Assuming the only purpose of posting or blogging is to be popular is a childish pretense. People read for many reasons. Sometimes those reasons are to learn. Some people like learning. I come to comic vine for learning and information. Many do. Statistically it is more probable that more people come here just to read and learn, than to chat on the forums.
Life is learning. Living is using the lessons you have learned to influence and affect the lives of others. I could care less if this is read by 1,000,000 people or 1. The simple fact someone could read, learn, and appreciate the information is amazing. Simple words posted in a digital forum on a topic many don’t consider, are able to influence a new generation of comic writers and scholars.
This all has a point. At will take a bit to get to it. I’m actually writing a book on the subject currently which I hope to have published by next SDCC. I read a lot of essays and articles to get the knowledge I needed. I actively sought them out. I spent thousands of dollars to obtain books, magazines, documentaries, and comics. The more things published on the subject, the easier it is for the next person to gather information. (**Note: this is why tagging is so important.**)
If this small excerpt of my effort bored you and you didn’t care for it, I’m truly sorry. It wasn’t written for you then. Even though you assume to be the representative of the collective consciousness which is the vine, avoiding generalizations is generally better. I don’t know about everybody else, but I do know I don’t like people speaking on my behalf unless I asked them to.
If everybody was the same, there wouldn’t be 300 comic book publishers and 14,000 comic titles for us all to pick and choose to read. There wouldn’t be 10,000 topics to discuss in this forum or a variety of articles. Life would indeed seem bland to me.
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