9/13: Not Such A Dark Horse Now, Eh?

I knew that Dark Horse's presence on MySpace was the result of a deal between the two companies, but I had thought that Dark Horse needed MySpace, and MySpace didn't really need Dark Horse or anyone like them. This article implies otherwise, noting that MySpace is trying to get big names in older media to shore it up against Facebook.

Of course Dark Horse still gets some very valuable promotion out of this deal, as do the other companies MySpace is doing these deals with. But that would mean something approaching an equal partnership, within the boundaries of this specific deal. It's kind of wild to think about Dark Horse that way, and to hear it mentioned in the same breath as NBC and the NBA. Especially since that, by definition, makes it less of a "dark horse."

Via Dirk Deppey: Ebooks have begun moving to a new publishing standard. .epub is nonproprietary and apparently quite popular among industry insiders. In the short term this means little change for Wowio or most e-book vendors, but in time it's going to mean some inconvenient changeovers, and then very good things for the business.

Webcomics AND BRAILLE formats? Now that's what I call covering the spread. Gay pun not intended. I wonder what the translation process is like? Sorta related, from xkcd.

Favorite of the day: The posters are great (I'd watch that third movie) and the film "criticism" is pitch-perfect, but what really puts this one over the top for me are Tom's INVISIBL GUNZ.