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.

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[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

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 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.)

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, none of those touch the old stuff, which is one thing I loved about s_d.

Nor do they discuss Superdictionary.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

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.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh man, am I going to miss Doctor Hermes Popeye and old romance and horror scans.

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

And having a cupcake, and stealing forty cakes...

...and that's terrible.