Posted by Joe Casey on July 22, 2006

Douglas Rushkoff is the man. He is at the MOA booth. He is blogging. I’m just gonna’ get the hell out of the way for a minute…

RUSHKOFF: Comic-con is great, but fucked up. Great, in that sequential narrative is still central to something huge. Fucked up, in that way too many people are invested in this stuff as a way of “jumping off” into other media.

And the problem with that, I tell you, is that these other media just don’t do what comics can. And writing for other media *through* comics negates what this form is actually about.

So, I feel a bit like I do when I watch an Equity waiver play in Los Angeles; the actors are using their roles to audition for any agents or producers who happen to be in the audience, instead of for the script.

But, accepting our little place in the media ecology isn’t all bad. It’s humbling, it puts things in perspective, and it gets me irked enough to go back home and prove why comics, ultimately, rule.

Folks, what else can I say…? Meeting Douglas in person has definitely been a highlight of the Con for me. He and I will continue our conversations next week in NYC. Personally, I can’t wait.