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Calibre, the best ebook manager ever existed.
It's able to auto download metadata from Amazon, Google Books, and some other services; it handles conversion between epub/mobi really well; sending books to e-reader; has its own ebook viewer; multiplatform; etc.
I'm not a fan of the UI, but its not that bad.
If you don't yet use ebooks, this makes it incredibly easy to get started and organised.
If you do, it can revolutionise how you manage your collection.
Plus it can do all kinds of tricks from lossless image recompression to DRM-liberating.
The line you're referencing is from What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?.
This is from the sequel to that story, Superman: Ending Battle.
$75? You can get it for $12 in digital single issues. Or you can just get Marvel Unlimited.
I love The Wolf Among Us and Tales From the Borderlands, but they are only games in the loosest sense. They're basically choose your own adventure movies that require quick-time-events to advance. Either one could have very easily been an animated movie. Hell, the plot of TWAU was adapted into a comic.
This doesn't seem that great a jump to me.
edit - Borderlands also has its own comic series
One of the funnest things about this project is that the rigid dialogue models left a lot to the imagination. I like coming up with activities the characters would be doing as they converse. It made sense to me that Dak would be on an IV (I wrote KOLTO in aurabesh on the side) and that instead of Carth awkwardly hovering over him, waiting for him to wake up, he would be doing something soldierly, like cleaning a blaster. I opted to have Dak remove part of his uniform to be less conspicuous, and went with the simpler undershirt design Luke wore in Empire.
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Anyway--thanks for reading y'all! I'm one guy putting these comics together (pencils, inks, colors, letters) and am hopeful to be in the industry one day. Please check out some of my originals on ComiXology if you want to help me out! Kaiju Kingdoms #3 will be dropping in the next few weeks!
https://www.comixology.com/Mobili-Comics/comics-publisher/13054-0
New Warriors has the same writer (Chris Yost) and many of the same characters as Scarlet Spider, Kaine's excellent breakout series. Scarlet Spider #1 is FREE on Comixology today. Go read the adventures of Grumpy Spider in Houston!
I've been reading them all on Hoopla, which is a free digital service available from my local library. Mine allows 25 checkouts per month so I've been tearing through them.
https://www.hoopladigital.com/series/1329482285
They are also available on comixology.com and are fairly inexpensive.
> Also "Good Samaritan" would be a cool hero name.
Let me tell you all bout a little thing called Astro City
This is correct, however I loved the Joker issue and The Riddler ones, but the Penguin one was great too.
For managing ebooks look at Calibre which can convert formats and remove some DRM to allow you more choice of stores and devices.
With Kindle's you can simply use Calibre to load books directly onto the device or have Calibre email them to the device. The Paperwhite and I believe Voyage models of Kindle have back lighting to allow reading in low light and its completely configurable to allow you to increase or decrease the light level as required. Need to water proof it? I just drop mine in a zip lock bag and reading at the pool or beach is safe.
There are kindle apps for most tablets and operating systems, but reading on a tablet compared to an ereader like kindle or kobo does suck.
The comics based on the Batman 90s animated series are fantastic. The early issues Batman and Robin Adventures issues with art by Mike Parobeck are some of my favorite comics ever. Issue 7 is maybe my favorite Batman single issue story of all time
Comixology are also selling it for like $2 https://www.comixology.com/Grand-Blue-Dreaming-46/digital-comic/695750?ref=c2VyaWVzL3ZpZXcvZGVza3RvcC9ncmlkTGlzdC9SZWNlbnRBZGRpdGlvbnM if you wanna just buy the chapter itself
RIP Wolf Among Us 2
For anyone who wants to continue into that world then pick up the Fables comics, they take place after the game.
Yes. There are 4 comics. The collection of of all 4 comics combined are called the "Wyrmwood Deceit."
You can either get the comics at your local comic shop (maybe even in the book stores, not sure) or digitally at online comic places like comixology.com.
It's a good read to give you more insight on what's going on in Dishonored 2, but not 100% necessary (IMO).
It would probably be cheaper to just get the Wyrmwood Deceit and get all 4 together than buying them separately.
