Could e-reading devices kill comic books?

[John]

Newsarama
As booksellers look toward electronic reading devices as a
wave of the future, the new technology could make paper
comics a thing of the past.
With the release of the Kindle 2, the second generation of
Amazon's electronic reading devicehttp://atu.ca/Kindle2,
the ever-changing face of the publishing industry is
bracing for yet another makeover. But the rumor that Apple
will enter the market soon is seen by some comic book
publishers as a threat to the future of paper comics.

<snip>

Unlikely - at least anytime soon.

The Kindle 2 has a screen size around 3.6" x 4.8" inches, and anything
much larger would create a device that was ungainly. Since text
(typically) flows nicely, this is an adequate amount of space for
reading text. This is, however, completely inadequate for comics.
Even the digest size reproduction, at 5½ x 8¼, are a lot larger than
this - and they look awful most of the time. The type of visual
storytelling used in modern comics needs more space than those little
screens can provide.


JD

[Bill Steele]

In article

Post by John

Newsarama
As booksellers look toward electronic reading devices as a
wave of the future, the new technology could make paper
comics a thing of the past.
With the release of the Kindle 2, the second generation of
Amazon's electronic reading devicehttp://atu.ca/Kindle2,
the ever-changing face of the publishing industry is
bracing for yet another makeover. But the rumor that Apple
will enter the market soon is seen by some comic book
publishers as a threat to the future of paper comics.

<snip>
Unlikely - at least anytime soon.
The Kindle 2 has a screen size around 3.6" x 4.8" inches, and anything
much larger would create a device that was ungainly. Since text
(typically) flows nicely, this is an adequate amount of space for
reading text. This is, however, completely inadequate for comics.
Even the digest size reproduction, at 5œ x 8Œ, are a lot larger than
this - and they look awful most of the time. The type of visual
storytelling used in modern comics needs more space than those little
screens can provide.
JD

I can see a slightly different form of graphic storytelling evolving on
these things -- panel to panel. Sure, no full-page spreads, but early
comics got along without that. That doesn't mean the demise of comics,
any more than movies meant the demise of the stage.

The big question: how do you *collect* stuff like that?

[Marty]

Post by Bill Steele
I can see a slightly different form of graphic storytelling evolving on
these things -- panel to panel. Sure, no full-page spreads, but early
comics got along without that. That doesn't mean the demise of comics,
any more than movies meant the demise of the stage.
The big question: how do you *collect* stuff like that?

On your hard drive? Yes, the COLOUR e-reader (whenever it lands) will
mark the beginning of the end of comic book collecting as we know it,
but it will also boost the medium of sequential art massively!!

The e-reader should lower the price of comics by quite a margin,
making them more attractive as a viable source of entertainment to a
new audience (naturally depending on how they are marketed).

By making a comic digital you will be able to cut out costs caused by
ink, paper, transport, distribution etc. etc.
Surely, digital comics shouldn't even cost as much as a dollar (I'm
thinking even 50 cents is probably too expensive), as the only people
you'll need to pay for a comic are the creators, and maybe some admin
costs for the management and marketing of the product and electronic
distribution through Amazon or iTunes or whatever, it may be even more
beneficial for each company to distribute directly.

Another option a comic company might introduce, is to sell you a
product WITHOUT the advertising, which naturally may cost a little
more. Advertising in digital comics could be pretty attractive to
potential advertisers as they will be able to update their adverts to
be their most current to a persons download.

It will be relatively easy to compile these monthlies into collections
and then offer them as complete storylines.

The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

[Fallen]

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.

Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.

Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Fallen.

[Marty]

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.
Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.
Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Um, you've basically repeated my point.

However I maintain, once comics move to an direct digital format,
piracy WILL become more prolific, since people won't even need to scan
them in, just upload and share on a P2P somewhere. I believe comics
will become more popular (as in a greater audience you dig?) with the
advent of the colour e-reader and so naturally you'll have an increase
in piracy, since there will always be a hard kernel of the population
who will not pay for downloads no matter the cost.

The only thing stopping me from downloading comics right now (well,
the ones I don't like, but feel compelled to read to keep up with a
universe's ongoings) is that I don't like reading comics on a pc
screen (as large and zoomable as that may be). I prefer to manipulate
my reading material tactilely and be able to have it on my person when
I'm en route to someplace.

Once we have a colour e-reader I'm SO there! Not only will I be able
to read books AND comics on the same device wherever I am, but it'll
have none of the heft!

I for one can't wait.

