More and more devotees of ‘sequential art’ have begun to consume stories on e-readers and online, but what does that mean for paper?
When my local comic shop closed down in 2005, it looked like the end of a lifetime reading about superheroes and occult detectives. I was already struggling to justify the expense of those bright, shiny pamphlets each month, and found myself half-buried under the weight of 30-years worth of back issues, but the thought of having to schlep to Leeds every week was the last nail in the coffin.
It turned out I was too busy with other things to really miss it. I was never a fan of e-reading, so I didn’t pay much attention to digital comics, not even when I caught up with the iPad in 2012. But about a year ago I noticed a promotion for a few digital freebies of current issues on the Comixology website and signed up. Suddenly, I was back. No need to go to Leeds, no need to order online and wait in for a delivery. A couple of clicks and an almost unnoticed Paypal transaction later and I was reading comics again. And it was great – the stories just as big and bright as in the floppies of my youth, with pin-sharp, vibrant colours and no piles of dog-eared pages cluttering up the living room.
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