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February 9, 2012 11:18 am Not for nothing but this concept should have been connected to the DC relaunch as Superman #1. Continuity Schmontinuity.

February 8, 2012 1:02 pm sigh... Nightcrawler...

February 6, 2012 5:59 pm Wouldn't mind a "Like it" option for panels too. Post your favorite panel to Facebook - nice way to promote comics to your non-comic book reading friends. Provider can tally the most "Liked" panels for their very own "Best Panels of the Week" feature. Same would work with covers.

February 6, 2012 5:41 pm Time to shop the TV series.

February 6, 2012 5:30 pm One thing I'd like to see happen with Digital Comics is for the providers to allow people to annotate pages and panels - kind of like how folks do with their eBooks. What's more I'd like to be able to share my annotations with my friends. I think this would be a really cool feature that would give digital a distinction from the print version. What's more, how neat would it be to read an issue of Waking Dead annotated by Rick Remender? Or an Aquaman issue annotated by Tom Katers? I think we're only scratching the surface of what this digital medium can do.

February 6, 2012 5:20 pm @Kmanifesto Interesting question. Depends on what you mean by "own." Technically my purchase of the digital comic allows me to read it on my devices (tablet, smartphone, desktop) whenever I desire to, so long as I have access to my device. I therefore own the experience of reading the digital comic I purchase as many times as I like. I do not own the comic in the sense that I cannot manipulate the content of the comic to make a poster or collage or have it take up space on a bookshelf or long box. I don't think I'm losing much by not having the physical item simply because I wouldn't do much more than read it. If I were to do more than read the physical copy of the comic then I probably wouldn't buy the digital comic. If all you do with your comic is read it, then what exactly do you own; what did you pay for, the physical copy or the experience of reading the comic?

February 2, 2012 2:32 pm @ shemko Yeah, I threw "best" out there rather flippantly. You got my point though. The second question about whether would be as well received under a different publisher, I feel, is much more compelling. Would Watchmen be what it is today if it was published by Eclipse and not DC? For all of Moore's moaning and groaning about DC's draconian contracts I think Watchmen would not have been what it is today if it was published by any one other than DC. From its connections to its parent company to simply having the DC bullet on its covers (in issues) I'm not convinced Watchmen would have the notoriety it received when it was published or today if it wasn't for being a DC publication. Then again if it was published by someone else, maybe Moore and Gibbons would have more control over their creation. It's an interesting quandary (to me).

February 1, 2012 2:08 pm On the other hand is Watchmen simply the best or is it the best because it was (one of) the first genre-breaking superhero stories? Would Watchmen be what it is today if it was published by Eclipse and not DC? I'd argue not.

February 1, 2012 9:51 am My first thought upon seeing the announcement, "Oh no. It's finally happened." My second thought upon reading the line-up, "I would consider reading work from these creative teams regardless of who the lead character is. That they've agreed to take on these particular characters takes a lot of guts. I admire that." My third thought upon reading the comments, "The fact that we have a 'before Watchmen' line coming out 25 years after their initial and only story is a testament to what Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created. These new comics will probably have more people (re)reading Watchmen than not."

January 30, 2012 6:01 pm You're talking about Martian Manhunter, right?