[Ken from Chicago]

Post by Marty

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.
Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.
Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Um, you've basically repeated my point.
However I maintain, once comics move to an direct digital format,
piracy WILL become more prolific, since people won't even need to scan
them in, just upload and share on a P2P somewhere. I believe comics
will become more popular (as in a greater audience you dig?) with the
advent of the colour e-reader and so naturally you'll have an increase
in piracy, since there will always be a hard kernel of the population
who will not pay for downloads no matter the cost.
The only thing stopping me from downloading comics right now (well,
the ones I don't like, but feel compelled to read to keep up with a
universe's ongoings) is that I don't like reading comics on a pc
screen (as large and zoomable as that may be). I prefer to manipulate
my reading material tactilely and be able to have it on my person when
I'm en route to someplace.
Once we have a colour e-reader I'm SO there! Not only will I be able
to read books AND comics on the same device wherever I am, but it'll
have none of the heft!
I for one can't wait.

Manipulating your digital comic directly already exists:

We call it:

Remote controls.

Display your comics on widescreen tv and page forward, backward, jump to
page / chapter / book / series / etc., zoom in, zoom out, translate
languages, add text to speech, assign various voices to characters, etc.

-- Ken from Chicago

P.S. The REAL comic book killer / savior is almost here. I call it: color
e-paper, or electronic scrolls. A sample of which was seen in the Val Kilmer
movie RED PLANET.

[Marty]

Post by Ken from Chicago
Remote controls.
Display your comics on widescreen tv and page forward, backward, jump to
page / chapter / book / series / etc., zoom in, zoom out, translate
languages, add text to speech, assign various voices to characters, etc.

If I for some reason have had to download a comic (Flex Mentallo for
instance) then yes I use my widescreen monitor to read it. It still
sucks. This is all besides the point really, there was an "and be able
to have it on my person when
I'm en route to someplace" but I guess that part didn't matter to
you.

Post by Ken from Chicago
P.S. The REAL comic book killer / savior is almost here. I call it: color
e-paper, or electronic scrolls. A sample of which was seen in the Val Kilmer
movie RED PLANET.- Hide quoted text -

Umm this is what we're talking about. E-paper.

[Ken from Chicago]

Post by Marty

Post by Ken from Chicago
Remote controls.
Display your comics on widescreen tv and page forward, backward, jump to
page / chapter / book / series / etc., zoom in, zoom out, translate
languages, add text to speech, assign various voices to characters, etc.

If I for some reason have had to download a comic (Flex Mentallo for
instance) then yes I use my widescreen monitor to read it. It still
sucks. This is all besides the point really, there was an "and be able
to have it on my person when
I'm en route to someplace" but I guess that part didn't matter to
you.

How many people really read their comic while travelling?

Even so, that's where the color e-paper comes in.

Post by Marty

Post by Ken from Chicago
P.S. The REAL comic book killer / savior is almost here. I call it: color
e-paper, or electronic scrolls. A sample of which was seen in the Val Kilmer
movie RED PLANET.- Hide quoted text -

Umm this is what we're talking about. E-paper.

Current e-paper is black and white, and even then that's dark gray on light
gray. It's a totally different deal with full color e-paper. More to the
point color e-scrolls in that some e-paper is somewhat flexible where I was
thinking of something easily rolled up tightly, like regular paper is.

Besides, I thought you were talking about e-readers, which are limited in
size by portability and the general market's view of portable devices being
about shirt-pocket size, at least no bigger than a blackberry.

-- Ken from Chicago

P.S. Natch, the ultimate comics killer / savior would be holographic comics.
You'd just have a PHG (portable holograph) device that fits in your shirt
pocket and have comics full size--or larger. Natch, that's much further
down the line, at least a few decades or so.

[~consul]

and thus Ken from Chicago inscribed ...

Post by Ken from Chicago
P.S. Natch, the ultimate comics killer / savior would be holographic comics.
You'd just have a PHG (portable holograph) device that fits in your shirt
pocket and have comics full size--or larger. Natch, that's much further
down the line, at least a few decades or so.

I heard Kaiba Corporation is working on something like that. :)

[Fallen]

Post by Marty

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.
Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.
Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Um, you've basically repeated my point.

I really didn't. In fact I said the opposite.

Post by Marty
However I maintain, once comics move to an direct digital format,
piracy WILL become more prolific, since people won't even need to scan
them in, just upload and share on a P2P somewhere.

So even though you can already get 'every' new comic in digital format
fairly easily comic piracy will somehow become more prolific? How is
that possible?

It'll become slightly less time consuming for the scanners but that's
not a definition of prolific.

Fallen.

[mimf]

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.
Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.
Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Um, you've basically repeated my point.

I really didn't. In fact I said the opposite.

Post by Marty
However I maintain, once comics move to an direct digital format,
piracy WILL become more prolific, since people won't even need to scan
them in, just upload and share on a P2P somewhere.

So even though you can already get 'every' new comic in digital format
fairly easily comic piracy will somehow become more prolific? How is
that possible?
It'll become slightly less time consuming for the scanners but that's
not a definition of prolific.
Fallen.