Enjoy. :)
https://www.comixology.com/search/items?search=dishonored&subType=SINGLE_ISSUES&lang=1
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EDIT: The blade is also spoken about in The Corroded Man novel.
Like, come on:
The current in a family of Mysterios that dates back centuries, each one trained to be a champion of the people and to take on a great evil that has been prophesied to return and plunge the world into darkness. Rey Mysterio is on a quest, aided by the military clandestine group known as "The Ambassadors". The mission is clear: retrieve the one thing Rey will need to take on this returning evil... THE MASK OF THE FIRST MYSTERIO!
https://www.comixology.com/Masked-Republic-Luchaverse-Rey-Mysterio-1/digital-comic/703937
I am most certainly not the most expert in all things hardcover comic book releases, but did want to explain a bit more about the book. I really, really enjoyed checking out some of the in-progress sketches and character profiles and other bonus content (it's another 20 pages!).
That said, we have thought about creating a more standard paperback trade too, which should come at a much lower price point. Nothing concrete yet, but wanted to let everyone know that we're listening and reading all of your feedback.
EDIT: I should also add that the digital versions of the comic books are still available on Dark Horse Digital and comiXology -- you can pick up the entire series right now for a little under $12.
https://digital.darkhorse.com/series/859/critical-role https://www.comixology.com/Critical-Role/comics-series/107065
Edit: Just read it, It was interesting. it's 4 issues of comics each about 25 pages long. Should take about an hour to read. I would say it was worth it.
In the process of trying to find it online free.
Sorry for those that may be pissed off at that.
Here's the cheapest place I've found them so far
I'm done guys, can't find it anywhere.
I'm not sure about the answer to your question. I'm in the U.S. and most overdrive ebooks for me have two downland options - Amazon or epub. But, there is something you can do if you have a personal computer.
First, download Calibre. (https://calibre-ebook.com/). It's free, open-source software to manage an ebook library. You'll see it discussed often in this sub.
Second, download and install the DRM removal plugin into Calibre. (https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/).
Once it's installed, books you import into Calibre will automatically have the DRM removed. Downloading an epub from the library will require Adobe Digital Editions, which is free and the file you get from the library should prompt you to get it. Once ADE actually downloads the real epub file, you need to locate that file on your computer and add it to Calibre.
Removing the DRM allows you to convert the book to other formats, which Calibre does well. Convert it to .mobi and add it to your Kindle, which you can do by emailing it or through a connected cable.
In your local comic book store! In your local digital comic book store! I would really-really prefer you chose one of these, but if you're looking hard enough there are other ways. Please, support. It's good and it's like 4 bucks per issue.
<strong>Comixology To 10 Bestsellers</strong>:
- Doomsday Clock #1
- Detective #969
- Action #992
- Star Wars #39
- Flash #35
- Injustice 2 #33
- WW #35
- Teen Titans #14
- Invincible Iron Man #594
- X-Men Gold #16
There is a 80% correlation between BC's Top ten list.
Black Panther #167 was 11th & JLA #19 was 15th.
I've gone between Kindles and Kobos over the years since they've been released. I've never had to change a device because it wore out, and the old devices have always made great gifts/hand-me-downs. DRM is looser on a Kobo than a Kindle, but if you need to convert any books to any format calibre is the recommended app.
If you have any other questions, just let me know and I can try to answer them!
If you like the series and have disposable income, please support the publisher by purchasing the chapter from comiXology/Kindle/Kobo.
Interested parties can check out the comic miniseries or the animated adaptation. Some further background for the noobs:
Flash goes back in time to prevent the murder of his mother at the hands of his arch-nemesis, Reverse Flash (yes, you are the first one to make that "slowest man alive" or "does he only run backwards?" joke). In doing so, he fucks up the time-stream and causes all this crazy shit to happen:
Instead of landing in Smallville, Superman's ship lands in Metropolis killing millions. He is locked up by the government and is never given the chance to become a hero.
As stated by /u/Murderous_Prime, Thomas Wayne becomes Batman when his son Bruce dies. In what I thought was an awesome mindfuck-of-twist, [Martha Wayne becomes the Joker.](/spoiler)
The Atlanteans, led by Aquaman, and the Amazons, led by Wonder Woman, stage a massive world war that brings humanity to the brink of extinction. This war begins because Aquaman cheats on his wife, Mera, with WW. Mera finds out, attempts to kill WW, and is instead beheaded by WW.
