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EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Here is the thing with digital comics. It takes away everything about how comics are supposed to be read, and until comic book sized e-readers come out, that won't change in the slightest.

I read comics on both my 7 and 10 inch tablets all the time through Comixology, Marvel unlimited (when I subscribed) and Comicrack for those random cbr files I've gotten through humblebundles and they're all fine (with the guided view it's perfectly presentable on a phone in landscape).

The problem is their model and unwillingness to branch out from selling physical copies, they're only trying to sell to dwindling base of people already into comics, not doing anything to expand that. Where's the adverts before the DC and Marvel films, where's the deep, deep discounts on relevant stories when the opportune times come? Is there really so much sales potential in old Simonson,Gillian, Jurgen and JMS Thor comics that they couldn't sell it at 90% off as Ragnarok hits theatres as a loss leader to draw people in? I saw an ad for a new Alien story on Audible before that new Alien film but where's the same for this stuff. Hell in Marvel's case where are the ****ing ads for Marvel unlimited before their own films?

I don't get how they're failing to capitalise that 50 years of stories on these characters you love are one click away in such a spectacular manner when superheroes are such a big thing right now. Good comics are selling 50 thousand units, what could they do with a bit of push to show people "this is where those stories are coming from and you can buy now in one click from your amazon account and read it in 2 minutes"?