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sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Fishylungs posted:

For the record, I think the web interface is worse now than when I got Unlimited for a year in... 2008? And all of their mobile apps I believe are pure garbage.

It works great on the iPad.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2014 01:51

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:01

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

I just got an email from Comixology saying they added a $5 gift card to my account. Anyone else get this?

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 20:40

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

I really hope Amazon is able to get prices down, I don't think they care if brick and mortar stores go out of business, but that may get them in hot water with the publishers. It's ridiculous to see Kindle collections for half the price the collection goes for on Comixology. Of course, I'm not going to buy Kindle comics, so that may be part of the pricing difference, but that shouldn't matter any longer.

# ¿ May 1, 2014 15:56

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Shitshow posted:

Image updated their Humble Bundle with the first trades of Manhattan Projects and Invincible: https://www.humblebundle.com/?imagecomics_bundle&utm_source=imagecomics&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Humble%20Image%20Comics%20Bundle

Pretty meh, but if you missed out on this the first time there's still some great comics to be had for the average price of $9.62.

I was mad that I got this last week and missed out on some good books, but I checked my download link, and they added the new ones. Great deal!

# ¿ May 7, 2014 02:49

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

I'm trying to figure out how to get the comics from the Humble Bumble deals onto my iPad 2. I was wondering if there is any noticeable difference between an HD PDF and a .cbr file. The file size for the HD comics are a heck of a lot bigger. I'm sure there's a difference, but would I likely notice on an old iPad?

Also, they recommend Comic Flow, which I've been using for a while. Is that considered the best .cbr reader for the iPad?

# ¿ Jun 1, 2014 02:26

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Uthor posted:

Double post!

Here is a page from Pretty Deadly #1, PDF, opened in SumatraPDF on my Win8 machine hooked up to a 1080p monitor, and zoomed in 400%.

(230 MB file size)

Same page, CBR file, opened in CDisplayEx, zoomed in 400%.

(59 MB file size, the JPG of the whole page is 1523x2343)

For comparison, Sex Criminals #1, PDF, same thing.

(69 MB file size)

And the CBR.

(27 MB file size, the JPG of the whole page is 1523x2343)

All the files are perfectly readable with no artifacts that I see. Seems interesting that the CBR files seem zoomed in slightly more at 400%, but that might just be how the programs calculate zooms.

Thanks for taking the time to do something I was too lazy to do. I'm guessing there's no need to download those huge HD PDF files to my iPad. Consider my initial question answered.

As for my second question, is Comic Flow the best iPad app for .cbr? I've been using it and have no complaints. Thanks in advance.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2014 01:45

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

I'd be up for an Unlimited thread.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2014 21:43

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

Start a new account?

# ¿ Sep 16, 2014 23:21

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:01

sleepingbuddha: Nov 4, 2010; It's supposed to look like a smashed cinnamon roll

New things go on sale every week. Usually they're discounted down to 99 cents an issue, sometimes less though. If you're looking to read a lot without spending too much, I'd recommend Marvel Unlimited.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 23:12

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