Joey + Joe Podcast
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on April 30, 2006 - 15:40
I finally got a chance to listen to the podcast of Joey Manley and Joe Zabel chatting about webcomics. A little bit about Zabel's Introvert/Extrovert article, serialization, pacing and different genres of stories. Interesting stuff (about 30 minutes long) from two knowledgeable, opinionated guys.
i hope the whole podcast
by oolong - 05/01/2006 - 00:45
i hope the whole podcast trend fades out soon. i don't like the idea of content that i can't take in while listening to music simultaneously.
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I dunno. I think, as long as
by Fabricari - 05/01/2006 - 02:33
I dunno. I think, as long as they're supplemental to the art and written reviews, they're great.
However, I'm not so sure that they're really benefitial for traffic. Adam and I posted one, and I think less than half a percent of our readers actually clicked the link. That's been more of a deterant of making them than anything else. I don't want to spend time on a distraction from the comic if it's not really working to bring in traffic.
The video podcasts, on the other hand brought traffic simply because it was a gimmick.
Fabricari - Sexy Robots and Violent Cyberpunk Comics
Steve "Fabricari" Harrison
The only advantage a podcast
by Joey Manley - 05/01/2006 - 10:41
The only advantage a podcast interview has over a text one is that you get a better sense of the personality of the interview subject. The spoken medium can also add a layer of meaning to the words, subconsciously -- noticing where the interview subject pauses to think something over before answering, for example. You also get that all-important "tone" thing, text's lack of which has been the cause of many a flamewar.
But, yeah, they're not "traffic builders" in any real sense.
Joey
www.webcomicsnation.com
Pod casting... great job at branding, Apple.
by The William G - 05/01/2006 - 10:34
I'd like most them to be less of an example of ego masturbation/ giving the guest a blowjob. Though when they do have interesting stuff to say, I find them worth my time. Even when they're epics like the average Digital Strips cast. Which is the only one I listen to semi-regularly as they manage to avoid the problems I mentioned above.
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The William G - Romantic Drama, Post-Apocalyptic Monsters, and More Comic Experimentation