many memories, wiped out.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever. I think they got what they deserved.

[identity profile] madripoor-rose.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...it got really wanky lately. Still, it was a good place to stumble on new comics/new to me comics.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
ifanboy (http://www.ifanboy.com/)

comic book resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com/)

newsarama (http://newsarama.com/)

Those are ones I know off the top of my head that cover a range of things from every company. Not to mention the individual company websites and the individual sites/ twitter feeds, etc. of various creators.

Or, for instance, the [livejournal.com profile] xmen_on_lj community which three of us run by getting preview info from the Marvel site. It takes about 15 minutes of work every week.

Things these communities have in common would be lack of pirated material and lack of telling creators to die in a fire or fuck off. (Okay, the latter two probably happen on newsarama or cbr message boards, I can't vouch for that.)

[identity profile] jeff-morris.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, none of those touch the old stuff, which is one thing I loved about s_d.

Nor do they discuss Superdictionary.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the point about older books has been raised, and it's a good one. Unfortunately, I never looked past the surface nastiness on S_D to check much of that out. (In my defense, when I got into fandom was not a good time for that comm, with lots of high-profile wanks and name-calling going on).

I do think fandom communities tend to find ways to survive.

[identity profile] madripoor-rose.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, am I going to miss Doctor Hermes Popeye and old romance and horror scans.

[identity profile] jeff-morris.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
And having a cupcake, and stealing forty cakes...

...and that's terrible.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] madripoor-rose.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] likeadeuce.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it will be back in some form.

[identity profile] neotoma.livejournal.com 2009-02-28 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't see that comment (post?)... which is bad enough to call the mods down, yes.