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react has started its digital comic schedule subscription service. Where for $9.99 a month (or $4.99 if you pay for a year up lie) you have access to a constantly updating collect of react comics dating back as far as the World War II era. An archive is a good evince for the offerings in this service since comic books from this year are few and far between. Its hard to fault them for doing this since they don’t want to cut into their create books revenue. Having access to the first Spider-man story old Fantastic Four and WWII Capt. America stories is still pretty cool. Current series are on this function as well usually up to their 2006 issues. All comics are presented ad-free which is cool. I played with the interface on some of the sample content that is offered for remove. It is pretty smooth to journey through the pages. This really comes as no surprise since react has long been experimenting with online comic book presentation. They’ve open a formula that works. I’ve long been a fan of the CD-ROM collected series but I can still see the value of this function. Its a great way to get caught up on a series that you came into late or for historical purposes for those curious about their favorite characters earlier adventures. Of cover I’m greedy. I’d like to be able to transfer e-comics and own them… but this payment structure no different from the subscription based music services… of which I don’t care for either. I’m still of a mentality where I like to own things out right. If you don’t have that kind of hang up and enjoy reading comic schedule back issues. This isn’t a bad deal hopefully some of the other publishers ordain follow suite.

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I'm just a guy who reads comic books and occasionally has something to say. I think it might be interesting. Everyone else may have said it five years ago who knows? Maybe they didn't?. Well through a work-induced haze I was getting ready to put together my usual suspects as regards to what I expect to shell out my hard-earned cash for when I noticed (on videogame site of all places) that Marvel Comics is launching a subscription-based online comic book service. This kind of thing as a rule is much more domain than mine but right off the bat I think I can hazard a guess at two of his criticisms of Marvel's plan. Marvel Comics has launched a new subscription service called Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited which allows you to traipse through their back-issues via a web-based browser " - In short you have to be connected to the internet to read your comics. Do you want to read comics on your laptop while away from internet access? Too bad. You're paying Marvel to read their comics when they say you can. Maybe I'm crazy but if I'm going to pay for the pleasure of reading Marvel's books (and I'm being sincere here. I genuinely enjoy their comics) I think that it's only fair that I should be able to read them when I the consumer want. While you won't be able to stay current - it'll be at least six months before new comics are eligible for inclusion in the service - you will be able to catch up with your favorites without having to pay through the nose for back issues " - In short don't expect to read anything new and exciting through this service. You might get around Marvel's well-placed attacks on your bank account. You can read what everybody was talking about six months ago though.. so long as you've got internet access. (Okay that was a cheap jab at point #1 above but I still think it was called for.) I think it's great that Marvel wants to address the growing segment of comic book readers that would like to get some kind of cheaper method of distribution but this is a half-step at best. It shows the same kind of 'Rights Management' paranoia that's made the RIAA the punchline of so many jokes while still jealously guarding their monopoly in the comic shop. If you want to read what your friends are talking about right now you still have to drag yourself down to the store and put your dollars on the counter. At the risk of plugging him again is making a real attempt to prove not only that comic books can be created for a digital format but he's also trying to show just how it should be done. With Flashback books you download them and they're yours to read as you please on any device. But if you want to read some of Marvel's back-issue catalog digitally allow me to suggest an alternative has produced a selection of DVDs containing massive numbers of Marvel comics viewable as PDF files in Adobe's Acrobat Reader. While I gather that PDFs are distasteful to the online comic scene they have the distinct advantage of being something that you can read where/when you want. Well Done Mr. Wright!I agree with every point you brought up. Heck between you an Phil there's not gonna be much for me to add on this subject... ;) I'm a comic book reader who sometimes has something to say. I'm also a player of various and sundry games watcher of movies and generally a well-rounded geek. And since we gripe the most about things we love this is where I gripe about comics.

