Digital comics are they worth it ? disscussion and comments:

[Myasishchev]

Like I said in the New 52 thread, I've decided to start working through more of the older stuff on Comixology, and I got back to it today I picking up Batman: A Death In The Family. I read the first issue today and I enjoyed it. It wasn't anything mindblowing, but it was a very solid start. The dialouge was pretty good, and while it's a little older fashioned than what I'm used I also liked the art. The big thing in this was that this was my first exposure to the comics version of The Joker, and I have to admit I fairly quickly fell into hearing Mark Hamil's voice for the Joker. Even though I know the Jason's final fate, I am still curious to see what happens in his quest for his birth, and I'm also curious where the Joker story is headed. MY RATING: 8/10

And you didn't think the Joker becoming an Iranian ambassador was a little odd and, dare I say, preposterously stupid and maybe even a little ignorant?

And I say this as someone who believes Carter should have terror bombed Isfahan, Tabriz, Sheraz and Bandar Abbas until they released the hostages (or maybe just destroyed the oil infrastructure, whatever works).

Ugh. Frank Miller wishes he could be this offensive.

 

[JD]

Oh, that didn't happen yet. But yeah, you posted there is pretty bad.
I only read the first issue so far, and all that's happened is Joker stole a cruise missile and sold it to some terrorists.

 

[C_Miller]

that's what I intend to do with the x-men start over from the begining. I know I can go from #1-25 but where to go from there is my question. all so started reading stephen king's dark tower series now.

Did you start over from the very beginning or from the 90s series? If you started from the 60s series, I'd actually say skip most of the rest. For all intents and purposes, it's not all that great. There's some important stuff like the first appearances of Polaris (49) and Havok (65). Even Banshee is almost unrecognizable. The series really got going with Giant Size X-Men #1 and subsequently X-Men #94, with the introductions of Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and of course, Wolverine.

 

[Myasishchev]

Oh, that didn't happen yet. But yeah, you posted there is pretty bad.
I only read the first issue so far, and all that's happened is Joker stole a cruise missile and sold it to some terrorists.

Crap. Oops. I missed the "first issue" bit. Sorry about the spoilerriffic post.

There's a secret part of me actually likes the crazy over-the-top nonsense inherent in the premise though. It's sort of like when the U.S. elects Lex Luthor, it's got something of an interesting idea in it. But the Joker? Maybe this was before he was well-known as a complete liability.

 

[JD]

What are the issues that deal with Lex becoming President? That's one of the stories I've been very curious about. I've seen the Public Enemies movie, but I don't think that really got into the events that lead the his election, I think it just started with him becoming President.

 

[timothy]

I believe he became president leading into ww3 shortly after the hole red/blue superman story.

and when I say #1 of x-men I am referring to the begining in 1960's.

 

[Myasishchev]

What are the issues that deal with Lex becoming President? That's one of the stories I've been very curious about. I've seen the Public Enemies movie, but I don't think that really got into the events that lead the his election, I think it just started with him becoming President.

You got me. I assume the Superman books in 2004. It was quickly and stupidly resolved in Superman/Batman, I know that. "How do we write this new dangerous status quo for our hero?" "We have the villain go batshit insane. You know, like you do when you've gained leverage over your enemy." It crashed and burned even harder than the Smiler's presidency in Transmetropolitan.

 

[Stevil2001]

God, Public Enemies is so awful.

 

[Turtletrekker]

It seems that Dark Horse is planning to release every single one of their digitally available Star Wars comics in a bundle for $100. They have 130 available which makes for about 75c cents per comic.

 

[timothy]

which is awesome news because I believe the new NC2 comes out today. yes!!

 

[timothy]

okay buffy season 8 is now aviable @ digital dark horse.

