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Craptacular! posted:Anybody read anything on an iPad Mini? Can you get the job done? I own an aging 16:10 Android that's on the edge of obsolesence and even if I do make that my dedicated comic reader I don't want to lug it around with a more modern tablet with me. I read comics and textbooks just fine on my Mini 2.
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Opopanax posted:New iPads were just announced today so there should be a price drop very soon There already was on the iPad Mini 2! Now if only I could make myself get an Apple product. Common, new Nexus tablet!
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Is the Green Lantern stuff good? I read some of it but I never really had a connection with any Lantern.
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I thought Green Lantern Corps from Gibbons/Tomasi and Pat Gleason was so good. It was the N52 Batman and Robin team's book before that, if that helps.
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bobkatt013 posted:Is the Green Lantern stuff good? I read some of it but I never really had a connection with any Lantern. In reading the Geoff Johns omnibus right now and am having a ton of fun with it.
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Teenage Fansub posted:It's fine for me. I read fit-to-width landscape and it's big enough. Seconding this.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:21
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I've been picking up Deadly Class though it hasn't captured my interest as much as Remender's other work. Some people really love it and I hope the next arc brings me fully onboard.
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Sep 11, 2015 21:02
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Savage Sword of Conan collections for sale on Comixology. Some awesome stuff in there
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Hiro Protagonist posted:What should I get in the Rick Remender sale? Is Low any good? It's set underwater, so I want it to be... 
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Shameless posted:Savage Sword of Conan collections for sale on Comixology. Some awesome stuff in there Yessssssssss
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Hiro Protagonist posted:What should I get in the Rick Remender sale? Low, Black Science and Deadly Class. No idea about Strange Girl or the other earlier stuff. e: Ooh. Might check out Sorrow for some early black and white Francesco Francavilla art. e: Bit singy on the Conan discounts. C'mon, DH. Best foot forward. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Shameless posted:Savage Sword of Conan collections for sale on Comixology. Some awesome stuff in there This. Completely.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:What should I get in the Rick Remender sale? Deadly Class is amazing. Strange Girl is fun and nice, but the last issue was perfectly thought provoking and a great ending.
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The entire first volume of Ultimate Spider-man is on sale.
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Ultimate Spider-Man is Very Good.
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Does Marvel only do sales for the first volume of collectioned editions? I've seen a lot of 50% off for every issue, but never for the trades.
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OhFunny posted:Does Marvel only do sales for the first volume of collectioned editions? I've seen a lot of 50% off for every issue, but never for the trades. I remember when Daredevil came out there were sales for a poo poo ton of trades.
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Comixology is pulling their lovely Windows app from the store at the end of the year. If you have used it in the past you get a $5 credit.
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Dsmif posted:Comixology is pulling their lovely Windows app from the store at the end of the year. If you have used it in the past you get a $5 credit. I tried using it once or twice. Does that count?
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I think so, I only checked it every now and then to see if they had improved it (They never improved it).
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Dsmif posted:Comixology is pulling their lovely Windows app from the store at the end of the year. If you have used it in the past you get a $5 credit. Are they replacing it with a working one? Or allowing you to view HD comics in the web browser? I feel like they straight up stole money from me.
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beergod posted:Are they replacing it with a working one? Or allowing you to view HD comics in the web browser? I feel like they straight up stole money from me. As far as I can tell, No and No. The email tells you to use the web browser, which now has smart lists and the new library browsing from the iOS and Android apps, but still only in SD. It's pretty dog poo poo to be honest. I hate the way content is used to enforce hardware lock in. Maybe someday DC and/or Marvel will go DRM free, but once again it seems that the pirates get a better experience than the paying customers. Dsmif fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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Honestly, if this results in them allowing you to view comics on the mobile site from Windows devices (presumably whenever Win10 Mobile/the mobile version of Edge launches), I'd say it's a step up.
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Gaz-L posted:Honestly, if this results in them allowing you to view comics on the mobile site from Windows devices (presumably whenever Win10 Mobile/the mobile version of Edge launches), I'd say it's a step up. The Library sorting options on the website are certainly better then the non existent ones in the windows app.
