Webcomic Book Club Reviews by Furilius Pitch

Continuing the "Is it really a webcomic?" theme from last week, I pose a related question for this week's selection... Does the DVD release of the upgraded, enhanced Broken Saints now render the original online version as merely a superfluous stepping stone? I don't expect anyone to actually view both versions. And as the series is 12 hours long, you needn't even watch the entire thing to review. But on a philosophical track, I'm just curious if anyone would like to tackle the question as to whether the DVD release on some level invalidates or reduces the importance of "Broken Saints" as an online experience. Many creators view their webcomics as merely a stepping stone to the print versions of their work in newspapers or graphic novels, so it's not intended as an insulting question. It's just meant to question how primary creators consider the online experience. The following are Offsite Reviews of Broken Saints. As these are mostly DVD-reviewing sites, I did not want to add them to the Offsite Reviews database: http://www.videovista.net/reviews/dec04/brokens.html http://www.videovista.net/letters.html http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/375 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/play.html?pg=7 http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/224428 http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/designs/id_387/ http://www.toonboom.com/company/success/success.php?id=brokensaints Mon Mar 14 2005 07:44 PM | Read All Reviews for this title Should JibJab be considered a webcomic for reviewing purposes? Nearly every English-speaker online has seen or heard of the JibJab animated political cartoons that get meme-mailed across the web. Should these cartoons be compared with political strips like Get Your War On or This Modern World? If not, is it more the artistic/commercial sensibilites that make it a different breed or the perception that it is more animated cartoon than webcomic. Do such distinctions even matter when discussing web entertainments? I've seen this topic of webcomic definitions arise over the years on various forums and was curious if members here have a take on the subject. Sat Mar 05 2005 05:32 PM | Read All Reviews for this title

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