Digital comics? good bad legal??? where?

[mbw]

hey
first off what is up with digital comics? do they exist? are they legal? where can you find them...legal or not legal?

what does everyone think about digital comics...good or bad?

let me know if anyone knows where to find them...id like to see what they are like?

matt

[Sheldon]

Do you mean comics that are entirely published on the web, or illegal scans of comics that people use to mooch of an industry that struggles enough as it is?

[DonC]

Good - less expensive

Bad- ya gotta have a computer to read them

Some companies are experimenting with posting their comics online, yes. CrossGen had a site where you could read every issue they ever published, with new ones being added six months after the print version hit the stands. Not bad for a buck a month.

Marvel used to post a lot of their books online, too, but I think they've stopped doing so.

And, yes, there are sites where people post illegal scans of books, too. You want a link to those you're gonna have to ask someone else.

[Core]

Marvel used to post a lot of their books online, too, but I think they've stopped doing so.


Marvel still does provide online, flash versions of some of their books. You can find them here. (http://marvel.com/dotcomics/index.htm) It's not a bad format for reading digital comics, but I wish Marvel would update their site more frequently.

I recently picked up the 40 Years of Amazing Spider-Man CD-ROM set. You pay about $35 (American) and get 11 CD's containing the first 500 issues of ASM and Amazing Fantasy #15. It's not as much fun reading them on a screen as it would be to have the book in hand, but to have a complete run of ASM for that price, even if it's only digital copies (which are printable, by the way), is totally worth it.