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Has anyone used Scribd? I want to sign up a service and not sure if I should do that or Unlimited
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Mar 27, 2015 04:47
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Walking Dead sale. https://www.comixology.com/The-Walking-Dead-Sale/page/5947?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL2xhcmdlQ2Fyb3VzZWw Mark Waid Hulk sale.  https://www.comixology.com/Indestructible-Hulk-Sale/page/5925?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL3NtYWxsQ2Fyb3VzZWw Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Mar 27, 2015 |
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Mar 27, 2015 04:54
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Opopanax posted:Has anyone used Scribd? I want to sign up a service and not sure if I should do that or Unlimited Scribd is a great idea with really poor execution. I would wait until they refine it more before giving it a try.
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Mar 27, 2015 12:38
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Shitshow posted:Scribd is a great idea with really poor execution. I would wait until they refine it more before giving it a try.
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Mar 27, 2015 15:02
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I tried Scribd and holy poo poo is it annoying to get the comics to load. 90% of the time you are stuck on a loading screen, then the app crashes, then it loads up and works for a bit, then it crashes again, then the next time it loads AND works like a charm. I'm using an android tablet (samsung 10.1) and with a wifi connection it still, on average, probably takes 5-10 mins to get the app functioning enough to download comics. Also there is not a lot of stuff on there. There's complete runs of Valiant (which is awesome) but no singular issues of comics like Spiderman or anything. Just trades and small runs of series stuff. I'm thinking of going with Marvel Unlimited if someone can verify they have single issues for a lot of old poo poo, and that the app isn't pants on head retarded like this Scribd one is.
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Mar 28, 2015 15:11
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The Marvel Unlimited Android app is perfectly usable. It's not perfect, however. It still crashes occasionally and has some bugs but it'll get you your comics.
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Mar 28, 2015 16:46
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Tangentially related, but the Marvel Unlimited in-browser experience seems to have improved a lot recently. Issues open in new a new tab/window instead of floatin' atop the page itself, and issues have been loading on the first try for the last couple days as well. The app is great on iOS at the moment, or at least vastly improved, but I can't speak to Android's quality. I can actually recommend it. Depending on what series you're looking to read, old stuff may be comprehensive as hell or incredibly patchy. They've got all of Uncanny X-Men up, but New Mutants is hit or miss. Alpha Flight is mostly missing, but you can read basically any issue of Avengers you could imagine. If there's a certain series you're really jonesing for, I would search the Marvel site to see if the issues are available or not before sinking the money for a sub.
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Mar 28, 2015 17:21
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:I tried Scribd and holy poo poo is it annoying to get the comics to load. I don't have AS many problems with the Scribd app as you (using an Archos g9), but if you're getting it primarily for Marvel stuff, then Unlimited is a much better move. Scribd's selection seems split between publishers that see it as a means to get readers caught up so they'll start buying the current stuff (IDW, Top Cow, Boom, Valiant) and ones that see it as a means to provide a sample platter (Marvel, Dynamite). I'm in it mostly for the IDW licensed titles and Boom stuff, as well as some Top Shelf (so technicall more IDW) so it works for me well enough that I can deal. But if you're wanting the last 40 years of the X-Men, it's going to disappoint in every respect.
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Mar 28, 2015 19:53
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I was leaning more towards complete runs of the various spiderman titles, or at least by complete runs I mean ISSUES 500-600 or something like that. Basically just not trade paperbacks the way the scribd app does. Man I wish DC had something like this, I'd be all over it.
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Mar 29, 2015 13:23
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If it's the unlimited app you're having trouble with, I've found that once I read page 7 I can exit and reload the comic, and it'll preload the rest of the pages. Usually.
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Mar 30, 2015 01:51
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I see there's a Grimm Fairy Tales sale. Is Grimm just T&A: The Comic? Or is there more to it than that?
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Mar 30, 2015 15:33
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It's all bad T&A, there isn't anything redeeming there.
