That Pirate Spirit in Comic Land

PaidContent points out that Boom Studios is making some noise in the comic world:

“The company is looking to offer artists an alternative distribution route than major comic book publishers. As an example of its marketing capabilities, it recently published a comic for free on MySpace, which in turn lead to successful sales of the physical book.”

I’m really excited to see both artists and distributors embracing the value of creating both free and paid models.

I also think it is important that while more and more artists discover how much they can now do without a big corporate monster controlling all the distribution there is still room for smart, small, nimble and fair-minded companies to offer artists the sort of services the web provides, allowing them to continue to focus on creating great art.