And like Hulu, only accessible to US credit cards .... shame on them.
I tried today and I couldn't subscribe with an European credit card, and when trying to access the free samples, they asked me if I am located in the US ....
Jeffro2pt0
· 2 years ago
Thats cool. I've always been a big fan of web comics and comics that relate to the blogosphere. Penny Arcade ranks way up their on the list.
feeddle
· 2 years ago
I really like their initiative, but why should I pay for something that I'll never own? even if that is a file on my pc.
If the comics were available in my country I would buy them on paper daily and this marvel comic reader it's great, but I can't take the comics with me when I'm riding the subway. So a download option should be available in the future for this to work out.
coffeecupkat
· 2 years ago
It baffles me that the major publishers can’t take a look at the growing success of online web-comic artists ...Imagine how much better they could be doing if they had a brand with ten to forty years worth of marketing behind it? Such is the conundrum of the mainstream comic world.
I take it, then that you haven't seen DC's recent Zuda Comics project?
@coffeecupkat DC's Zuda is more like American Idol for comics. Zuda artists aren't allowed to use any of the legendary DC characters.
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Wouldn't that be nice! When my partners and I started ComicMix, we were dead set against subscription fees and any kind of barrier to entry for the audience. Our reader is JavaScript-based (no Flash, no PDF, no downloads). It's also being open sourced and won't be an online-only reader for long.
This is a nice first step for Marvel, but I don't think this is where the industry will end up.
Brian Alvey
· 2 years ago
Your blog platform ate part of my comment. Where it shows a > above there used to be this:
[[ Hey, with our ginormous ad sales teams, we could probably make a decent living doing comics this way, too! ]]
S.A.M.
· 2 years ago
Save a tree read a comic online. I have to say I will miss the feel of a good comic book in my hand. Oh, comic book collectors will probably be walking around with flash drives now. JK. For those of you who collect you can still get the real thing.
JSG
· 2 years ago
Yeah, Batman really is one of Marvel's best characters.
Poseur...
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 2 years ago
Where did I suggest that Batman was a Marvel character?
Capt Logan
· 2 years ago
Thanks for getting the word out on this. I think it's really interesting where Marvel is going and mainstream comics in general. My question is if digital versions of valuable comics will do anything to the value of the originals. I thought you're article was so interesting I wrote one on the same topic. I'll be sure to read your blog again.
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 2 years ago
Appreciated! I'd like to get a bit further into the intersections of New Media, Web 2.0, Social Media and the comic world. Hopefully some good opportunities will arise in the near future for me to do that.
Cheesesteak the Impaler
· 2 years ago
Mark,
Oddly, I had no clue this release had happened, and I take a glance at Marvel.com almost daily. I guess my glances are even more myopic than I thought.
I'm wondering if you've noticed the extended downtime Marvel has suffered at least today; and if you have Firefox, the curious changeup done to Marvel's URL. I'm 99% sure this is some sort of hack. The question now is if it's hack, is it an innocent capricious prank (remember the days when all hacks were those) or more likely some sort of criminal enterprise targetting subscriber accounts or the archive contents itself. I'll be doing some speculating on this myself and trying to cover it as I can over on my blog (I've only linked you to my initial observation); but if my hunch is right, what started out as a cool week for comic fan culture may serve as a cautionary lesson for media providers contemplating the future of content management.
Cool blog, I'm bookmarking you so I may poke around a bit more at my leisure.
ComicBookListings
· 1 year ago
"I’ll also state for the record that I own every issue of every Batman-related titles released between 1988 and 1998."
That's Great! Well, I mean, Batman isn't Marvel. But he's Cool.
I don't know if you will appreciate this or not but, I have just posted "news of an auction" of a 104 issue run (#596 - #700), of Detective Comics on my blog. I am NOT the seller mind you. And neither am I in any way associated with the seller or listing agent, nor do I get paid for any kind of sales promotions. I just simply post news stories of comic book listings for anyone who might be interested. And after reading about your own Trophy collection of Batman titles, I though maybe you might be interested.
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I tried today and I couldn't subscribe with an European credit card, and when trying to access the free samples, they asked me if I am located in the US ....
If the comics were available in my country I would buy them on paper daily and this marvel comic reader it's great, but I can't take the comics with me when I'm riding the subway. So a download option should be available in the future for this to work out.
I take it, then that you haven't seen DC's recent Zuda Comics project?
http://www.zudacomics.com/
http://www.comicmix.com
>
Wouldn't that be nice! When my partners and I started ComicMix, we were dead set against subscription fees and any kind of barrier to entry for the audience. Our reader is JavaScript-based (no Flash, no PDF, no downloads). It's also being open sourced and won't be an online-only reader for long.
This is a nice first step for Marvel, but I don't think this is where the industry will end up.
[[ Hey, with our ginormous ad sales teams, we could probably make a decent living doing comics this way, too! ]]
Poseur...
Oddly, I had no clue this release had happened, and I take a glance at Marvel.com almost daily. I guess my glances are even more myopic than I thought.
I'm wondering if you've noticed the extended downtime Marvel has suffered at least today; and if you have Firefox, the curious changeup done to Marvel's URL. I'm 99% sure this is some sort of hack. The question now is if it's hack, is it an innocent capricious prank (remember the days when all hacks were those) or more likely some sort of criminal enterprise targetting subscriber accounts or the archive contents itself. I'll be doing some speculating on this myself and trying to cover it as I can over on my blog (I've only linked you to my initial observation); but if my hunch is right, what started out as a cool week for comic fan culture may serve as a cautionary lesson for media providers contemplating the future of content management.
Cool blog, I'm bookmarking you so I may poke around a bit more at my leisure.
That's Great! Well, I mean, Batman isn't Marvel.
But he's Cool.
I don't know if you will appreciate this or not but, I have just posted "news of an auction" of a 104 issue run (#596 - #700), of Detective Comics on my blog. I am NOT the seller mind you. And neither am I in any way associated with the seller or listing agent, nor do I get paid for any kind of sales promotions. I just simply post news stories of comic book listings for anyone who might be interested. And after reading about your own Trophy collection of Batman titles, I though maybe you might be interested.
http://comicbooklistings.blogspot.com/2008/06/a...