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Mar 30, 2015 16:18
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One day someone will make a good T&A comic and redeem the genre. You just wait.
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Mar 30, 2015 17:36
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Isn't that what empowered is?
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Mar 30, 2015 17:48
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Shawn posted:Isn't that what empowered is? also Amanda Connor's Power Girl run, arguably
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Mar 30, 2015 17:56
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Also, the Scribd app has a free trial month so you can try it out and decide if you wanna keep it or not.
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Mar 31, 2015 10:30
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Welp, took the plunge on Marvel Unlimited. Read a few issues of various books, and other than the "retry screen on page 4" error people seem to get, it's about 10000% better than scribd's "Hold on, we are gonna load this... eventually. Go make a sandwich or something" way of handling comics. Also, if you are signing up from the app seriously just click the "create account" button once. I got 32 emails to confirm my account because the page would not give me any indication it was doing anything. That was kinda hosed up.
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Apr 1, 2015 15:42
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Is the Fialkov stuff worth it?
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Apr 3, 2015 17:14
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Is the Fialkov stuff worth it? I really like what I've read of The Bunker.
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Apr 3, 2015 21:01
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Avengers 1-200 is on sale today. I am actually shocked as I expected a Daredevil sale. That might be on Thursday. Crossed is also is on sale and was wondering how is it?
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Apr 6, 2015 14:57
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bobkatt013 posted:Crossed is also is on sale and was wondering how is it? if you have an extremely high tolerance for gore and disturbing content, i think the original Ennis miniseries is very good. avoid the David Lapham stuff. anyone have any recommendations for stuff from that Avengers sale?
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Apr 6, 2015 15:16
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:if you have an extremely high tolerance for gore and disturbing content, i think the original Ennis miniseries is very good. avoid the David Lapham stuff. The Korvac Saga, origin of Ultron, Vison's first apperance, Cap's quirky quartet, Beast and Wonderman's friendship, Kree/Skrull War.
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Apr 6, 2015 15:27
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bobkatt013 posted:The Korvac Saga, origin of Ultron, Vison's first apperance, Cap's quirky quartet, Beast and Wonderman's friendship, Kree/Skrull War. do you know what issues these are? Vision's first appearance i can figure out cuz that's an iconic cover and the Kree/Skrull war is one i wanted to check out
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Apr 6, 2015 15:30
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:do you know what issues these are? Vision's first appearance i can figure out cuz that's an iconic cover and the Kree/Skrull war is one i wanted to check out Skull/Kree War - 89–97 Korvac Saga - 167–168, #170–177 Vision first storyline/Ultron - 54-58 Cap's Quirky Quartet - 16- when they get a new member not named swordman Beast joins in 130 and Wonderman joins in 160 Avengers/Defenders War Avengers #115–118, Defenders #8–11
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Apr 6, 2015 15:40
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:if you have an extremely high tolerance for gore and disturbing content, i think the original Ennis miniseries is very good. avoid the David Lapham stuff. Aw man. I didn't know Lapham wrote Crossed. I recently read Stray Bullets and loved/am loving it, so it's a bummer that his take on a decently intriguing premise was botched. FWIW, I quite like a lot of Ennis, but I recall thinking that the first few issues of Crossed felt pointless and over-the-top gross, so I dropped it. A lot of people seem to say the first 10 are worth reading, though.
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Apr 6, 2015 16:52
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onefish posted:Aw man. I didn't know Lapham wrote Crossed. I recently read Stray Bullets and loved/am loving it, so it's a bummer that his take on a decently intriguing premise was botched. David Lapham was doing a lot of work solely for the paycheck in the ten years or so that Stray Bullets was on hiatus, and has admitted as much. between his Avatar stuff and his Punisher Max oneshot, he got on this weird tasteless goreporn/splatterpunk kick for a while, maybe because he realized that Avatar will buy up anything with lots of hideous violence. none of it was any good. that being said, yeah, i think there's good writing under all the gruesomeness in the first Crossed mini. it's basically Ennis trying to out-bleak The Road. but i don't blame anyone for not being into it. Stray Bullets is one of the greatest comics of all time. the most recent issue was outstanding.