I can't recommend the comics or the animated film highly enough. Anyone who comes across this thread should check it out.
I see this come up every so often as a low point, but it's really important to remember the historical context.
During those first few months of the aftermath, nobody knew what the hell was happening. The entertainment industry was trying to figure out how to get going again (because everything seemed so trivial) and a lot of artists really struggled to make sense of it and acknowledge it. New York City bore the horrible brunt of the 9/11 attacks; it's the backdrop to the entire Spider-Man story - you couldn't not say something.
It's up to you as to whether it was successful or cringeworthy (and time is a healer that makes it easy to lean toward the latter), but there's sincere creative heart in this issue. For me, it stands as a notable cultural document of the comics industry trying to cope with heartbreaking tragedy and connect with a shattered real world.
For those that haven't read it, it's free on Comixology.
I think you're referring to Going Sane. /u/fishyguy13 was kind enough to tell me about that after one of my earlier posts.
a lot of people feeling bad for Matt Furie here, so I'm just throwin this out here:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/boysclub
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boysclub is awesome and fantagraphics is awesome.
You have broken no code. There are some people who get tired of seeing new reader threads here, but they are not in the majority. That said...
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
So if you're gonna be a digital reader like myself (benefits include not having to worry about books taking up space and being able to dig up anything you own to reread quick 'n' easy), the biggest site for this stuff, especially if you wanna read Big 2 (DC and Marvel) is Comixology. Kindles are made by Amazon, right? In that case, Comixology should be available on it, seeing as, well, Amazon owns the service.
A good place to start would just be any characters you're interested in. If you love Batman, there are countless classic stories to check out, plus tons of great stuff from the past few years. The big one for Scott Snyder's Batman is The Court of Owls storyline. This is by and large considered the best Batman story of the past few years (not by me, but by a lot of other folks).
It sounds like you like some darker stuff too. In that case, I'd recommend Southern Bastards from Image Comics, the story of (among other things) a small town in Alabama and how the local high school football coach runs it like a mob boss. It's pretty brutal, but if you can handle the Walking Dead, I'm sure you'll be fine with it.
I'd point her towards Lumberjanes and the new Ms. Marvel series, off the top of my head. Those are both great all ages books.
That is not the actual lettered panel. They edited the words. That is part of a page from Superman vol. 1 #680 by James Robinson and Renato Guedes.
This is the original page: http://i.imgur.com/4EfIYbj.jpg
Yeah, and when you combine a Kindle with Project Gutenberg and Calibre, you end up with a large backlog of free public domain books that will consume your every waking hour.
If you don't want to wait on Season 2 but want more of Bigby and this world then you should pick up the Fables comic (the game is a prequel to the comic), there's 22 volumes worth of stuff and numerous spin offs involving other characters.
On topic though I really liked the heavily stylized look of the first game and I'm not sure if I like what I'm seeing of the second game
It's a cosmic space story about a group of rebels fighting against an oppressive empire using dirty, manipulative tactics. Think of it as a morally ambiguous Star Wars, in which the rebels use tactics that will cause the reader to question their allegiances.
You can read the Sneak Peek (think of it as a #0 issue) for free right here.
Also, just because I love this, here's a piece from the blurb on the unreleased issue 4
>"Old Rick Donald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had a VIOLENT PROLETARIAT UPRISING!"
Convergence is NOT a good place to start, and has very little to do with the new series coming out. Rather, Convergence was a filler event used to cover up the two months in which DC moved their offices from New York to Burbank.
Instead, take a look at these free 8-page sneak peeks to get a taste of what the new series are like. If you want recommendations, from the first week of new leleases, Action Comics #41, Omega Men #1, Green Arrow #41, and Midnighter #1 were great. Grayson, Batman, Catwoman, Detective Comics, and Justice League 3000 were all going on strong prior to Convergence, and are keeping the same writers.
Rucka / JHW3's Batwoman is fantastic, and some of the later runs with the character are definitely worth checking out.
