Comments on: Slash Print | Following the digital evolution http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/03/slash-print-following-the-digital-evolution-4/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jesse Reese http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/03/slash-print-following-the-digital-evolution-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7085 Jesse Reese Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:54:35 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=5748#comment-7085 I think the thing holding back digital comics is that they are awful. Maybe it's just because, as Kevin suggested, a good digital reader doesn't exist. On the current digital readers I have used there is no way to see the entire page while reading the comic. You have to zoom in and then scroll down. For me the layout of the entire page has been an important part of the feel of a story. The scroll down effect definitely throws off pacing and makes for a really awkward read. It also pretty much ruins any full page or double page spread. I'm with Scott on the TPB thing though. They are the way to go. In defense of serialized comics though, I think they allow you to sample a lot more than if everything was just collected in trade. They also give you the great feeling of self contained stories. I'm thinking of the first couple issues of Old Man Logan that have a completely different feel than the rest. You can kind of just read those two and be satisfied. I think the thing holding back digital comics is that they are awful. Maybe it’s just because, as Kevin suggested, a good digital reader doesn’t exist. On the current digital readers I have used there is no way to see the entire page while reading the comic. You have to zoom in and then scroll down. For me the layout of the entire page has been an important part of the feel of a story. The scroll down effect definitely throws off pacing and makes for a really awkward read. It also pretty much ruins any full page or double page spread.

I’m with Scott on the TPB thing though. They are the way to go. In defense of serialized comics though, I think they allow you to sample a lot more than if everything was just collected in trade. They also give you the great feeling of self contained stories. I’m thinking of the first couple issues of Old Man Logan that have a completely different feel than the rest. You can kind of just read those two and be satisfied.

]]> By: Scott http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/03/slash-print-following-the-digital-evolution-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7080 Scott Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:00:44 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=5748#comment-7080 I've never understood the urge to collect comics. Over the course of twenty years I have manged to keep my collection contained to a single long-box. I know a lot of people who just can't part with a comic and are sort of "forced" into collecting -I don't know a single one who doesn't hate the stacks of long-boxes they have. Seriously. Personally I much prefer a TPB. I buy comics to enjoy the story and the art. A TPB is easy to pull of the shelf, carry around in a backpack without damaging it, and then put back on the shelf. How often does anyone ever look in their long-boxes? My own personal experience says the answer is "almost never". I would love to see ATOMIC ROBO go 100% digital for the single issues and then come out as TPBs. I’ve never understood the urge to collect comics. Over the course of twenty years I have manged to keep my collection contained to a single long-box. I know a lot of people who just can’t part with a comic and are sort of “forced” into collecting -I don’t know a single one who doesn’t hate the stacks of long-boxes they have. Seriously.

Personally I much prefer a TPB. I buy comics to enjoy the story and the art. A TPB is easy to pull of the shelf, carry around in a backpack without damaging it, and then put back on the shelf. How often does anyone ever look in their long-boxes? My own personal experience says the answer is “almost never”.

I would love to see ATOMIC ROBO go 100% digital for the single issues and then come out as TPBs.

]]> By: Carroll http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/03/slash-print-following-the-digital-evolution-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7078 Carroll Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:44:18 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=5748#comment-7078 Things become collectible because of scarcity. What's scarce about 400,000 copies of the Obama-issue of Amazing Spidey? I worked in retail for six years, and I became increasingly convinced that the comic industry would only BENEFIT from a shift away from comics as collectibles. The industry should move towards a model in which online and/or very cheap monthlies preempt a nice bookshelf collection. Things become collectible because of scarcity. What’s scarce about 400,000 copies of the Obama-issue of Amazing Spidey? I worked in retail for six years, and I became increasingly convinced that the comic industry would only BENEFIT from a shift away from comics as collectibles. The industry should move towards a model in which online and/or very cheap monthlies preempt a nice bookshelf collection.

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