Comments on: Apple Tablet + Comics = Dreamzzzz

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:12:14 +0000

You are correct.

By: August J. Pollak

August J. Pollak — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:23:14 +0000

DA- I’m assuming it’s Fairchild from Gen13 and Abby from Danger Girl in Supergirl outfits, given the art is J. Scott Campbell and those are the main characters in his two most popular comics.

By: Optimous Docuhe

Optimous Docuhe — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:42:07 +0000

Hey folks – Optimous Douche from Ain’t It Cool News

If you can get over the fact you’re not holding a comic book, Longbox is truly a great thing.

I get a ton of books to review that are PDFs and the experience is more painful than the time I heard my Granparents having sex.

Longbox is way overdue in my opinion and I think it’s the hook to getting kids back into comics.

The question remains though as to whether older fanboys will dive in.

By: The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:15:06 +0000

Who’s the redhead, and what’s Kara been up to lately, anyway?

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:32:49 +0000

As someone who is entering the thick of the comic book industry, the issue seems less about paper costs and more about a ramshakle distribution structure that bottlenecks all sales of major comics through one distributor and puts the power to choose who gets published into the hands of really just two companies. The tide is turning thanks, not to digital technology or even the web, but thanks to traditional book publishers getting into the game and finding talent that is often overlooked and ignored by DC and marvel. Lastly, even this won’t fix the downward trend of comics until these traditional publishers become more educated on what comics are.

The comic book shop and the “floppies” are dying, but they are slowly being replaced by traditional book sellers in the form of bound “trades” and, more and more, comics printed and bound just like “regular” books.

I do like the Mac Tablet, though. I use a PC tablet to color and edit my comics, so an Apple tablet is an appealing prospect.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:11:03 +0000

You want Superwoman? I got yer Superwoman right here.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:04:27 +0000

Bah! These Superwomen look like ordinary suburbanites. If it was up to me, Superwoman would look a lot more like OW’s Moms.