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Apr 6, 2015 17:15
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Apr 7, 2015 07:48
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Get the Daredevil bundle! It is one of the best runs.
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Apr 7, 2015 14:43
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bobkatt013 posted:Get the Daredevil bundle! It is one of the best runs. are there any particularly good bits? I havent read any of that run I dont think but I dont really want to drop 60 bucks on it. I read Yellow last week and liked it quite a bit so I am on a Daredevil kick now.
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Apr 7, 2015 14:50
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WinnebagoWarrior posted:are there any particularly good bits? I havent read any of that run I dont think but I dont really want to drop 60 bucks on it. I read Yellow last week and liked it quite a bit so I am on a Daredevil kick now. The entire thing. It really builds off itself.
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Apr 7, 2015 14:52
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yeah Bendis' Daredevil is in my top 10 superhero runs of all time, maybe top 5. i never got around to End of Days, maybe i'll do so now.
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Apr 7, 2015 15:17
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bobkatt013 posted:Get the Daredevil bundle! It is one of the best runs. Yeah. I'd already bought most of them in an earlier sale, so can't go bundle, but I would if I could--the run was great. My favorite Bendis other than Ultimate Spider-Man, I think. Note: issues 38-40 are new to Comixology for some reason, so if you bought the run on Comixology before, you probably don't have those issues yet. And issues 16-19 (not part of main run, which starts at 26) were not in the earlier sale that I was aware of. (So I picked both of those parts up--I think I've heard 16-19 are still worthwhile.) edit VVV thanks! onefish fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 15:23
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onefish posted:Yeah. I'd already bought most of them in an earlier sale, but it was great. My favorite Bendis other than Ultimate Spider-Man, I think. Yeah. Its a pretty good Ben Urich story and also ties into End of days.
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Apr 7, 2015 15:25
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bobkatt013 posted:The entire thing. It really builds off itself. drat. Maybe I will get the whole thing then. hafta think about it
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Apr 7, 2015 15:47
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Bendis's Daredevil is what really got me into Marvel comics. I bought all three of the ultimate collections + all three of Brubaker's within like a week. It is so good.
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Apr 7, 2015 17:57
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Senor Candle posted:Bendis's Daredevil is what really got me into Marvel comics. I bought all three of the ultimate collections + all three of Brubaker's within like a week. It is so good. Dingle's is poo poo and Waid's is amazing.
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Apr 7, 2015 18:13
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Welp, I bought the Daredevil thing. I really didnt know that BMB's run on the character was that universally loved. I have really liked some of his stuff but found a lot of it to be pretty mediocre. Excited to read this though.
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Apr 7, 2015 19:44
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WinnebagoWarrior posted:Welp, I bought the Daredevil thing. I really didnt know that BMB's run on the character was that universally loved. I have really liked some of his stuff but found a lot of it to be pretty mediocre. Excited to read this though. Yeah, I think you won't be disappointed. I have pretty low patience with Bendis--don't even really like Powers, which a lot of people do--but he just clicked with this run. You picked up a real epic for, I'm pretty sure, the best price possible (other than reading it from the library or buying used trades or something). edit: also, awesome art, which is important! Now, what *I'm* wondering is whether I'll like End of Days. The majority of people seem to say "Yeah, it's good," but I think there are some dissenters, and people weren't always sold on it issue-to-issue when it was being published, if I recall. onefish fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 20:08
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I read Bendis Daredevil and I guess I am the only one that was just okay with it? I mean it isn't bad, don't get me wrong, but its not something I would ever care to read again. Its just passable. I also feel the exact same way about Whedon's X-,men, so I dunno.
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