@Cliffjumper I wouldn't be that concerned.. It took years but things "fixed" themselves after Crisis (on Infinite Earths), even Barry eventually came back and Batman became less of a “dark knight”. You remember that those were inventions of the mid 80’s, right?They really swept the slate clean and completely changed the stories.This isn’t nearly as drastic.
Also it makes a lot of business sense to have a reboot coincide with a real digital launch.It answers the question, “Where do I start?” with “Start at #1, DUH!” Also if six months from now you hear that Voodoo, which you weren’t buying, is really, really good, but your local comic shop is sold out of the issues or didn’t even order them, you can just go online and catch up.
So I haven't posted on iFanboy in a couple years, mostly because I stopped reading comics 4 or 5 years ago. I still vaguely keep up with what's going on by podcast, and I buy the walking dead and irredeemable. Notice that they are both day and date digital. Yeah, when I said I stopped buying comics, I meant I stopped buying paper comics. My main problem right now is that it's impossible to catch up, or keep up with DC or Marvel comics through digital. The backlist is sketchy at best. There are huge blank spots and they are released out of order.
As you can guess I love this news. Right now it looks like I will probably buy all the new #1's the first month. After that we will see. DC needed to do something like this… give a nice starting point and go digital. My only real question is there something going on "in world" (crisis like) to explain this or is it going to be completely unexpected for someone who doesn't read comic book news.
I also know that I am bringing along a bunch of friends, who are all excited about this news. YAY!
(also hope this goes really well and Marvel catches a clue)
July 28, 2010 2:57 pm I actually think that from a business perspective they see future of comics is Marvel Studios and Warner Brothers, and only see digital comics as a mildly interesting sideline. They simply don't "get it". They have not done research but instead have a view of digital comics and motion comics as purely promotional items.
Think it's just iPad. Comixology works the iphone tho.
I think that most people want their media to follow them where ever they go. If your waiting for a meeting to start you can read a page or two on your iphone, if your sitting at your desk during lunch you can read bit on your computer, if you are out at a park you can sit around and read on the kindle or iPad. One program to rule them all doesn't matter as much, being the application available in the most locations or situations should matter immensely to the application dev's.
July 23, 2010 2:37 pm After so many problems, frustration, and disappointment it's no wonder Mr. Moore would like to forget about work that's 20 years old.
This nice, tho both Graphic.ly and Comixology still have problems, and are no where near a replacement for your local comics store. They both have very limited libraries of comics, which are usually 2-3 months behind. They have proprietary formats. They are not available on every platform.
Getting on every possible platform should be a goal for both companies. Amazon has made amazing strides in moving the publishing companies, and readers, to ebooks, by being available on so many platforms. I doubt either company will be interested in a standard format, so they need to be sure that they don't leave a reader out because they only have an android device or can't install a GUI application or are using a device that doesn't support flash.
The library issue is harder to solve because this is a situation created by the publishers, not graphic.ly or comixology. I can only guess that DC, Marvel, Image, et. al think that digital distribution will cannibalize the print business, rather than thinking the digital can bring in a new audience or bring back and old audience (like me).
January 27, 2010 4:18 pm @Mikegraham6, totally agree! Though I would say "any device" rather than "a device". I would pay cover price for a yearly subscription to a digital title that comes out day and date with small print version, especially if I could read it on my PC, Mac, i(whatever).
Personally I'd rather read comics on my 55" LED TV, rather than a tiny 9" screen. I haven't bought a comic in about 2 or 3 years, I'd love to get back into it, but I don't want the stupid paper.
Will I buy a iPad... Yes!
Will I read comics (or books) on it... Probably not!
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@Cliffjumper I wouldn't be that concerned.. It took years but things "fixed" themselves after Crisis (on Infinite Earths), even Barry eventually came back and Batman became less of a “dark knight”. You remember that those were inventions of the mid 80’s, right? They really swept the slate clean and completely changed the stories. This isn’t nearly as drastic.
Also it makes a lot of business sense to have a reboot coincide with a real digital launch. It answers the question, “Where do I start?” with “Start at #1, DUH!” Also if six months from now you hear that Voodoo, which you weren’t buying, is really, really good, but your local comic shop is sold out of the issues or didn’t even order them, you can just go online and catch up.
So I haven't posted on iFanboy in a couple years, mostly because I stopped reading comics 4 or 5 years ago. I still vaguely keep up with what's going on by podcast, and I buy the walking dead and irredeemable. Notice that they are both day and date digital. Yeah, when I said I stopped buying comics, I meant I stopped buying paper comics. My main problem right now is that it's impossible to catch up, or keep up with DC or Marvel comics through digital. The backlist is sketchy at best. There are huge blank spots and they are released out of order.
As you can guess I love this news. Right now it looks like I will probably buy all the new #1's the first month. After that we will see. DC needed to do something like this… give a nice starting point and go digital. My only real question is there something going on "in world" (crisis like) to explain this or is it going to be completely unexpected for someone who doesn't read comic book news.
I also know that I am bringing along a bunch of friends, who are all excited about this news. YAY!
(also hope this goes really well and Marvel catches a clue)
Think it's just iPad. Comixology works the iphone tho.
I think that most people want their media to follow them where ever they go. If your waiting for a meeting to start you can read a page or two on your iphone, if your sitting at your desk during lunch you can read bit on your computer, if you are out at a park you can sit around and read on the kindle or iPad. One program to rule them all doesn't matter as much, being the application available in the most locations or situations should matter immensely to the application dev's.
This nice, tho both Graphic.ly and Comixology still have problems, and are no where near a replacement for your local comics store. They both have very limited libraries of comics, which are usually 2-3 months behind. They have proprietary formats. They are not available on every platform.
Getting on every possible platform should be a goal for both companies. Amazon has made amazing strides in moving the publishing companies, and readers, to ebooks, by being available on so many platforms. I doubt either company will be interested in a standard format, so they need to be sure that they don't leave a reader out because they only have an android device or can't install a GUI application or are using a device that doesn't support flash.
The library issue is harder to solve because this is a situation created by the publishers, not graphic.ly or comixology. I can only guess that DC, Marvel, Image, et. al think that digital distribution will cannibalize the print business, rather than thinking the digital can bring in a new audience or bring back and old audience (like me).
@lucien21 "Just need to get DC/Marvel to release comics on a weekly basis"
AMEN to that...
Personally I'd rather read comics on my 55" LED TV, rather than a tiny 9" screen. I haven't bought a comic in about 2 or 3 years, I'd love to get back into it, but I don't want the stupid paper.
Will I buy a iPad... Yes!
Will I read comics (or books) on it... Probably not!