Comments on: Marvel Comics go online http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gnarly http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966/comment-page-1#comment-211566 Gnarly Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:50:52 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966#comment-211566 I checked out the Marvel Digital comics. They advertised 250 free samples. Halfway through every sample, a window pops up requiring a username and password. The free samples are only PARTIAL GLIMPSES...NOT full samples of even ONE complete Marvel comic. That being said, the color and quality of the digital comics is EXCELLENT. Listen, I'm 43 going on 44 in about three weeks time. I used to collect comics back when I was 12 years old. Many of the most valuable comics are ones I use to OWN. The lame advertising aside, it's COOL to see the awesome digital comics in a fantastic interface. It is pretty pricey at $60/year, since the digital realm doesn't have the lasting power of hard copies. At the end of the year, I have zero physical comics to re-read. I must continue to subscribe to read the digital comics. I'd have nothing to pass-on to my son to read and no investment value. Hard copy comics still rule :) I checked out the Marvel Digital comics. They advertised 250 free samples. Halfway through every sample, a window pops up requiring a username and password. The free samples are only PARTIAL GLIMPSES…NOT full samples of even ONE complete Marvel comic. That being said, the color and quality of the digital comics is EXCELLENT. Listen, I’m 43 going on 44 in about three weeks time. I used to collect comics back when I was 12 years old. Many of the most valuable comics are ones I use to OWN. The lame advertising aside, it’s COOL to see the awesome digital comics in a fantastic interface. It is pretty pricey at $60/year, since the digital realm doesn’t have the lasting power of hard copies. At the end of the year, I have zero physical comics to re-read. I must continue to subscribe to read the digital comics. I’d have nothing to pass-on to my son to read and no investment value. Hard copy comics still rule :)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966/comment-page-1#comment-211301 Reader's Write Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:50:04 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966#comment-211301 If i was into comic books like those i'd do it. If i was into comic books like those i’d do it.

]]> By: Brian Alvey http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966/comment-page-1#comment-211097 Brian Alvey Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:31:50 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13966#comment-211097 You "class action lawsuit" angle is a funny take on the whole "Unlimited" thing. I'm following Marvel pretty closely since my company launched our online comics in October. They are definitely miles ahead of DC, whose Zuda line is more like an American Idol for web comics -- you can't use any DC characters in them. Our own <a href="http://www.comicmix.com/comic/comicmix/ez-street/1/reader/" rel="nofollow">online comic reader</a> is DRM-free, made purely in JavaScript. No PDFs, no Flash, no downloads. Plus we're open sourcing it and building it into other apps. If you need to grow an audience from zero, you lower the barriers to entry. If you own several decades of characters, your legal team probably dictates what you can and cannot do DRM-wise. You “class action lawsuit” angle is a funny take on the whole “Unlimited” thing. I’m following Marvel pretty closely since my company launched our online comics in October. They are definitely miles ahead of DC, whose Zuda line is more like an American Idol for web comics — you can’t use any DC characters in them.

Our own online comic reader is DRM-free, made purely in JavaScript. No PDFs, no Flash, no downloads. Plus we’re open sourcing it and building it into other apps.

If you need to grow an audience from zero, you lower the barriers to entry. If you own several decades of characters, your legal team probably dictates what you can and cannot do DRM-wise.

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