I try not to pass along stuff found on well-read blogs because there’s, well, obviously a good chance that you’ll have read it before (and the content goes round and round and round!), but this makes the cut:

David Byrne’s Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists

Of course, webcomics being the new zombies being the new pirates being the new monkeys, this kind of thing has been oft-discussed in other places. But the article adds to the discussion and is worth a read and a ponder.

Personally, I know it’s personal (read: rocking my world) when my favorite artists start leaving out the middle man. Both Tori and Kristin have begun to do this.

My conclusion: God Bless the Internet.

(By way of Jeffrey @ 52 Projects!)