People talk highly about the Cass Cain and Steph Brown Batgirl runs too.
I don't see the $50 bundle in the Daredevil sale section
That being said, 37 issues @ $0.99 = $36.63
Also, volume 1 (issues 1-6) of the run is in the sale for $4.99, so volume 1 + 31 issues = $35.68
Archer and Armstrong
A comedy/adventure series published by Valiant. Obadiah Archer is a youthful idealist, raised by extreme right wing parents to be the ultimate assassin. Armstrong is a hard drinking, poetry and party loving, yet well intentioned immortal. Together they fight the Sect: a conglomeration of cults that control the entire world.
The first issue is available for free on Comixology.
You're not limited to Amazon books only - there are great resources like Project Gutenberg etc. that specialise in out of copyright books.
Also some publishers do free ebooks as well - usually in EPUB format, but calibre can convert then to AZW/MOBI
https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/2012
Calibre is a great app for handling and converting third party books.
Yup. Alan Moore wrote 3 awesome Superman stories. For the Man Who Has Everything, a Superman/Swamp Thing story & Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (The last pre-Crisis Superman story, and Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman was loosely inspired by it).
They're all collected in this graphic novel.
You should read The World of Flashpoint: Featurnig Batman. It's also covered in the movie, The Flashpoint Paradox.
It's from Titans #23 May 2010. Note, it's not Teen Titans. I actually had a lot of problems finding this one and ended up buying it on Comixology here.
Calibre is basically the standard at the moment. I personally find it very frustrating and a perfect example of giving the user too much control. There are so many tweaks that it is nearly impossible to set up the same way twice. And some settings are super buried. I count at least three settings panes that are completely separate.
I am all for power-users, etc but there is a line where it is just too much!
What's worse is that the developer is quite opinionated on how things should work. The best example in my mind is that the default is to store your last read position in the epub. While I see the benefit, it means that any syncing program now has to sync the entire file every time it is viewed. That is problematic for things like cookbooks which are (a) big and (b) usually read non-sequentially. You can, of course, change it but that settings is buried in the settings for the reader.
With that said, I use the app since it has features I just haven't found elsewhere. And it is super powerful!
Calibre-web is also really nice and polished but lacks a feature I really want! When you open an epub in the web-viewer, it downloads the entire epub into your browser. Again, this is miserable for large books like a cookbook. See #1647. (epubs are zip-based but there are ample server-side tools that can read into the file).
You don't have to buy them from Amazon, there are many sources for free, public domain books, or regular downloading. You only need Calibre to upload the books from your pc to your kindle.
I bought my Paperwhite (which is the most popular version of the Kindle) in 2014 and it's holding up pretty well, I still use it daily with no battery problems or lack of updates
I put all my ebooks on my kindle manually without any amazon involvement. You want a program called calibre. It can convert pdf, mobi and epubs. Keep in mind, converted PDFs don't always scale correctly. I've put a lot of ebooks I've bought off humble bundle on my kindle, but you can put books found elsewhere on it.
If you bought the ad-supported version, there is also an easy way to get rid of those.
If you like the series and have disposable income, please support the publisher by purchasing the chapter from comiXology/~~Kindle~~/Kobo.
Astro City #1/2 - "The Nearness of You"
It's about a man who can't stop thinking about a woman who, as far as he knows, does not exist.
It's not an oversight, Comixology does this regularly. For example, here is Courtney Crumrin's first collected volume. It contains 4 issues worth $1.99 each separately. For the special price of $9.99.
I'm not sure why you'd buy their collected editions at all. In my experience, the single volumes always cost less.
Love this movie so much, and in case fans didn't know, there is actually a comic that continues to follow Jack's adventures, taking place right after the movie ended :)
https://www.comixology.com/Big-Trouble-In-Little-China-1/digital-comic/103849
Download your ebooks to your computer and use a DRM removal tool to remove Amazon's digital rights management locks. Then use Calibre to manage them. I keep mine in my Dropbox folder so they are automatically backed up to all of my devices.
