Yep, it's nice being able to load up a bunch of issues onto my Kindle Fire to read on the bus to and from work.
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COMICS! |OT| January 2013. "Read more comics"? Now that's a resolution I can keep!
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Yep, it's nice being able to load up a bunch of issues onto my Kindle Fire to read on the bus to and from work.
Convenience.
When I get home from work, all I have to do is grab my iPad, press a few buttons and I'm reading comics, on demand. And if I don't finish everything, all of the comics I bought are available on any computer, smartphone or tablet. So I can just pick up where I left off no matter where I am or if I happen to have my iPad with me.
Space.
Thank Space Jesus for not having to buy any more long boxes. I can't even put into words how much I loved getting rid of that clutter.
Form Factor.
I actually prefer reading comics on my iPad to floppies. The art looks amazing on the screen, the guided panels make things feel more fluid and it really makes me stop and appreciate the art more.
If you dig reading comics as a physical item, that's perfectly cool with me. But I love love love reading comics digitally.
This, too. Whenever I get rid of my physical comics, I usually just give them away to friends or try to offload them at libraries. I suppose I could lug stuff down to a comic book store and try to get like $0.10 per issue, but I don't look at comics at an investment anyway.
That's no fun. Take a big stack of floppies on the bus and let the world know you're a big manbaby! Technology taking all the public shame out of all my hobbies. Kids today got it light.
BenjaminBirdie
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"Reselling" comics is, at this point, theoretical. 98.9999% of them are worthless and it's not worth the opportunity cost of sifting through and finding the ones that might be valuable.
Anticitizen One
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Not to mention having to store them. I have 3 big boxes in the garage full of comics that looking back I regret purchasing. Only about 20% are worth going back and rereading.
Supermanisdead
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walking through a snowstorm to get uncanny 500 and reading one of the copies on the way home (because who didn't buy 2?) while struggling to breath against the wind. never again.
it was a load of shit anyways u__u
Rafa=FedKilla
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Floppies are going to go up in value thanks to all you computer readers. Brahs can't digitize chromium. JPEG will not kill the variant star.
Dude, just wait until we have "motion covers" for digital comics for an extra $0.99.
You know that shit is coming.
They've got everything but the ads. I won't disagree on the price though, unless the creators get a larger cut of digital sales then there needs to be a price cut.
BenjaminBirdie
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Yeah, I mean I buy floppies as an investment in both the creators and my LCS. I very rarely (never?) buy digital comics alone at full price.
GrandHarrier
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Appreciate the responses. I was just curious. I don't think I'll ever make the jump myself but it is interesting to watch the shifting nature of the industry. I don't think the two (print and digital) are mutually exclusive, really.
As to reselling; I've had no trouble selling runs of books on ebay. You may not "make money" on most of your books, but I've rarely if ever lost a substantial amount. You can often break even.
As to reselling; I've had no trouble selling runs of books on ebay. You may not "make money" on most of your books, but I've rarely if ever lost a substantial amount. You can often break even.
slightconfuse
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slightconfuse
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ViewtifulJC
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double post, DOUBLE image fail
and I thought I was bad
and I thought I was bad
To be fair my Kindle cover does have a giant Green Lantern logo on the back.
Supermanisdead
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cyclops new costume is just the worst. how could it go so wrong.
WRONG. He needs to lose the condom and let the wind blow through his glorious hair!
i've been having trouble selling book sets lately, no one is touching my Defenders 7-12 listing :X
Anticitizen One
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This is the REAL cyclops:
I don't know why they had to change him up and make him look like an idiot
Supermanisdead
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agreed. condomclops is boring and lame. how does he even get into his costume. does he climb in through the mouth hole?
i wish an artist would depict this in a humorous manner.
Anticitizen One
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So apparently All-New X-Men was the best selling book on Comixology last year and Superior Spider-Man has a huge volume of preorders. I guess people were hungry for a shakeup.