 

[JD]

I just posted this on the Trek Lit board, and thought it might a good idea to post this here for those who don't hang out there.
I just wanted to let anyone who is interested know that IDW now has most of IDW's Trek comics available digitally.
Here's what they have:
Star Trek Archives: The Best of the Borg, The Best of Peter David #1-#5
Alien Spotlight Vol. 1
Assignment Earth Vol. 1
Burden of Knowledge
Captain's Log
Countdown (both collected and individually)
Fool's Gold
Infestation
Kahn: Ruling in Hell
Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor
Mirror Images
Mission's End
Movie Adaptation
Nero
New Frontier: Turnaround
Star Trek: Ongoing #1-#2
Romulan: Schims
Romulans: The Hollow Crown
Spock: Reflections
Ghosts
The Enterprise Experiment
Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes #1-#2
So that means all they are missing right now, is The Space Between, Blood Will Tell, Intelligence Gathering, The Last Generation, and Alien Spotlight II.

 

[timothy]

great news ^!!
I can't wait till I get my new nc2 I am all so torn about the kindle fire cause of the amazon prime stuff.

 

[Turtletrekker]

okay buffy season 8 is now aviable @ digital dark horse.

The complete schedule for the release of Dark Horse's Buffy backlog...

11/9/11

• Buffy Season 8 #1-20
• Buffy Season 9 #1 & 2

11/16/11

• Buffy Season 8 #21-25
• Buffy Season 9 #3
• Angel #1-9
• Angel & Faith #1 – 3

11/23/11

• Dollhouse one shot and #1-5
• Buffy Season 8 #26 – 30

11/30/11

• Buffy Season 8 #31- 35

12/7/11

• Buffy Season 8 #36-40

Source.

 

[timothy]

very cool I hope they get around to doing the older buffy and angel stuff as well.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I've very recently come back into comics and have used the like of ComiXology to get a taster of what is out there, whose writing I like and whose art I don't and the free issues have been a minefield of new material for me.

Yet, perhaps it is the physicality of the book itself, but I much prefer reading my material from a page rather than my PC screen, iPhone/Pad etc.

I came across a report on Mark Miller's take on the whole Digital realm of comics, and I find myself very much supporting his argument. l I may not like that much of his material, but he makes sense (here) to me at least, especially around same day release:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35602


Hugo - slowly building his little comic mountain

 

[timothy]

I've come to love digital comics there cheaper and you don't have to by boxes or bags and boards. digital dark horse gets better every time I go there and now on my NC2 I can get my other titles. now I saved up $250 I can get the comixology star trek special and digital dark horse star wars special. it all so gives me a chance to get into other universe's.

I now reading walking dead, by the what is up with walking dead weakly is it part of the main story arc? and I am all so reading powers from image as well.
so I am all for digital comics. all so began reading Hell boy for the first time.

 

[Trekker4747]

I've come to love digital comics there cheaper and you don't have to by boxes or bags and boards.

Yeah, I mean that's what really sucks about collecting comics is the whole... collecting part.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Collecting in general seems to have gone by the way side in recent years not just for comics. I never collected comics. I always have bought them to read them.

@Timothy what older Buffy and Angel stuff are you talking about? Remember Dark Horse only recently purchased the rights to Buffy and Angel this year so I'm correct, they only have the rights to basically Angel and Faith and up to Buffy Season Eight. IDW still owns the rest of the catalogue. In fact they just released last week a 100 page Angel special or something like that. So what I'm trying to say is that IDW will be the ones who will release their back catalogue digitally. I might be mistaken on this but i don't think so.

 

[Trekker4747]

Even then, I still like having a physical copy I can get to any time I want, hold in my hands, and actually have contact with. I couldn't get that same satisfaction from an e-Reader. Hell, it's even hard to appreciate the artwork in something unless you're holding it in your hands. Would a full-page or two-page spread/splash page have the same impact on a small screen as opposed to a book you can actually hold.

Then there's the whole issue of how assured are you of getting to "keep" your collection forever when it's only assessable from a server somewhere that may or not depend on a stream of money to maintain?

I buy a comic book for $4 it's mine forever. I buy a digital copy I only have it so long as I maintain my account at $5/month or whatever the rate is.