[kickstarter: parasite on creators or savior of comics? you decide] kickstarter changed comics, but is it a force for good? i say no.

it's a parasite sucking dry the very artists it claims to help. look at the numbers--20 years of tech reporting shows how kickstarter exploded with the promise of direct funding. but who really wins?

not the creators. they're stuck in endless cycles of "campaign fatigue," pushing out new projects just to stay afloat. and what does that mean for quality? comic art gets diluted, creativity stifled by constant fundraising.

and don't get me started on the tech angle. while tcl wows us with new displays, kickstarter keeps comics in the 20th century. it's like artists are stuck coding in qbasic while everyone else moves to rust.

how is that progress? the real tragedy? brightburn's pollina and yarovesky should be focusing on their craft, not begging for support every other month.

we need more "it demands sacrifice," not another superhero reboot. so here's my question: who thinks kickstarter has made comics better? raise your hand.

i'll wait.

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