Amazon is a company. Companies go out of business or change formats. Amazon even removed paid-for books without permission from people's Kindles a few years ago. Barnes and Noble is about to fail and their terrible ebook policy is a large part of it. Don't let your books vanish because Amazon changed formats or decided to shut down their Kindle line or whatever. (Seems unlikely now, but who knows? I have books that were published in 1905 that I can still read. If Amazon makes one switch to their AZW format, now suddenly my ebooks are as useful as a Beta video player.)
Plus, Calibre gives you a lot of reflected value to your Kindle. It helps you organize and rate your books, categorize your reading... All kinds of stuff.
I never see anyone talk about the comics on here and I like this cover so I figured I'd upload it
This series was a prequel to Mankind Divided, you can buy it digitally here
Comixology Top 10 Bestseller List
- Batman Annual #2
- Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins #3
- Injustice 2 #34
- Injustice 2 Annual #1
- Super Sons Annual #1
- Hal Jordan & GLC #33
- X-Men Blue #16
- Doomsday Clock #1
- Old Man Logan #31
- Star Wars: Poe Dameron #21
There was a 60% correlation between BC's top 10 and Comixology's top ten.
Batman: Creature of the Night #1 was 15th, Kill or Be Killed #14 was 16th, Mystik U #1 was 18th & Moon Knight #189 was 19th on Comixology's list.
The first volume is one $2 on comixology. I think I'll give it a bite as well.
- Batman: Lost
- Detective #968
- Action #991
- Mister Miracle #4
- Hal Jordan & GLC #32
- Star Wars #38
- Flash #34
- Titans #17
- Injustice 2 #31
- Wonde Woman #34
Moon Knight #188 came in @ 25.
This week saw 90% of the same books on both lists.
[](#s "It's a flash back to when Gwen was starting out as spider-woman. she's remembering how peter died.") i mean theres way more than just that in these pages but thats the jist of it. i highly recommend reading it, Spider-Gwen is a fantastic character and The art on this book is stunning in my opinion.
Here's the issue on Comixology if you want to read it.
Comixology Best Sellers Top 10
- Dark Nights: Metal #3
- Detective #966
- Action #989
- Mister Miracle #3
- Injustice 2 #27
- Flash #32
- Wonder Woman #32
- The Wicked + The Divine #32
- Amazing Spider-Man #789
- Hal Jordan & GLC #30
One of the best comicbooks ever, not even exaggerating one bit. And this issue is proof of it, in just 40 pages Busiek presents one of the greatest relationships between a hero and his archenemy I've ever seen. I still shiver when I remember the ending.
Seriously, if you haven't read it go and buy this one-shot, here it is on comixology. Best 2 dollars you'll spend in your life.
Look at the number of people who have rated Ms. Marvel #1 compared to Wolverine #1 on comixology (came out on the same day). The number of people who rate a product online is usually similarly proportional to the number of people who buy the product (about 5-10%) Wolverine sold better in print, but Ms. Marvel did wayyyy better on comixology.
Bedlam. It's very good.
The title of the above post basically tells you all you need to know - reformed psychopath playing the Lecter role to a detective's Starling. Hints of The Joker to it at times.
Check a free Comixology preview of #1 if you want to sample it.
I mean, the robot didn't step on anybody's daughter. It was all pretty light-hearted. The robot even does a dance routine at one point.
It sounds like you're picturing something a little bit grittier than this story. You should Read the excerpt. It gives a pretty good idea of the tone throughout the book.
JJ definitely doesn't span from Early 2015 to November 2015. It's likely February-March 2015, based on the weather and how people are dressed. At the beginning it's cold, but there's no snow, and gets warmer as the show progresses. It could have begun as early as January but, the lack of snow points to it being a bit later though; a month doesn't mean much when someone is saying something happened a "year" ago.
DD is likely September-November 2014, again, based on the weather/clothing. It gets colder as the show progresses, but there's never snow. It also definitively ends before Jessica Jones begins based on the tie-in comic.
Indexing someone like Kilgrave would be incredibly difficult... they might have heard rumors and sent people to investigate, but anyone who actually made contact with Kilgrave would either go missing, or be told to report his existence as being a hoax.
Marvel Unlimited / Comixology for digital.
> 2) How does the editions work? Are there multiple "sagas"? Are they all linked?
