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[Digital Comics] Funny Books On Your Phones and Tablets! Check OP For Retailers
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if my bf doesn't want my codes, I was just going to give them to someone on here for free; only problem is I'll be picking up stuff once a month in the summer.
I would also be willing to give a dollar for digital codes (specifically Avengers vs X-Men).
EDIT: Man, I always get Chris Roberson and Nick Spencer mixed up...
bought a bunch of stuff on Comixology
this is pretty great, you guys
I am probably gonna go full digital
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Monday - Marvel Monday Sale (99cent comics)
Tuesday - Marvel back catalogue update (only on their app though, on actual comiXology released Wednesday), and their free comics for download change. comiXology also starts a three day sale for a non Big Two property
Wednesday - New Releases/Back catalogue updates. All but DC new releases comes out somewhere between 10am EST - 11 am EST, with DC new releases out at 12 PM EST.
Thursday - Marvel adds Collection (aka trades) to their app only
Friday - Marvel Friday Sale (99 cent comics)
Now Marvel's apps actually use a different account, but you can email infoATcomixology.com and ask them to link your marvel account to the comixology one. (purchases done in the marvel apps will appear on your comixology account, though NOT the other way).
DC does sales whenever DC feels like pretty much (usually will be a weekend thing though). DC's app/account is exactly the same as Comixology's, it's only Marvel that has their separate thing.
Also side note: You don't need a tablet / portable device to read them on, all comics can be viewed online on comiXology.com
I am fiddling around with the MyPullList thing and I see a fair amount of books that aren't on Comixology itself(Daredevil, Hulk, etc.) but are showing up on my Pull List for February. Does that mean they are going digital this month or is it just a dumb HEY THESE ARE COMING OUT BUT NOT ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE thing
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on the Marvel Chrome App and jack shit is coming up. I can't even find Defenders, which I know, is a digital title due to me already buying it on Comixology.
How can you get that thing to even work?
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I don't have an iOS or Android device but I still want to give you money for comics Marvel
why you gotta be dumb
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I also see Avenging Spider-Man on the Chrome app for 1.99 on issues 2 and 3 but it is 3.99 on Comixology so I hope that the prices aren't that wildly different on most titles.
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I am just super excited because dang this is pretty great.
The Guided View in particular is wonderful and gives a really good sense of pacing and dramatic weight to a lot of stuff. Jokes come across better too since my eyes tend to wander and read ahead in physical issues.
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Comixology has solved this problem. The collection is complete.
Damn I've been meaning to try that series out.
It's a four issue mini-series and you don't have issue #1 up. Awesome.
Yeah, they're bad about some stuff, particularly the more recent and popular series. However, the do have a lot of full runs. I'm reading through The Initiative right now.
And, weirdly, they're corresponding.
House of M and Flashpoint.
Allllllllllllll of Flashpoint
Edit: Including the Road to Flashpoint issues of the Flash.
Flashpoint was pretty good too until it fell apart at the end. And it had some great minis as well, with Batman and Frankenstein being at the forefront, and a bunch of other stuff like Project Superman and Kid Flash being pretty neat. I liked the Road to Flashpoint issues a lot as well, probably more than I did the first Flash arc.
You dudes should pick up both the main minis if you haven't read either of them, and consider getting Batman as well. If you're loving Lemire's New 52 Frankenstein, then you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO read the Flashpoint version.
Unfortunately none of the House of M Tie-Ins are on sale, although the first 16ish issues of Ms. Marvel are.
I still enjoy it a lot
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Yeah I was thinking about getting those.
With the seal broken, I went on to grab Nightwing #3-5 (have #1-2 already in paper form). Interested to see where the story goes after he ditches the circus.
Is an iphone/Android/whatever phone adequate for viewing digital comics? Or is it just annoying and tiny and get a tablet/laptop instead?
Here's hoping they'll do the other half next week?
They only have up to #22 on comiXology so far
Going to get the GotG issues, though
But it seems weird that the sale is 18 issues for Guardians as well, when according to wikipedia the War of Kings arc ends with #19
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I wouldn't recommend it
I tried reading on my android and it worked well with guided view on small panels, but spreads and other fancy panels were just bad
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Hmm, good to know. Gracias.
Maybe we're doin' it wrong, but we release traditional graphic novels and give the material away for free online.
That being said, I think a Netflix business model is preferable to an iTunes model for digital comics. $2 per 32-page digital download just seems expensive somehow when there are gobs of free webcomics out there (and illegal scans.)
And that being said, we still sell books at $12 a pop. Some people just really like print. Go figure.
The thing about a free webcomic is that it isn't Marvel/DC/Image/Whatever. I'm not saying it is bad, as there are some phenomenal webcomics out there, but I would say most of the reader base for comics read because it involves characters they know and want to read about.
If there was a Spider-Man webcomic put out by Marvel that would be fantastic! But that doesn't mean they should be giving away their comics for free.
And piracy, like Munch has said in the past, doesn't really factor in. If people are going to download something illegally, they're going to do it no matter how cheap the book is. No reason to try and work around that.
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i can't seem to find any new DC stuff on comiXology. does it just get DC stuff late?
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are they on Marvel's app? The not-Chrome apps?
I mean Marvel has said they are making every book day and date in April, why wouldn't you start Secret Avengers 2 months earlier with the new creative team and status quo?
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