Beau Smith is worried about creative webbed-toes:

Comic book publishing at Marvel and DC should be farming, not strip mining. Trust me, I’ve seen both first hand. I know the advantages and the consequences.

I like fast food every now and then, but not every day. I know that a steady diet will make you fat, unhealthy and eventually better your chances of getting a ticket on the pine box express. This applies to comics and their characters.

I’m not saying every book at Marvel and DC is like this. Those of you that read my columns in Busted Knuckles, Comics Buyer’s Guide, Impact Magazine and Comics International know that through my pointing out the books I think you would enjoy. I will say that the majority of the characters and books, along with the readers are being short sheeted. I don’t think it’s a conscious thing or one being done on purpose. I think it’s done because of panic, desperation and most of all because folks are not looking at the health of the big picture for comics and their icon characters. When things get too inbred you may be able to play that one song on the banjo really well, but it’s bad when that’s the only song you know.

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