deforge's generation of cartoonists might be the last to prefer print to web, consumption-wise:
I plan to keep designing comics for print. I guess the future of all that looks pretty grim, but it's the medium I prefer, and I can't imagine ever stopping unless all the photocopy shops in my city burn down, or the cost of Risograph ink quadruples or something. I mostly put web stuff up because it's the easiest way to spread my stuff out there, and I know other people like to take things in that way. I don't actually enjoy reading comics online myself, though. If I know a print version of a web strip is coming, I'll almost always wait for that. I have a hard time focusing on my screen when I'm reading.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...
On the other hand, perhaps everyone still loves print; it's just that they love reading comix for free more
--mza.