Comments on: Yeah, I’m The Taxman

By: Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:15:41 +0000

Ten years might be too long. By then some new technology could emerge to displace print and the Web. “Dude, read my brain comic!”

But letting it rest for a month or two might be a good idea.

By: sohmer

sohmer — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:10:44 +0000

Let the argument die, folks. Let time sort things out, and we’ll where we are in 10 years.

By: Howard Tayler

Howard Tayler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:24:15 +0000

So… what does “solely from cartoons” mean?

Does it include ad revenue on the site where the strips run? Does it include book collections sold as merchandise?

If you define “solely on cartoons” narrowly enough, then what you’re saying is “webcartoonists cannot become millionaires using the syndication model, in which someone else aggregates money from advertisers and subscribers, and pays it to the cartoonist on a per-reader basis.”

Which is fine thing to say, because that’s not the model we’re trying to use. Most of us think that one is broken and or withering.

Brou. Ha. HAH. :-)

By: Gary Tyrrell

Gary Tyrrell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:08:52 +0000

Right now, Ted is closest to claiming the dollar. American cash money people — get it before it completely collapses.

By: Ted Rall

Ted Rall — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:34:49 +0000

I donâ€™t want to start the brouhaha up again either.

Me neither!

However, print cartoonists can and do become millionaires solely from cartoons.

P.S. I desperately want to be wrong.

By: malki !

malki ! — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:54:25 +0000

Actually, Miles, I’m not totally sure that’s what Ted’s saying, because if you don’t count merchandising, licensing etc., I think it’s impossible for a print cartoonist to become a millionaire as well. Anyway I don’t want to start the brouhaha up again either.

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:07:18 +0000

Not to start up that whole argument again, but I’m pretty sure all Rall is saying is that it’s impossible for a webcomicker to become a millionaire without doing things other than a comic, such as t-shirts etc. Which I’m pretty sure no one actually disagrees with.