#comic apps

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Applications open until August 9.

There’s a new trend that is finally catching on the internet front of independent comics, offering buyers a new experience in purchasing comics. They’re called, DRM-free and Pay-What-You-Want for any comic. To really understand what DRM-free means, let’s recreate a scenario that’s all too familiar. You find an app for your new tablet that allows…

If you're new to comics like I am, you may find yourself disoriented in the myriad of apps and sites about comics.

I have been using a lot of these lately, and I thought a list of the best ones could be useful to some of you :3

Please, if you know or use other apps that you think are important and useful send me an ask and I'll check them out! We're a team ;)

COMIC ZEAL

Download link: http://www.bitolithic.com/comic-zeal/

Comic Zeal is a useful app for iPad that lets you organize and order your digital comics. It has a lot of functions and it's very easy to use. For example, you can create series directories, use dividers, use tags etc.

I absolutely recommend it. It costs 4.99$ but it's worth it.

COMIXOLOGY

https://www.comixology.com/

You probably already know this one.

This is the ultimate site to purchase digital copies of your favourite comics. If you live far from any comic book shop like I do, it is incredibly handy: you can subscribe to series and have your copies delivered directly on your device every Wednesday. It saves you a lot of stress for sure! 

Sometimes they also do special offers (they offered Batman's most famous titles for a ridiculous price in 2014) and some great comics come for free.

You can find everything that gets published online, not just DC or Marvel or DarkHorse: their catalogue includes manga and french comics and independent editions.

They also have an app (apple / android)  for your phone/iPad/tablet so you can read the books you purchased wherever you are.

Pretty neat, uh?

COMIXOLOGY PULL LIST

https://pulllist.comixology.com/

This site is directly linked to the comixology one. With your account, you can create and personalize your weekly pull list, so you'll always keep track of what comes out and when. Seems silly but it's actually incredibly useful!

COMIC GEEKS

Apple download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comic-geeks/id874775221?mt=8

Android download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LeagueofComicGeeks.app

I'll just copy the description from the app website:

The Comic Geeks app makes it easy to stay alert of the latest comic book releases from your favorite writers, artists, and publishers. Browse recent and upcoming releases, catalog your comic book collection, maintain a comic pull list, wish list, and read list. Check out the latest reviews from the community and comic bloggers. And of course, rate issues you've recently read.

This app is basically an expanded version of the comixology pull list, but the cool thing is that being, well, an app you can have it on your phone and check it whenever you need to. Neat-o!

POD BAY

Download link: http://podbay.fm/

    Comic Chameleon, a new app that allows you to finally read webcomics on your iPhone, has gotten off to a good start with comics like XKCD, Nedroid, Girls with Slingshots and Dinosaur Comics. While it hasn't been approved by Apple yet, Comic Chameleon's PR has stated: 

As the MP3 replaced the CD and the E-reader is starting to replace books, digital comics are looking like they could be joining the ranks.

Since having an iPhone I've downloaded a lot of apps, but of all the apps I have, my comic apps are probably the most used.

The three apps I have are the DC, Image Comics and Comixology apps, but there are more including apps for Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW and loads more.

There's even a Green Lantern comic app where you can just download Green Lantern comics.

The apps themselves are free to download, but the majority of the comics aren't.

New issues cost £1.49, but there are a lot of free comics to download.  The free issues are generally either first issues, zero issues or preview issues but are all a great way to get into digital comics.

   On the iPhone you are shown one panel at a time, but depending on the size of the panel you will be zoomed in on the dialogue after being shown the panel as a whole.

This gives you a chance to view every panel in detail, rather than skimming for dialogue so you can really get into the art.  Also, it prevents you from seeing panels further on that might give away part of the story you're not ready for.

      The iPad seems better built for comic apps.

For starters, they're comic sized so you can see the page layouts as they were originally intended.

As great as these apps are, and they are great, nothing beats real things.  Physical things.  Things you can touch.

A comic collection will always look better in boxes or on shelves than in a scrolling menu.