I share your opinions so much on this. Is it odd to feel more interested in authors who talk little about themselves, rather than the ones who communicate directly with their fans all the time?
One other trend going on lately is to have each strip's image be given ALT-text, so the reader gets to put the mouse over and read some additional joke or trivia or commentary. It's cute at first, then it becomes another routine caption to read for every strip.
Strangely, most Shoujo manga volumes have had author journals for a while, just like these webcomics. One page of every chapter usually has its layout cropped to fit in commentary on the side. I always wonder why they can't just put those in-between chapters instead, rather than interrupting the comic's flow. (The authors usually just talk about anime and pop singers anyway)
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Date: 2006-05-27 01:53 am (UTC)One other trend going on lately is to have each strip's image be given ALT-text, so the reader gets to put the mouse over and read some additional joke or trivia or commentary. It's cute at first, then it becomes another routine caption to read for every strip.
Strangely, most Shoujo manga volumes have had author journals for a while, just like these webcomics. One page of every chapter usually has its layout cropped to fit in commentary on the side. I always wonder why they can't just put those in-between chapters instead, rather than interrupting the comic's flow. (The authors usually just talk about anime and pop singers anyway)