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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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20 July 2010
Dear Internet,
Do you read comics? If so, I think you need an iPad. Marvel and DC both have iPad apps that you can use to buy (mostly backlist) titles. But there are also apps, ComicZeal is one, that let you read various free comics that you can load onto your iPad through iTunes. It's great to have hundreds of comics in the space of a trade paperback. In many ways, the iPad is the future of comics, and I urge you to try it out.
The only real drawback to comics is not one that's unique to the digital experience. It's the price. Most comics in the DC app are $1.99 -- $1 less than a new comic sells for in a comic shop. But even so, the books are too expensive. Even a slow reader can plow though a standard comic in ten minutes or so. This is an entertainment cost of $12/hour. For reference, a movie likely runs in the $6 -7/hour range. Buying a 30 minute TV show from iTunes has an entertainment cost of $4/hour. In truth, comics need to be about $1/book to compete with these other forms of entertainment. Until then, it's just to expensive to spend much time on.
Cheers,
David
Posted by on 20 July 2010 at 4:15 PM
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