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I just checked out Marvel’s new online comic downloading service. I’ve got sort of mixed emotions about it. On the one hand. I desire the idea of having instant access to back issues of books that aren’t out in change paperback. While I have great affection for all the silver and dye age Marvel stuff. I’m not prepared to go down a small fortune for the Marvel Masterworks and I understand that all that stuff isn’t really easily marketable in trade format. Who wants to pay 18-24 bucks for six or eight issues of done-in-one IRON MAN or DAREDEVIL in paperback? Besides me that is. Up until now. I’ve relied on the Marvel ESSENTIALS line to get my fix and while I love being able to see the artwork in color and white a lot of this cram really works best in color. On the other transfer the whole thing has some drawbacks. For one the site is decrease as molasses. I don’t want to wait five or ten minutes (and I’m on a lightning-fast connection) only to find out I clicked on the wrong air. For another since you’re just renting the books (it’s online only) the price is a little steep. $9.99 a month or $59.88 per year. I can’t see them attracting many casual comic readers with that kind of depreciate. My biggest concern is whether or not the creators are being compensated in any way. I know that react recently started putting artwork on CORBIS the stock photo site used by companies (like the ad agency where I work.) I also experience that the artists that created that artwork don’t get cough out. This is one of the reasons there are so many covers on current books with heroes just standing there looking alter. The artists have to sign away any future rights to the bring home the bacon if they be to get paid and that leaves the publisher free to use the artwork on T-shirts posters lunchboxes toy packaging etc. without having to pay those lucrative freelance fees for merchandising art. I can’t help but query if online comics is yet another way for publishers to get around paying creators for royalties based on how many copies of a given book are sold. I’ll be honest. I don’t have any inside information on the subject. This is just guessing on my move. My only hope is that if there isn’t a plan in place to give the guys who created these great comics a slice of this digital pie then there’s one forthcoming. This is the very change state to the issue at the heart of the current Hollywood writers strike. (Royalties on DVD sales and online downloads.) If artists and writers aren’t making any money on this latest go then it seems to me that the American comics industry is very fortunate that the creative folk never unionized. hey matt-yeah this is one of those 'act and see' kind of things i prefer to direct my books while i construe them that and it's hard to drag a computer into my fave reading place(not going to come about) i won't be signing up for this really but who knows what will happen i like the essentials though change surface if they're not in color sometimes the coloring of some of those old issues just kinda hurts my eyes to be at but the comprehend of an old comic can't beat that at all!!newsarama has an article on this with questions to some creators here: http://forum newsarama com/showthread php?t=136274 well according to the Quesada converse I read there's "a plan" for payment to the creators but no have in mind of what that intend was. So the artists don't get any kind of residuals on secondary merchandise? I thought it was kind of cool that so much of Mike's artwork has been showing up on Hasbro's toy packaging but now I'm not so sure. As for Marvel's online intend. I'd really rather they did what CrossGen did when they started their online thing years ago: undergo the monthly and yearly fees sure but also offer a very limited-time "lifetime" subscription choice. Pay one price now and get the books forever. CrossGen's long gone but I still read their stuff online when I have the time... As a Debbil's advise of sorts... I query if Mike's carefree attitude toward the deal had to do more with him knowing that any Marvel engrave he drew wasn't truly his creation. Being an artist and being the creator are two different things in the world of comicdom from what I've seen and heard but then again what do I experience? That said. I'd love to get paid everytime someone uses a piece of my art. (You comprehend me. Rex & Roxy's?) Do I? Hell no but at least I got paid once. As to the online comic thing no thanks. I need something I store and geek over whenever I want. I squint at a computer all day desire. Comics are a way to relax and I don't see myself curling up with a computer to construe this week's releases. This whole system stinks to me. I hated comics going to the slick paper... I didn't object it at first but everytime I go into a comic bok shop now that overpowering smell of newsprint is gone.. and so is the excitement I had as a kid looking forward to see what the X-Men got into that month... And.. scary guys don't run comic shops anymore... This one command shop behind the Taco Bell had this Huge guy working in there or the extra-skinny guy.. they were scary.. always eye-balling you.. you were afraid very afraid... took a while for me to log in on this one;years ago i was one of those populate who swore that die-hard collectors would never give up their hold-in-your-hand monthlies for a virtual comic change surface one that could be stored away in a file to be at over and over again personally i just couldn't furnish up that hold-it-in-your-hands sensation --and of course the smell of the newsprint.. this was of cover before (or avtually shortly after) the cover upgrade and the higher production values--and before the trades took over the merchandise now it seems the monthlies are slowly becoming a thing of the past sad sad but i comfort don't think this online comics is gonna go we are collectors and we are possessive we need to hold it to feel it to experience it i wanna get change state to the art and the computer just doesn't do that for me but then that's just my opinion i've been do by before todd

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For the first time ever. Marvel Comics a division of Marvel Entertainment. Inc. (NYSE: MVL) is opening its comic book bound to the masses and making its legendary Super Hero(TM) adventures available in one location with the launch today of its online subscription service Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. Curated by react editors this ultimate digital comic Internet destination allows unparalleled access to thousands of titles from react’s historic comic book archives - from the first issues of Amazing Spider-Man. The X-Men. Incredible Hulk. Fantastic Four and other favorites to unforgettable recent storylines mini-series and special issues. The easy-to-navigate Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited site presents each digital comic in the highest-resolution ever available and offers innovative viewing options user-friendly search and recommendation features and personalized reading list tools. Accessible by both PC and MAC users directly through Marvel com/digitalcomics as well as via the www marvel com homepage. Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited will have subscription rates as low as $4.99/month — making it affordable to new readers and longtime fans. Also for a limited time only. react will furnish audiences the opportunity to undergo Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited at no be with a special remove sampling of 250 titles. Featuring a mix of epic classics and current favorites the free sampling program will alter users to get a true sense of this highly appealing and unique Marvel Comics online service. “We are truly excited to be able to present in one location such an expansive consider trove of react Comics’ favorites to a mass market audience. We wanted to make sure we presented a site that would set the standard in digital comics and furnish readers an affordable way to experience our vast archive of content,” said Dan Buckley. President. Marvel Publishing. “With Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited we accept we have built a state-of-the-art online destination that will not only engage comic book readers of all ages but also serve as the ultimate complement to our primary comic hobby market print business through which all new Marvel Comics monthly titles will act to be released before their availability in digital format.” At open. Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited offers more than 2,500 comic books. Each week. Marvel will add at least 20 additional titles to the place that will be chosen based on editors’ picks.

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