Well, there are definitely advantages and disadvantages to digital comics that I have found over the past few months. I found one of the many advantages yesterday, besides the storage aspect, in that I was able to buy The Fury of Firestorm instantly instead of having to wait to get to my local comic book store that is so far away knowing that I would not be able to get there for a couple of weeks or so. In the case of Firestorm, I wanted to read it as soon as it was available, not wait for a couple of weeks. I still plan on buying it from my LCS in analog format.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Michael Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > It's kind of funny how my mind has changed when it comes to digital > comics. I used to be totally against it and would sit in my room hugging my > comic boxes while rocking back and forth saying, "Never give them up...never > give them up..." Over the past year or so I have gone through some changes > when it comes to the number of comics I own and digital comics look a lot > more appealing. There is something cool about being able to store comics > digitally and load them on a tablet of some kind, sitting in a comfy chair > or in bed and reading without worrying about having a stack o' comics to > deal with. The problem is that I am worried that I may not like the > experience for reasons similar to Ed's. What if it sucks? So I am going to > wait and see if there is another reason to justify the expense of a tablet. > > It does look cool though. > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting. >> Now, as I am mentioned before, I have a Pandigital Novel 7" "tablet" that >> I have loaded Android on that Pandigital has actually provided via their >> site. I have been using it to read digital comic books but I don't find it >> an enjoyable experience. Maybe it's mostly because I'm old and partially >> blind but I have a very difficult time reading comic books on the 7" screen. >> Sometimes the word bubbles are just too small to read and I usually have to >> magnify it via the application I use (Android Comic Viewer). >> Now, using the ComiXology app may be a little bit of a different >> experience. I meant to post this earlier but I've been slammed today at >> work. I posted a video of the ComiXology app over on my G+ account earlier >> this morning but this was something I experienced on my PC with a 22" >> monitor and also on my media PC plugged into my 37" LCD TV monitor >> yesterday. This video is from my PC with the 22" monitor: >> >> http://bit.ly/qiXrOH >> >> I guess I will try reading the Firestorm comic later today on ComiXology >> on the 7" Pandigital to see if the experience is different. I tried >> yesterday before reading the issue on my TV but it would never download to >> the application on the Pandigital. I'm sure it would have eventually but I >> was too impatient. >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosby >> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Apparently DC thinks the Kindle Fire is perfect for their comics. >>> >>> >>> http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/09/29/dc-entertainment-digital-graphic-novels-available-exclusively-on-the-newly-announced-kindle-fire/ >>> >>> On Sep 28, 1:41 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I like the pricepoint, but at 7" I think it will be too small to be a >>> > comic reader, which is the main thing I am looking for in a tablet. I >>> > believe Ed has said in the past that the 7" is passable but not good >>> > for comics. >>> > >>> > On Sep 28, 10:31 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > Haters gonna hate... >>> > >>> > > Sent from my iPhone >>> > >>> > > On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > > The running joke with the St Pete geeks is that Jen and my Droid X >>> phones are tablets due to their size...(grumble grumble, iPhone devotees, >>> grumble grumble) >>> > >>> > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > > Still too small. >>> > >>> > > >http://engt.co/pHWFkB >>> > >>> > > > Why must these manufacturers continue to build and sell a 7" device >>> and call it a tablet? 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