Actually, if comic companies do the scans, they can embed serial numbers
and whatnot into the files and find out which buyer uploaded them. It's
probably safer for scanners to continue doing their own scans.

[Marty]

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty

Post by Fallen

Post by Marty
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

I think you vastly underestimate the digital comic movement. You can
pretty much easily get almost every comic ever printed already, I think
everyone who has the understanding and want to be into such things
already is.
Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse.
Itunes et al have hardly ushered in a new wave of music piracy.

Um, you've basically repeated my point.

I really didn't. In fact I said the opposite.

I said:

"That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution. "

then you said:

"Moving things to digital and lowering the price, as long as it's done
properly and the quality is top notch, will likely lessen such things
rather than make it worse."

That's the point I'm calling.

Post by Fallen
So even though you can already get 'every' new comic in digital format
fairly easily comic piracy will somehow become more prolific? How is
that possible?

Becasue there'll be more people reading the things, hence my "as in a
greater audience you dig?" aside.

[Ken from Chicago]

Post by Marty

Post by Bill Steele
I can see a slightly different form of graphic storytelling evolving on
these things -- panel to panel. Sure, no full-page spreads, but early
comics got along without that. That doesn't mean the demise of comics,
any more than movies meant the demise of the stage.
The big question: how do you *collect* stuff like that?

On your hard drive? Yes, the COLOUR e-reader (whenever it lands) will
mark the beginning of the end of comic book collecting as we know it,
but it will also boost the medium of sequential art massively!!
The e-reader should lower the price of comics by quite a margin,
making them more attractive as a viable source of entertainment to a
new audience (naturally depending on how they are marketed).
By making a comic digital you will be able to cut out costs caused by
ink, paper, transport, distribution etc. etc.
Surely, digital comics shouldn't even cost as much as a dollar (I'm
thinking even 50 cents is probably too expensive), as the only people
you'll need to pay for a comic are the creators, and maybe some admin
costs for the management and marketing of the product and electronic
distribution through Amazon or iTunes or whatever, it may be even more
beneficial for each company to distribute directly.
Another option a comic company might introduce, is to sell you a
product WITHOUT the advertising, which naturally may cost a little
more. Advertising in digital comics could be pretty attractive to
potential advertisers as they will be able to update their adverts to
be their most current to a persons download.
It will be relatively easy to compile these monthlies into collections
and then offer them as complete storylines.
The only real negative to e-comic is piracy. It's already a problem
with paper comics, so it can only become more prolific once the medium
moves to digital. That's not really our problem though, besides you
make a comic cheap enough, I think people would actually pay rather
than download illegally and face prosecution.

And they already exist.

We call such devices:

Cell phones.

Full color, wifi, downloadable comics are available for them.

They just aren't large size comics (screenwise).

-- Ken from Chicago

[Marty]

Post by Ken from Chicago
And they already exist.
Cell phones.
Full color, wifi, downloadable comics are available for them.
They just aren't large size comics (screenwise).

I presume you've never tried to use one? Way too small. Not nice. No
we need an e-reader which is at LEAST comics sized to do us any good.

[Ken from Chicago]

Post by Marty

Post by Ken from Chicago
And they already exist.
Cell phones.
Full color, wifi, downloadable comics are available for them.
They just aren't large size comics (screenwise).

I presume you've never tried to use one? Way too small. Not nice. No
we need an e-reader which is at LEAST comics sized to do us any good.

Some of the touchscreen ones (e.g., LG Vu, LG Dare, Apple iPhone, Samsun
Omnia, Samsung Delve, etc.) have a decent enough size screen for movies and
tv so I'd imagine they could show comics, start out with a full page shot
that zooms into panels.

Natch, the nature and speed of the zooms, not to mention the pans
fundamentally alters the medium of comics.

-- Ken from Chicago

[d***@yahoo.com]

On Mar 3, 7:53 am, Dave U. Random <***@anonymitaet-im-inter.net>
wrote:

Short answer: No.

It's not going to kill off books or magazines, either.

--Dave Sikula

[Tacguy]

Newsarama
As booksellers look toward electronic reading devices as a
wave of the future, the new technology could make paper
comics a thing of the past.
With the release of the Kindle 2, the second generation of
Amazon's electronic reading devicehttp://atu.ca/Kindle2,
the ever-changing face of the publishing industry is
bracing for yet another makeover. But the rumor that Apple
will enter the market soon is seen by some comic book
publishers as a threat to the future of paper comics.
"[Comic books are] a business that is very low margin and
very low print run, so if 10 percent of the readers migrate
to an e-device, that is going to throw off the economics
for 60 percent of the books that are published in this
country, and that's probably a low guess," said John
Cunningham, DC Comics VP, Advertising. "So it doesn't have
to become everybody in the room raising their hands having
one to have that have a long-term impact on how the
business goes."
Continued:http://atu.ca/e73e0

Maybe for some of the casual readers but there are already digital
comic books. There will always be a market for Golden, Silver and now
even Bronze Age books because collectors abound. I have read that
quote several times and even though there is alot of talk about
margins and profit, they will not be gone until no one is buying.