I'm not sure what you're asking about here exactly. Most superhero comics share the same publisher universe and refer to one another in continuity but it can get confusing. Batman, for example, had comics since the 1930's but his story has been rebooted and retold multiple times.
Single issues (AKA floppies, monthlies, or singles) are ~22 page comic books released on a schedule (e.g. Batman Issue #1).
4-8 singles usually makes a "story arc" (e.g. Batman Issue #1-6: Title of Story Arc) which are collected as a digital/physical "trade" (AKA "trade paperback").
A creative/production team (writer, artist, editor, etc.) will have a "run" that is in-continuity with other runs but still relatively self-contained (e.g. Batman Issue #1-40). Then, a new team will pick-up after and either continue the same story or completely rework the story/character (e.g. Batman Issue #41-ongoing). These runs could work with other titles like Superman or Green Lantern or they could just ignore them entirely. Sometimes the major "event" comics will force characters together and/or split the story up among several different titles (AKA "tie-ins").
Comic books: https://www.comixology.com/Stargate-Atlantis/comics-series/71662?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9zZXJpZXNTbGlkZXI
( Stargate Universe ones to follow )
A new novel just came out in December: http://www.stargatenovels.com/
A Stargate reboot/re-imagining/whatever movie that had been planned for a long time has been put back on hold.
On the fan side.. search this sub for 'podcast'. There's two fairly active ones :)
If you want to support the author, get chapter 85 on Comixology for $2 (it will be available tomorrow): https://www.comixology.com/Attack-on-Titan-85/digital-comic/425148; the translation is also better and Comixology’s Android app worked great on my tablet.
The Calibre software can convert Kindle eBooks into more useful formats (ePub being the most open). Also be sure to use calibre to strip out any instances of your name, an email, and other PII.
Then you would be able to, for example, upload to a storage site for your future personal use.
Getting outside of an ecosystem is good. I wish everything I used were cross-platform- no reason to put all your eggs in one basket, if you have the choice not to.
For books, nothing beats a dedicated e-reader synced with Calibre IMO
For those who don't know, which is apparently way more people than I thought, you can buy comics on Comixology. They basically have a monopoly.
If you'd like to see the comic adaption of Ellison's original, unaltered City on the Edge of Forever, it can be found here
It kind of out there, and it's kind of obvious as to why the Trek producers had to re-write it.
To the people who haven't read the comic I present you the link, to get yourself a copy https://www.comixology.com/Rick-and-Morty/comics-series/39826?ref=cGFnZS92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvbGlzdC9saXN0NzU1OQ plus they are having sale, first 3 issues are only 1.99 rather than 3.99
You can also use Calibre. Although, it is a general e-book management app so it might be overkill for some people. Calibre is free, open source and multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS).
You can get the first volume, DRM-free, for the price of a Big Mac meal at https://www.comixology.com/ and sleep easy knowing you've supported a creator-owned comic book.
yep, The one from The 90's with Evil Ernie. She's usually depicted a little bit more Muscular, Savage style.
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https://www.comixology.com/Lady-Death-0/digital-comic/180061
If you want to know how Jones' storywriting is, you should check out Lady Killer.
It was a great read and I am more than thrilled to see what she will do with the Cat.
> You should really give the new Star Wars comic a read. ;)
Do you mean only Star Wars (2015-) or also the others (Leia, Vader, Lando...)?
I posted this review to /r/angelsandairwaves:
Poet Anderson: Issue 1 was released digitally this morning. I bought it and gave it a read because I believe Delonge is onto an interesting idea that the animation sort of danced around a little too much leaving a lot to be desired. The comic is $2.99 in the ComiXology store and looks legit. Not just something slap-dash but like a real comic book. Tom's name is all over the thing and rightfully so. The artwork is pretty good and the story is well told and much more clear than the animation.
The biggest issue I had was that the speech bubbles seemed out of order or at least unclear as to how they we're supposed to be read. It should be noted that I am not a comic book reader AT ALL. It was about a 10 minute read for me and, like I said, it was well told with flashback, etc. The only thing is: I am not sure how much more I care to learn about the world so we will have to see what Delonge and co. have in store story-wise.
