I'm In This For the Money, Sex, and Fame
Ken at Ringwood responds to Heidi MacDonald's recent article in CBG Magazine that says we have too many bloggers and this somehow hurts comics. The Comic Treadmill also has a point by point response. I don't have a lot to say about the subject, but here are a few thoughts I had.
I have one question for Heidi. If only professionals are allowed to write then
how does anyone ever become a professional? What is the difference between writing for money and writing for the love of whatever medium you are writing about? I would say the latter is more pure. I know I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much if this became a "job". Does the fact that Heidi has for all accounts and purposes "a blog" on The Pulse make her any better than the rest of us? I enjoy her work, but I think Kevin at Thought Balloons has a better eye on the news, Ken at Ringwood has a better sense of humor, and David handles the intellectual stuff much better. Does that mean I don't think Heidi has a place here? Not at all.
Does Heidi think we are all wanting her job? Do we all want to be have columns and articles at major news sites? I know I don't. I don't even know if I would take one if offered. I know it wouldn't pay as much as my current job. You see this is a hobby for me. Something to take away the stress and relax when not working at my job. I do this for fun and I hope someone somewhere gets some enjoyment out of what I do. I enjoy the sense of community that the comic bloggers have fostered. The fact that Heidi feels like that is a bad thing just makes me feel pity for her. Is that so wrong Heidi? Is it so wrong to talk about what we love? I love my little dopey site and I know others who do too. I do it for them. Not you.
I have been reading a lot of blogs lately. And I have to say a lot of them are really dopey. (No names.) Give 1,000 monkeys 1,000 typewriters and eventually they’ll write an issue of Night Nurse or create a blog. And, except for a very few sites, I realized they can pretty much be safely ignored. When you give everyone a voice, no one can hear everything.
I have one question for Heidi. If only professionals are allowed to write then
how does anyone ever become a professional? What is the difference between writing for money and writing for the love of whatever medium you are writing about? I would say the latter is more pure. I know I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much if this became a "job". Does the fact that Heidi has for all accounts and purposes "a blog" on The Pulse make her any better than the rest of us? I enjoy her work, but I think Kevin at Thought Balloons has a better eye on the news, Ken at Ringwood has a better sense of humor, and David handles the intellectual stuff much better. Does that mean I don't think Heidi has a place here? Not at all.
Does Heidi think we are all wanting her job? Do we all want to be have columns and articles at major news sites? I know I don't. I don't even know if I would take one if offered. I know it wouldn't pay as much as my current job. You see this is a hobby for me. Something to take away the stress and relax when not working at my job. I do this for fun and I hope someone somewhere gets some enjoyment out of what I do. I enjoy the sense of community that the comic bloggers have fostered. The fact that Heidi feels like that is a bad thing just makes me feel pity for her. Is that so wrong Heidi? Is it so wrong to talk about what we love? I love my little dopey site and I know others who do too. I do it for them. Not you.
