On Comics: Serialisation

Brief notes at my board about comics, serialisation, free gifts, etc:

…it's the long haul of novel production, rather than the fast fiction of serialisation. I was talking to someone about 2000AD the other day, and how I'd love to be published weekly , and in Britain, and on newsagent shelves: but, of course, 2000AD doesn't offer creator ownership (except in one or two very rare cases), and, frankly, it's not like 2000AD does so much with its IP that there would be any financial gain in...