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by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:58 pm

Onward into the digital age!

I'm reading Marvel Knights. Just finished the first issue. This was a really fun book back in the early 2000s, running for (I think) 18 issues and putting a bunch of Marvel heroes together in a fast paced story. I like books like this that showcase some of the less spotlighted characters and give the Marvel U a feel that it's one big place where all these characters constantly run into each other.

by **Punchy** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:07 pm

I downloaded my free copy of Avenging Spider-Man onto my dad's iPhone, and it was OK, but the reading experience was hollow to me.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:09 pm

Punchy wrote:I downloaded my free copy of Avenging Spider-Man onto my dad's iPhone, and it was OK, but the reading experience was hollow to me.

Need something bigger like a Fire or Nook.

by **GHERU** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:59 pm

Spider Island
Atomic Robo
the new Ultimate books
most of the NuDC
and the original run of New Mutants

by **Glacier16** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:13 pm

All on the iPhone, I have some 1889 digital comics now but this is my most recent/often reads:

Cowboy Ninja Viking
American Vampire
Atomic Robo
Chew
Criminal
Dark Avengers
DC Universe Online Legends
Infinite Vacation
Morning Glories
Invincible
Irredeemable
Incorruptible
Samurai's Blood
The Walking Dead
Stan Lee's Traveler, Starborn, and Soldier Zero
Uncanny X-Men
most of the NuDC stuff

by **Punchy** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:13 pm

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
Need something bigger like a Fire or Nook.

I don't think the size is the issue.

by **Chesscub** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:24 pm

Punchy wrote:
I don't think the size is the issue.

Too many jokes! Can't choose one! :groucho:

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:32 pm

Punchy wrote:
I don't think the size is the issue.

You just keep on believing that.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:08 am

So I finished Marvel Knights. What a great series. Crazy how Queswdq cancelled it and then said that stuff about getting rid of old comics writers. I found a bologna post from Chuck Dixon from that time that gave a scarily accurate assessment of the comic industry and prediction about the future of it. I wonder - did Joe Q kill comics?

After that I read the Daughters of the Dragon mini from 2006. Next I think I will read Nextwave.

by **avengingtitan** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:29 am

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
Need something bigger like a Fire or Nook.

Or like maybe the actual issue itself.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:57 am

avengingtitan wrote:Or like maybe the actual issue itself.

Stop fooling yourself. Books stopped being special when they stopped being hand copier by monks. They may be on paper, but they're still mass produced by machine by some corporation (and more hilariously,the files they print from are digital). Clinging to the idea that digital reading somehow diminishes the experience is a fake construction of your own misconceptions and ignorance. "I like to.feel the pages turn, gordammit! Books have a soul! The earth revolves around the sun! Kids these days and their rock n roll music!" Pathetic.

by ****** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:04 am

Get over yourselves digital haters. Screen or paper, the art and story is the same.

by **chap22** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:07 am

red the 4-part "Titans Then and Now" arc from Jurgens's 90s Teen Titans run last night.

i think i've finally decided to stop kidding myself...no matter how much i like his art, Dan Jurgens really is a terribly mediocre comic writer (at best).

by **Regulator** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:04 pm

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
Stop fooling yourself. Books stopped being special when they stopped being hand copier by monks. They may be on paper, but they're still mass produced by machine by some corporation (and more hilariously,the files they print from are digital). Clinging to the idea that digital reading somehow diminishes the experience is a fake construction of your own misconceptions and ignorance. "I like to.feel the pages turn, gordammit! Books have a soul! The earth revolves around the sun! Kids these days and their rock n roll music!" Pathetic.

by **Punchy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:51 pm

John Snow wrote:Get over yourselves digital haters. Screen or paper, the art and story is the same.

Yeah, and why go to the Louvre when you can just google 'Mona Lisa' any time you want.

Now obviously that's an extreme example, but to me, a comic book is more than art and story, it is an artefact with a physical presence, what Barthes would call an 'aura'.