[Joe]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:14:12 -0800 (PST), Tacguy

Post by Tacguy

Newsarama
As booksellers look toward electronic reading devices as a
wave of the future, the new technology could make paper
comics a thing of the past.
With the release of the Kindle 2, the second generation of
Amazon's electronic reading devicehttp://atu.ca/Kindle2,
the ever-changing face of the publishing industry is
bracing for yet another makeover. But the rumor that Apple
will enter the market soon is seen by some comic book
publishers as a threat to the future of paper comics.
"[Comic books are] a business that is very low margin and
very low print run, so if 10 percent of the readers migrate
to an e-device, that is going to throw off the economics
for 60 percent of the books that are published in this
country, and that's probably a low guess," said John
Cunningham, DC Comics VP, Advertising. "So it doesn't have
to become everybody in the room raising their hands having
one to have that have a long-term impact on how the
business goes."
Continued:http://atu.ca/e73e0

Maybe for some of the casual readers but there are already digital
comic books. There will always be a market for Golden, Silver and now
even Bronze Age books because collectors abound. I have read that
quote several times and even though there is alot of talk about
margins and profit, they will not be gone until no one is buying.

One controls margin and profit by layouts. Well thats the american
way. Since putting out better product is out of the question then
layoffs is the alternative. The other thing they could do is reduce
their costs by paying artists and writers less and or just using
contractors rather than direct employees that require benefits. All
that is the american way and could be implemented should margins and
revenue continue to fall.

[Kenneth M. Lin]

The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out loud
for me.

[FSogol]

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out loud
for me.

They way paper comics do now?

[Kenneth M. Lin]

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.

I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

[John Duncan Yoyo]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:38:45 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

Well there are the Pendant audio productions of Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman and Supergirl. No picture but it talks to me from my
iPod and you could listen on a Kindle. It's amatuer radio plays but
they are pretty decent. <http://www.pendantaudio.com/>

They Added a Catwoman show while I wasn't looking and are working on a
Martian Manhunter show.
-
John Duncan Yoyo
------------------------------o)
Brought to you by the Binks for Senate campaign comittee.
Coruscant is far, far away from wesa on Naboo.

[Anim8rFSK]

Post by John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:38:45 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

Well there are the Pendant audio productions of Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman and Supergirl. No picture but it talks to me from my
iPod and you could listen on a Kindle.

Kindle plays audio??

[mimf]

Post by Anim8rFSK

Post by John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:38:45 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

Well there are the Pendant audio productions of Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman and Supergirl. No picture but it talks to me from my
iPod and you could listen on a Kindle.

Kindle plays audio??

The new model will read your book to you -- not as good as having real
voice actors, but surprisingly good for an electronic voice. There was
an audio sample on a podcast I listen to.

[John Duncan Yoyo]

Post by mimf

Post by Anim8rFSK

Post by John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:38:45 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

Well there are the Pendant audio productions of Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman and Supergirl. No picture but it talks to me from my
iPod and you could listen on a Kindle.

Kindle plays audio??

The new model will read your book to you -- not as good as having real
voice actors, but surprisingly good for an electronic voice. There was
an audio sample on a podcast I listen to.

Both models will also play mp3 files.
-
John Duncan Yoyo
------------------------------o)
Brought to you by the Binks for Senate campaign comittee.
Coruscant is far, far away from wesa on Naboo.

[FSogol]

Post by Anim8rFSK

Post by John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:38:45 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

Well there are the Pendant audio productions of Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman and Supergirl. No picture but it talks to me from my
iPod and you could listen on a Kindle.

Kindle plays audio??

Kindle 2 can read the e-books to you.

[FSogol]

Post by Kenneth M. Lin

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk. I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you. Just kidding.

Actually, the dogs read them to me. ;-)

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues. I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head. That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

They already have audio graphic novels, where a cast reads the novel.
They are a bit of hit or miss and definitely lose something over a
regular well-done audio book.

[plausible prose man]

Post by FSogol

Post by Kenneth M. Lin
The only way that'd happen is if such device would read the comics out
loud for me.

They way paper comics do now?

I didn't know that your comics could talk.  I think it's actually your mommy
reading to you.  Just kidding.
I meant having the voice actors reading the dialogues.  I don't particularly
crave "moving pictures" but it'd be nice to hear who gets cast for given
characters to see if they sound different from the voices I conjure up
inside my head.  That way, I can focus more on the artwork.

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/watchmen-motion-comic-on-itunes.php