Comicforum is an
internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least tempora ...
with a focus on
comics that was founded in 2000.
Development and content
When the forum went online in 2000, it was the only comics-related discussion forum. Various large comic publishers like
Carlsen
Carlsen is a Danish- Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Carlsson and Karlsson.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Agnete Carlsen (born 1971), Norwegian f ...
,
Egmont Ehapa, and
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, which also produces collectable stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hun ...
opened official forums.
Carlsen left Comicforum in 2002 and opened new official forums at Comics in Leipzig. In 2004, Panini left as well and opened its own Panini Comics Forum. Carlsen returned to Comicforum in March 2009. However, the Carlsen Manga-Forum remained at Comics in Leipzig until January 2012. Egmont Ehapa abandoned social media and left the Comicforum at the end of 2017. At this time, alongside the large publisher Carlsen, there are many comic publishers located at Comicforum. Also, there is a large area for artists.
The Comicforum of today is not only a forum for comics, but also for games, books, films, and music. Currently, there are 35,000 registered members of which about 800 are active every day.
The subject areas in the part of the forum dedicated to comics are:
* Official publisher forums
* Retailers and support (for example the collectors software Comickeeper)
* Magazines (forums of comic magazines, online and printed)
* Fan pages and fan forums
* Fairs and contacts
* Themes (for example: albums, anime, and manga)
* Artist area (presentation- and critic-forum, job market for illustrators)
* Marketplace
Awards
For its artist area, Comicforum received the
ICOM Sonderpreis 2004. The
Interessenverband Comic, which awards this independent comic prize, explained this with the connecting effect the forum has for the comic fans. Additionally, they note the creation of networks for artists, which influence later publications, and call Comicforum a factor the German comic landscape can no longer be imagined without.
References
External links
Comicforum
Websites about comics
Entertainment Internet forums
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