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I agree that companies should have all their press releases posted on their own website.

However, what a carrot to offer an internet comic site to say we will let you post press info a day or two before we post it to our site. So some site could say they are the “First” place to get your comic news. Of course, that’s only if the site plays by DC’s rules ;-}

Thinking about it further, of course companies should do this kind of thing. Their press releases ought to be available on their own site, easily found, and hosting their own previews is obvious. And unless they’ve hired a couple more people, I don’t see them having time to do interviews and such, so that should take place on other, friendly sites. I think my reaction is really more a statement on how much some of the news sites resemble company press sites.

I’m just sayin’ is all…

Okay, I’ll go real cynical here. If DC is now publishing their own press releases, I can’t help but think they can use this to strong arm other content providers. The best way is to tell Newsarama, IGN, or ICv2 that if they promote a particular project, then they will let them run press releases a day or so before they run them on their own site.

The site allows comments. You just have to register first.
Any business running a blog would be insane not to have some kind of comment moderation in place.

If you click on her name at the top of the page, she lists her writing credits and her educational background and so on.

My question to Johanna is this (and I don’t mean this in a disparaging way, so don’t read the wrong emotion into this), but what makes you an authority on what you write about? What is your experience in comics? Are you a cartoonist? A writer? An editor?

I’m a little curious about your background because I’ve been reading this blog for a couple of weeks, and when I read a blog, I want to be assured that I’m reading something written with authority, with the writer having a legitimate knowledge about what they are blogging about.

Look, almost anybody in America can start a blog, but that does not make them a journalist or a writer or a historian. With the Internet basically giving anyone license to write anything they want in public, and with no checks and balance system to vet the material for accuracy of content and grammar, etc., I think that whomever is running a high-profile blog on ANY subject — be it comics or cooking or arts and crafts —- should be able to clearly explain their credentials to their readers, as well as why they are authorities on their subject matter, and why we, as readers, should trust what they are posting daily?

Anyway, I hope this question does not sound disrespectful. I am simply asking what your credentials are in the field of comics and why I (or any other) readers should read and trust this blog. I think in today’s world, cyber-dependent for information, I don’t think that is an unfair question to pose to the blog poster.

Thank you,

Mark

Yes, you are.