the Greater Nomadic Council

Z-Cult: More Rewarding Illegality

I've recently discovered Z-Cult, an excellent Torrent Tracker concentrating exclusively on comic book scans. I picked up several Sin City series, as well as some issues of Morrison's new Seaguy book. But the moral implications of this are somehow more troubling to me than any music or film downloading crime I've ever committed. Despite the recent jackpot Marvel in particular has hit with the movie market, I still see comics as a somewhat beleagured, unappreciated genre as a whole, with sales small enough that downloading on a large scale could have a substantial negative impact. I'm not sure if this is really accurate, but a much more realistic idea would be that I, normally a consumer of rather offbeat comics, could have relatively greater impact on the comics market by buying the books instead of downloading them - it's not so much a matter of supporting the industry or even the medium, but of supporting individual creators. So, y'know, check it out - but go buy a book for every two or three you download, 'kay?

(Also, if anyone finds an Invisibles torrent, hook a brother up.)