I have been reading comic books for over twenty years now and I have seen some major changes in that time. None more far reaching the the new push to electronic media.
A few years ago we started to see a new kind of comic emerge, the web comic. The problem with web comics was that it was diferent from traditional comics and that the big two did not support it. Web Comics were the relm of the indee publishers and the solo acts. So for me I was not that interested. Now days we have seen a bit if a change, in the form of digital comics.
These are not to be confused with web comics as they tend to be the same format as the “real thing”, also at least Marvel has embraced this new type of comic. Most the other bigger comic companies have as well(DC being noticably absent) I have a viable way to consume these digital comcis. I can VPN from my phone to my CPU at home and read form Marvel’s service online.
Also I can use the two apps on my phone that serve as comic sellers and readers. Lastly tablets are onthe rise and I’m sure that I will find the right one for me. So with all of that in mind I am giving up printed comics. I will still get trade paperbacks and hard covers from time to time,
but most of my consumption will be digital from now on.