This is the REAL cyclops:
I don't know why they had to change him up and make him look like an idiot
I know right! Easily the best. How does he even get in his current costume? Does it go on like an actual condom would?
Mac the KNife
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"Suddenly I don't have to look like an idiot in broad daylight."
This is the REAL cyclops:
I don't know why they had to change him up and make him look like an idiot
Nice yellow panties, Scott.
Supermanisdead
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"Suddenly I don't have to look like an idiot in broad daylight."
"instead i will wear a shitty puffy-jacket that even fubu wouldn't sell and a TURTLENECK" ~fashion~
Grew up with this Cyclops but that costume is just lol 90s, pouches and straps everywhere for no reason and his hair would get burned all the time the way they usually drew it on him. I don't know what I'd consider his best costume though.
Shrike_Priest
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Hey, Comic-gaf. Question for you guys.
Is there any equivalent to last.fm for comics?
Like where you can build up a library of stuff you've read and then them cross-reference that with recommendations?
Is there any equivalent to last.fm for comics?
Like where you can build up a library of stuff you've read and then them cross-reference that with recommendations?
TheKaeptain
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"Suddenly I don't have to look like an idiot in broad daylight."
Nice yellow panties, Scott.
It would be right if he lost Alex's baby coat.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I bought this hardcover
it makes me laugh
Manmademan
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"Suddenly I don't have to look like an idiot in broad daylight."
his face makes him look like rocky dennis
Supermanisdead
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ok, i laughed. good job wonder woman.
This week's other TPB adventure - Fatale 2:
I couldn't read this monthly. It's virtually identical to the first story arc, except more grimey and seedy - like the 70s, unsurprisingly. I'd probably get quite bored of it without the long gap between stories.
That's not to say it's bad - it's not, the art is beautiful and the writing if a little over-the-top at times, is highly entertaining and evocative. But with only Jo as a link to the previous arc (and the Nicolas Lash segments which are so short as to almost not count) I guess it's not a huge surprise that this repeats very similar story beats, right up to the climax back in the present day.
My understanding is that the next arc is a series of one-issue stories in different time periods, which makes me wonder if they know where they're going with this - it feels like a stalling tactic when the story is almost entirely flashback anyway. I'm sure it will still be entertaining, but I'm not sure what the payoff will be in the end.
I couldn't read this monthly. It's virtually identical to the first story arc, except more grimey and seedy - like the 70s, unsurprisingly. I'd probably get quite bored of it without the long gap between stories.
That's not to say it's bad - it's not, the art is beautiful and the writing if a little over-the-top at times, is highly entertaining and evocative. But with only Jo as a link to the previous arc (and the Nicolas Lash segments which are so short as to almost not count) I guess it's not a huge surprise that this repeats very similar story beats, right up to the climax back in the present day.
My understanding is that the next arc is a series of one-issue stories in different time periods, which makes me wonder if they know where they're going with this - it feels like a stalling tactic when the story is almost entirely flashback anyway. I'm sure it will still be entertaining, but I'm not sure what the payoff will be in the end.
comixology got back to me quickly and got my missing issue added.
Question: their email was support@comiXology.com
does the X have to be capitalized?
Question: their email was support@comiXology.com
does the X have to be capitalized?
I'm not an ~e-mail expert~ but I don't think it matters.
Mac the KNife
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But the pic Anticitizen posted makes him look like he's turbo-shitting his diaper.
It's all relative.
Oops, I never remember this detail.
those yellow underoos look horrible. costumes need to do without them.
Anticitizen One
Banned
So get rid of the yellow panties like they did with superman and batman.
Hardcover?
This is the REAL cyclops:
I don't know why they had to change him up and make him look like an idiot
As much as I love that design, it could do with fewer pouches. Also, I can't stop staring at his feet...
Don't forget about the HGH!
Need to get one of those Fear Agent hardcovers. Amazon is shipping them in one to two months.
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