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If they just had HD comics in the web browser I wouldn't give a poo poo about the app.
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beergod posted:If they just had HD comics in the web browser I wouldn't give a poo poo about the app. Speaking of, do they have any HD samples anywhere? I'm debating grabbing an iPad Mini 4 to replace my dying iPad 3 and comics is the only thing I haven't had to try at a store.
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Dsmif posted:As far as I can tell, No and No.
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I personally love Comixology. I do all my reading on android, and a vast majority of what I read has a drm free backup that I stick on a Google drive. I have rebought many of the issues I got in humble bundles because comixology is so drat convenient. The full pages are nice on tablet, and the guided view works great on my phone. No complaints from me!
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Endless Mike posted:Honestly, even with the hassles with Comixology, it's still vastly easier than piracy. Agreed. If they just fixed the Windows bullshit I would spend a bunch of money there.
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Endless Mike posted:Honestly, even with the hassles with Comixology, it's still vastly easier than piracy. You might be right, leaving the storage and library management to them is great. And buying comics at work and then downloading them to my iPad is magic. Rusty Kettle posted:I personally love Comixology. I do all my reading on android, and a vast majority of what I read has a drm free backup that I stick on a Google drive. I have rebought many of the issues I got in humble bundles because comixology is so drat convenient. The full pages are nice on tablet, and the guided view works great on my phone. Don't get me wrong, I love Comixology as well. On my iPad and phone it's fantastic, i just wish they would support Windows the same way they do iOS.
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beergod posted:Agreed. If they just fixed the Windows bullshit I would spend a bunch of money there. I've thought about getting a cheap Windows tablet to gently caress around with and the poo poo comiXology app is the #1 reason I haven't pulled the trigger. poo poo resolution on cheap tablets is #2. Using comiXology for library management is nice, but I set up a home server and have my comics in a Bittorrent Sync folder, so even all the DRM free Humble Bundle, Kickstarter, and the early Image store books I have bought are accessible anywhere I have an Internet connection. It's pretty sweet.
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I do that too. Do you use Ubooquity? It is really amazing.
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I hadn't heard of that. That's pretty neat! I should maybe mess around with that, though I'm not super knowledgeable with setting up servers (I just kind of fumbled my way through getting MySQL and Plex going for movies, then let Bittorrent Sync handle the rest).
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Giant Astro City sale tempting me to buy it all up and freeze all my subscriptions until it's been read beginning to end.
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Space Fish posted:Giant Astro City sale Ooh. e: Well, that was a lot of digital comics money. Hope I like it. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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I did the same thing. I heard it is good and it sounds like something up my alley.
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Can someone who's read all of Astro City give some buying advice? Buy everything? Anything completely skippable? Any especially great runs? edit: thank you for links/advice! I keep looking at 3-page excerpts and being like "eh," but I clearly need to read the full free issues and then make the call. onefish fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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onefish posted:Can someone who's read all of Astro City give some buying advice? Buy everything? Anything completely skippable? Any especially great runs? Buisek put a guide on his blog. But every comics blog/newssite I've seen today has been like "OH HELL YEAH ASTRO CITY OWNS FRONT TO BACK GET THE WHOLE THING YALL".
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onefish posted:Can someone who's read all of Astro City give some buying advice? Buy everything? Anything completely skippable? Any especially great runs? Buy and read the original 6 issue (1995-1996) series, see if you like that-or even just check out the first issue which is free. Beyond that, each series is relatively self-contained; however the real payoff for Astro City is the incredible world building that Busiek has done with it, so each new story helps to increase your understanding and (assuming it turns out to be your kind of thing) appreciation of that world and the characters in it. While I'm sure different people will view certain series as stronger or weaker, each one adds to the mythos, so if you're going to get into it you may as well go whole hog. I guess some of the one-shots are less "important", but at that point I'm not sure the time or money savings is really significant. I guess note that "A Visitor's Guide" is more like a collection of "Extras" then anything else, so you could skip that one.
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