It's nice to see some products finally trickle out from Tom with all this drama coming out. I am not necessarily on his side of the blink argument, but I can 100% get behind him wanting to create other things now that he REALLY has the time and I wish him the best. The animation for Poet Anderson was weak in the story department but well executed. This comic was well executed and had a strong story. Let's hope Delonge and ToTheStars have more tricks like these up their sleeves.
I give the comic three out of five stars. It's available for $2.99 here: https://www.comixology.com/search?search=Delonge&submit=SEARCH
I love Comixology, but there are some things to keep in mind.
You can download as many books as you want to as many registered devices as you'd like for offline reading, but you're limited by the capacity of your phone/tablet/etc.
There is no legal method to "back up" your purchases on your own hard drive. You are purchasing permanent cloud access.
The app in-purchase functionality is different between Android and iOS. I'm an Android user, so I was happy with the latest updates, while many iOS users were ticked off.
I personally find the reading experience to be far superior to the Marvel and Dark Horse apps, as well as CBRs/PDFs. Guided View is a treat. I don't always use it, but it's nice to have.
Your mileage may vary as to what device size is right for you. Personally, I bought the B&N Nook HD+ specifically to use with Comixology. The weight, screen size, display, and onboard capacity (not to mention the price) made it ideal for my comic reading.
Your best bet is to set up an account and try some of their free books. to see what you think. If you don't already have it, Silver Surfer #1 is free today!
It depends on the service you're using. Authelia can be set up to provide a header to your proxy that includes the logged in username. If your service supports it, you can then request that header to track your user.
If it's supported, your service (for instance calibre-web, which supports it), will ignore the need for a password, assuming the username header is provided.
Just make sure that you are only allowing users to access the page through your reverse proxy, and when authenticated, since otherwise they could conceivably just forge those request headers.
[https://calibre-ebook.com](Calibre) and the Fanficfare plugin. It can make ebooks for damn near any archive you throw at it, not just ffn and AO3. Plus, it make far better ebooks than the AO3 download button - it gives you one with actual chapter breaks, includes any embedded images, and is better with non-Latin text.
It can also make anthology ebooks - give it an AO3 series page, and it'll make you an ebook including every fic on the page, in order. You can also give it multiple URLS manually for other archives.
You can also update the ebook you've already made with new chapters with one click.
If it's going on a Paperwhite, you also have to convert what it makes to mobi, as it audio makes epubs, but that's simple. My Paperwhite is probably 90% fic.
Seriously, Fanficfare.
SumatraPDF. Including a font it's about 10 MB, open source and it's available portable. Can also open most ebook formats. It's also lightning fast compared to Adobe.
Only cons are: slows down on massive embedded images (artbooks) and doesn't handle printing as good in some edge cases.
Comixology unlimited ( https://www.comixology.com/unlimited ) is still a thing. Ok you don't have everything new but you have us comics, euro comics, mangas, from multiple companies ! I don't believe Japan can't do something similar.
Marvel Adventures Iron Man is a good option for that.
its 100% not legal, if you want to get it online legally comixology is your best bet
If anyone is interested in checking out her stories, there's an X-23 digital sale going on through Thursday at Comixology. I picked up the remaining X-Force storyline this morning that I was missing because that was my first encounter with Laura as a character.
Right now there is an awesome sale on TWD comics on Comixology, I highly recommend you read them instead of just looking up spoilers: https://www.comixology.com/The-Walking-Dead-Sale/page/10164?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL3NtYWxsQ2Fyb3VzZWw
I strongly urge you to purchase them. I have no doubt that the success of the comics has at least a little to do with the return of the show. More support will only further that.
You can get digital copies through Comixology. Amazon also has Kindle and paperback versions.
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Hi Ed - My introduction to Hip Hop Family Tree was through this year's Free Comic Day issue. The Marvel 25th Anniversary spoof cover was impossible to resist and I was hooked right away by its sense of fun and enthusiasm. The only thing missing was a soundtrack. :-)
Two questions:
Did you ever get any negative feedback from the artists you've covered so far (e.g., you somehow got the story wrong or some other criticism)?
With two volumes out so far, is there an endpoint in mind for the series?
Thanks for doing this!
