botolo
Giving it a try
Posts: 20
|
Post by botolo on Aug 3, 2014 5:24:21 GMT
Hello Friendly Neighborhood Forum Friends,
I was considering buying a subscription from Marvel for Good Old Spidey and some other titles and I was wondering if anyone of you is subscribed.
Thanks!
|
|
|
Post by spiderman62 on Aug 5, 2014 13:55:13 GMT
Not me personally Botolo. Can't help you with your decision I'm afraid.
|
|
|
Post by Ozymandias on Aug 5, 2014 21:32:44 GMT
Neither you, nor me (or David for that matter). This seems like a question for the american members of the forum. In any case, if the list of titles is big enough, the Marvel Unlimited route may be the most cost-effective one.
|
|
botolo
Giving it a try
Posts: 20
|
Post by botolo on Aug 6, 2014 0:18:36 GMT
Thanks for the reply, guys. I have tried Marvel Unlimited and I think it's a great service. It's just that I prefer paper comics.
|
|
|
Post by Ozymandias on Aug 6, 2014 5:46:32 GMT
Thanks for the reply, guys. I have tried Marvel Unlimited and I think it's a great service. It's just that I prefer paper comics. Oh, the screen vs paper debate. I've participated in one such thread before, and abandoned upon seen nobody shared my opinion. Instead of repeating myself, I'll just ask you, what device have you used to read digital copies?
|
|
botolo
Giving it a try
Posts: 20
|
Post by botolo on Aug 8, 2014 4:18:21 GMT
I have used both an iPad and a Nook HD +. None of them made me passionate about digital comics.
It's a great medium but it's not for me.
|
|
|
Post by Ozymandias on Aug 8, 2014 6:04:20 GMT
The choice of device might have ruined your initial impression. Both of them are small, and the iPad (not retina version) doesn't even pack enough PPI.
If you have a chance, try looking at a high resolution scan on a 13" rMBP. The new Surface 3 looks good on paper too, but I haven't tried it.
|
|
botolo
Giving it a try
Posts: 20
|
Post by botolo on Aug 8, 2014 14:24:28 GMT
Ehm, I don't want to buy a Retina MacBook Pro to read comics :-) Anyhow, it's not just the reading experience that differs, it's also the collecting experience that you don't have when you read digital.
|
|
|
Post by Ozymandias on Aug 8, 2014 16:49:37 GMT
Ehm, I don't want to buy a Retina MacBook Pro to read comics :-) Anyhow, it's not just the reading experience that differs, it's also the collecting experience that you don't have when you read digital. Guilty as charged, although once you have it, you use it for a whole dam lot more. As for the collecting, yes, that pretty much goes out the window, but you can always keep buying some titles on paper. I must tell you though, the same comic looks much better on the screen than in print.
|
|
botolo
Giving it a try
Posts: 20
|
Post by botolo on Aug 8, 2014 17:52:41 GMT
Do you use comixology? Do you use guided view?
|
|
|
Post by Ozymandias on Aug 8, 2014 19:39:09 GMT
Hell no, I didn't spend $1,500 on a 13" screen, just to then break up page composition. What I do is rotate single pages, before reading, and leave double pages in landscape orientation. That way I only have to turn the laptop (from the portrait position), whenever I hit a double page. True, two pages are too much for 13", the text is too small, but there's a solution. With Simple Comic, my reader of choice, there's the option, via keyboard shortcut, to fit horizontally. By doing that, I gain some extra space which proves vital to comfortably read double pages. This is possible because the screen has an aspect ration of 16/10, while comic book pages are usually 3/2, which makes a double page 4/3 (like an old CRT). This leaves unused screen at the sides, by zooming to fit horizontally, you reclaim that space, and all that's left is to, maybe, do some vertical scrolling; something really easy with the Mac's touchpad.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 9:43:11 GMT
Can't help botolo not even sure if any of the options apply to me or have my interest.
|
|