Wanna catch up with the goings on of Wolverine, The Hulk, DareDevil and the like from the comfort of your mobile phone?
Yeah?
Well Marvel Comics wants to do just that.
A quote from Marvel (source IESB – link below):
…View digital distribution of our comics as an area of great growth potential…and also soon in mobile distribution…so they can read our new comic books on their mobile device…
My only worry is how readable will these be?
Would the mobile devices mentioned just be the top end PMPs and things such as the e-Book or do they intend including phones?
Most computer screens are either 72 or 96 dpi. The iPhone is 163 dpi, while the SE’s Xperia is rumoured to have a print quality resolution of 296 dpi.
So, in theory, Marvel and other publishers will be able to put more content on the screen or offer multi-resolution comics.
I’m quite excited by the thought of this though……….
Would you sign up?
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You know I might think about it, if it was 2000AD.
That would be totally Zarjaz!!!
Now you mention it – I miss Rogue Trooper and the ABC Warriors….
Note to self – buy 2000AD and promise not to cry when I see how much it costs now (after 15 years).
Heck, I’m still angsting over what to get – an iPhone or a Blackberry Bold….and now you want me to determine content as well?
Methinks I’m attached enough to my home computer that I could catch the comics there instead.
Best wishes,
Barbara
I’m toying with the iPhone idea still too.
I think there still are things to keep old school – vinyl, cars and comics/graphic novels being some.
I do like the idea of reading comics on the puter…..least it looks like I’m working ;0,
Wow it sounds fantastic. I will have the same problem with the resolution but i hope i could see it in my computer too
hello,
a great article.
Marvel use to readapt his comics environment to the new times, that is the reason that tony stark is supposed to be hijacked in afghanistan instead vietnam. This fact occurs with more marvel characters (Xavier x-men for example). I put a explanation about this concept (Marvel timescale policy) in my website.
http://tradecomics.sytes.net
Thanks for visiting Javier – I will drop by and check out that time-line
J
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