I just read on pF that the one-time flagship of figure-modelling publications, Figurines, an- nounced on Dec 21st that its last issue--#121 (Sept-Oct-Nov 2018)--will be its LAST issue.
I well know that this publication has undergone some painful--and arguably benighted--restruc- turing, beginning with the stepping-down of its stalwart editor, Dominique Breffort. But while, yes, business is business, the loss of publications such as this are an all-too-clear loupe into our little world--and society as a whole!
The "digital age" is here. While in its infancy, the digital age was a welcome collaborator, doing much to shrink the vast spaces separating us, giving us insight into 'worlds' to which we were oblivious. But in the last decade or so, the digital revolution has become a ravenous, devastating marauder that undermines the very foundations of what we do--if not who we are!
I'm sorry to see any national publication shut-down its presses and take down its shingle, for it is a reflection of what. . . who. . . we are as a niche brother/sisterhood. The hobby is still viable, but I would be hard-pressed to deem it 'healthy'. . .
"This is the end. . . "
“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003
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