C.N.G. researched this on ye olde introweb. The best stated response came not from the introweb but from a real live person!
"Not very doable, simply because the screen is far, far too small. As
someone who reads a large number of comics digitally every week there
is no way I could even do it on a 15" monitor - maybe with comics from
the 50s-60s this would be an option, as they're generally more of a
panel-by-panel action format. The way comics are generally done
nowadays with "widescreen" action, full- and 2-page spreads, just
makes this very difficult.
I would like the idea of having an iTunes Managed pod-cast-like
Marvel/DC subscription where the iPod/iTunes simply stores them and I
can use CDisplay to read them though."
-Lauren's nerdier than thou comrade Derick.
Hey Derick, that is the subscription I want! Why doesn't it exist?
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I think GoComics.com has a service where you can read comics on your mobile. I haven't checked it out because, well, I don't have much of a drive to read Garfield on my cell phone.
Marvel and DC are dipping their toes in the water when it comes to digital comics distribution. DC has Zuda, which features free online webcomics, and Marvel has its new paid subscription service where you can view back issues online.
Both models are dead-set against allowing the consumer to store comics digitally on their hard drives or ipods. I guess they feel this would only make piracy easier.
Instead they like to offer hi-res images filtered through a crappy flash viewer, which heavily pixelates the image and defeats the purpose of offering hi-res images in the first place. Of course you can view the image at full res, but then you have to do a lot of cumbersome scrolling to read the whole thing.
It's very frustrating. Just pick a screen size, change the resolution to 72 DPI and be done with it!
Hot!
Also Piracy smiracy...get used to it. Adapt or die.
Thanks for the mass knowledge Ryan!
Recently, I noticed Ipod Application store added Farscape comic books, you can try first issue for free and then pay for the rest of the issues. It was interesting how it displayed on my Touch Ipod, not bad... I prefer CDisplay software on my pc because of 24' monitor and easy to read/scrolling. :)
There is an app for iPhone called ComicZeal.
I use it to read a lot of comics. Coolest thing on my phone.
They also offer free comics that have come into public domain.
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