For anyone lurking on this thread, if you haven't grabbed the free issue, go get it!
FYI, it's currently stacking with the Dark Horse Weird Futures Sale, which means 50 cent issues or absurdly cheap collected editions for Black Hammer, Aliens: Dead Orbit, and some other stuff.
> There are issues that are months old from the I Am Suicide run hanging tough on the list.
There is a Justice League Sale through the 20th just in time for the movie.
huh... I was under the impression that "I Hate Fairyland" was/is a jab at critics who complained that his style couldn't be gritty or pack a punch. Additionally the cover of Marvel: Now What?, I interpreted to be a poke at "hating" critics as well. I wonder if he enjoys doing the "chibi shit now?"
If you want to read the original story that Snyder first threw the idea out, you can get it for free here. It first came out in the current Detective Comics' issue #27, which they made a big deal and had a whole bunch of people write short stories for it, this has all those stories but the main one from the then-current writing team.
Lucky for you, comixology is running a sale on Hellblazer collected editions.
SKIP THE NEW 52 CONSTANTINE.
It's Terminator/12 Monkeys/Back to the Future III.
30 years in the futures, robots take over. Batman Beyond goes back to the past which is 5 years into the future to stop it.
First issue is free.
https://www.comixology.com/The-New-52-Futures-End-0-FCBD-Special-Edition/digital-comic/94874
Nice read! Particularly on the complexity of reading some of those early JLA issues with panel crossing, I think it's a solid argument.
I'm not sure I buy the page usage argument 100% though. The first two 'green space' examples come from Issue 1 of the JLA run. In my opinion, especially in the second example but really throughout the comic (and the subsequent issue), we are shown images designed to look like we're watching the action play through the TV (look at the box shapes used), and playing with our 'limited view' (the first page gives way to a full-page reveal). Meanwhile, at the end of the run, JLA #39 would be the poster-child uses badges and motifs which take up half the page (see the 'See Inside' https://www.comixology.com/JLA-1997-2006-39/digital-comic/6890 for an example). And if you look at the Millar/Waid fill-ins, which have similar panel layouts, it may be that was Porter's preferred mode of laying out pages.
That said, it's a lot easier to throw stones at a theory than it is to propose one (heck, I'm sure someone could drag up a widescreen issue from the 80s if they looked hard enough), so good job writing something that made me think. I accept the panel theory and I don't doubt that generally the page usage trend was true. I think Morrison and Porter's JLA does mark a transition towards something new and different, and it's always worth talking about!
EDIT: for sense.
Yes, you can definitely do that. It's likely the ebook is in epub format, but it isn't supported on Kindle (AFAIK--it isn't supported on mine) so you will need to convert it to mobi and copy it to your Kindle via USB. You can use Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com/) to convert it. It's available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Just so you know, it's insanely easy to save the book to your computer/remove the copyright protection with a program called <strong>Calibre</strong>, for any book you borrow off of Overdrive or practically any book with DRM.
I'm not recommending this for illegal purposes, but maybe you can't get the book finished in the loan period and want a couple more days to read it.
You could also turn off the internet connection for your ereader to achieve the same effect though. I've heard that works on Kindles.
It really doesn't matter. Download the cross platform ebook manager Calibre. It's free, feature rich, and can convert between a bunch of formats. Most e-readers are going to require .mobi or .epub and Calibre converts between them pretty much seamlessly. I have a Kindle and I never worry about the format of the ebooks I download because of Calibre.
The only thing you might have trouble with is PDF's. They don't convert well to standard ebook formats. The Kindle can still open a PDF, but it isn't nearly as pleasant to read as an actually ebook file.
> use logic
I did. You assumed my premise. I don't think Gotham is coming back. But I also don't think it's outside the realm of possibility for DC to resurrect it in some form, considering they have a long track record for doing that, especially for Batman properties. They also did it for The Batman Adventures more than five years after the animated series ended.
Your analogy of Brooklyn 99 is a little flawed, because that's a case of one corporate entity picking up another's scraps. DC owns these characters; it'd be easier for them to adapt them into comics than for another network to pick them up. Then again, maybe it's impossible for a network like Netflix to pick up a Fox show based on a DC comic. Who am I to judge?