I wrote the following today in an email and thought I'd share it here. The new issue of Ditkomania came out this week (most people will probably receive their copies on Monday, March 2nd) and it has a bigger than usual lettercol this time. Anyway here's what I wrote:
We've all seen how DC has gotten rid of their letterpages -- saying that everyone is commenting online now so they are redundant -- but I think it is like throwing away an advantage that print has over the internet. If I get my name printed in a comicbook, that is a lot cooler and impressive than if I have a post posted somewhere on the internet (along with everybody else who has internet access and a keyboard). Plus certain fannish titles like Legion, Booster Gold, etc. would surely benefit by generating excitement from their fans in the comic itself... A few years ago there was a Legion comic where the lettercol was laid out as a comics story, in fact, with the characters answering their fan mail! It takes the fun out of it all by replacing it with a corporate-looking company hype page.
