TMacken

January 9, 2010 1:20 pm When I saw where they got her from, I figured Ron would be the one to break the news. He's on some sort of gossip girl message boards, or something like that, right?

November 29, 2009 9:35 pm Would love to win the Criminal prize pack, just finished the first half of sleeper, and it was great. 

November 6, 2009 3:33 pm @AlexRobinson, I think that's why Josh left the few second spaces in the first iTunes file, so that you could interject while you were listening to it. Kind of like your own MST3K but in podcast form.

October 22, 2009 9:27 am @tmacken

October 15, 2009 9:27 am

@vadamowens, 3 weeks is definitley plenty of time with the graphic novels, and all of my libraries, have online renewal up to 3 times, I believe. So that's a couple months with the book, if you need it. I was surprised with what the library would carry. I'm not sure how well they check over the content in the books that closely, I think there's the assumption, that it's a comic, it must be kid stuff. Glad to hear that other people out there are saving money, and using the library.

October 15, 2009 8:04 am

I'm not sure that enough people are checking out the library, as far as trades are concerned. I read the full run of Y: The Last Man, All of Strangers in Paradise, The Walking Dead, Preacher, and a slew of other trades, and they all came from local libraries. Guess I just don't feel the need to own the trades and keep them forever, especially, because I can just check them out again from the library. I did buy the trades for Fables, and once I was done with them, resold them on ebay, and they ended up costing me just over the cost of one issue to read them, then resell them. I get wanting to have a book you love, to reread at some point, but I have to really love it to buy and keep the trade. I'm not saying that all these books were really easy to find at the libraries, I have 3 library cards for 3 different library systems that are local. One for Kansas, One for Missouri, and one for a locally run library, just get on the net, and search for the libraries, in the area. Even if they're not in a local branch, they will transfer them to that branch, and hold them for you to pick them up. Not sure that I've ever found a limit to the books you can check out, I took the complete run of Y: The last man, all at once, and read through it.  I just finished the first 2 books of Sleeper, and currently have Local (Brian Wood) waiting for me at the library that's a block and a half from my office, so I'm looking forward to picking that up.

Even if you find your local library doesn't carry that many graphic novels, just talk to them, and ask them about it, they could get the books via interlibrary loan, if they don't carry them. Also, they could start budgeting money to buy graphic novels, if they think that people are going to read them. I'm pretty sure they want everybody to read, and a savvy librarian should be able to figure out that comics aren't just for kids.

As Far as I know, Ron is a big supporter of the library as an outlet to read comics, so do some digging on the net, and find yourself some reading materials at the library.

 

October 14, 2009 12:43 pm

Great article. I've dropped all my floppies, as it were. I'm currently relying on 3 local library systems to get my reading in. I'm very lucky to have a library that gets tons of trades in, as well as floppies. I do have to travel about half an hour to get to a well stocked library, but it's well worth it, in what I save.

 I still listen to the podcast, and have a membership, and love all the articles and contributions of this site.  It just got to the point where other things in my life have taken priority over the books (stuff like paying off credit cards, and getting things for my wife and son.) I look forward to the possibility of getting comics cheaper, online, so I don't have to wait for the trade, and can still keep up with the podcast.  

I have a feeling that Josh is probably going to want to drop some books too, once that little one shows up, kids sure aren't cheap. 

August 19, 2009 8:38 am

@GimpTactics, @RantzH addressed it earlier, here's what he had to say.

 "we're in final paperwork stage to deal with the launch regions.  The current plan is to launch (barring complications) in North America (including Canada), the UK, Australia, & NZ, as well as a possible couple of others.  Expansion to other regions within a year of launch (such as the EU, etc)"

August 19, 2009 7:48 am I really don't tihnk that reading them on the TV is going to work for me, but they're sure as hell going to look nice on my 24" iMac, so I can't wait for this to come out.  I have a PSP and an iPhone, and I just can't see them as a medium for serious comic reading. The iverse stuff is well presented on the iPhone, but just not how I'd prefer to read them long term.  I would also love it, if someone came up with a nice touch screen tablet for me to read my books on, doesn't need to be e-ink, because I don't need a battery that lasts 5 days.

August 18, 2009 3:07 pm

@RantzH, thanks for addressing the questions, very much looking forward to this being available.