Reading Comics on the Phone or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Clickwheel

Click Wheel sounds OK, but like everything else the content is where it's at.

And to get people to start commenting I have a comment: 52 sucks, Superboy Prime is awesome, and Civil War was the best thing to evr happen to comics.

I agree...Superboy Prime is awesome...and yes 52 does suck...now even more that it's counting down from 52....if I wanted to learn how to count, I would read a math book...not a comic book...

Ghost Rider Trail of Tears is a pretty good read...it's off the beaten path, but it gives and idea of how long the Ghost Rider has been around...I think the art is great....kinda reminds me of old Jonah Hex comics....

Civil War on the other hand is still bad-ass...and becoming more so for one reason: Skrulls...

I have the Quasar redux, it's still the same except for that lesbian thing....

I have an Idea: Let's let WWH invade the DC Universe and end up in the 52 saga?

And to think, I was trying to start controversy.

I think web comics are a great tool for creators to get theyre stories out there. BUT
I hate reading comics on a screen. To me half the enjoyment comes from the sheen (or lack of) the paper, holding the book, letting my fingers run through the pages, holding a page and flipping back to it, while I'm reading.
Print is not dead, and it will never die. Sorry techophiles.
as far as controversy,Didn't read 52 (because I thought Crisis sucked)
Civil War was cool,
but the best thing to hapen to comics this year was Walking Dead, and maybe Astonishing X-men, OH YEAH AND DEFINATELY The Ultimates (even though they were kinda a marvel version of The Authority), Long live The Ultimates, but not now that the Hitch, Millar run is over.
Lets not forge about TOP 10 IT ROCKS!

Was Civil War the best thing to ever happen to comics? I don't know, but it was certainly the best thing to happen in the last 20 years. Argue about execution and late delivery, but doggone it, I give Marvel a boatload of credit for the sheer audacity of the idea. If Stan and Jack made comics relevent to the '60s, Civil War made Marvel relevant to the turn of the 21st century. That they actually pushed these characters into expanded ground and made them deal with the consequences of their actions was brilliant. Could they pull and Bobby Ewing and have Tony Stark step out of the shower? Sure, and it would be the worst dadgum thing they could POSSIBLY do. Good for Marvel. Way to strap on the brass cajones. Well done.

(and yes, Top 10 rocks the house. Just re-read The Forty-Niners last night...man, that's good stuff.)

havent gotten to read 49ers yet, but can't wait to get it.
Gotta alternate my Authority, Ex Machina, Walking Dead, and Top 10 books. (because I'm poor)

Great comments bernini.

Civil war did break some new grounds in comics since the last years of big comic events. in all that was done, the ''war'', the way heroes acted in so many different ways then usual yet logical and normal in their own ways. I loved civil war but also, I love the aftermath of it all and how people are handling it.

One thing which unfortunatly I find a bit under the radar is the WWH. I mean, the latest issues of WWH X-men and WWH # 2 are so awsome, to see the hulk litterally beat the hell out of everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) in the only way he knows, pure smashing. I have no idea how this will turn out but, the fact that it affects Ghost Rider, Ant-Man, Iron man, the Fantastic four, the Avengers, the NEW avengers, the initiative, the X-men, X-factor, Excalibur. And from the looks of thing, the Hulk WILL beat everyone until the final showdown of the century, the Hulk VS the Sentry (unless Thor shows up then that would be awsome).

that's why also I love comics the old fashion way, the thrill, the excitement of going to the comic shop and actually picking up a comic you just love, like a child in a candy store. Comics, real comics in my view will never leave. The iea to have both option is nice but, both should always exist.

Ugh. The heroes and villains of Civil War acted so out of character it nearly made me puke. Joe Quesada's made a mess of Marvel.

Well, i guess it's true the characters themselves acted out of the ordinary but, in the end, this was no ordinary situation.

The civil war event was enforced on the whole Marvel universe and then, each characters acted upon what they believe in, in what they've been through in the past and who they are as individuals.

Tony Stark may have acted as someone who was blinded by his direction against the non-registered heroes but, when you know in the end you have the only solution available (which might not be understood by many, even me who's anti-registering), it's normal tony acted the way he did.

His cost was his own soul, friendships and even respect but in the end, that's why he did it so it never happens again.

Now at least, the Hulk beat the crap out of him so...that's soe sort of balance in the world.

*neatly sidestepping more Civil War talk*

I love web comics. I have no problem staring at a screen - no more so than staring at a book, or watching a play acted out live on stage before me. I do have a problem with sunlight - my eyes are extremely light sensitive - but that's a different issue.

I can read on a screen or on a page equally well - though I will say, with my laptop on my lap and the ability to scroll text endlessly . . . not having to turn pages is nice in a very lazy sense but also because you don't have to pause. Lazy, yes - you don't really notice when you are really into a book.

Anyway, I think web comics are a revolution - not just because of the ability to view them online for free (for the most part) but more so because, due to the internet, you can self-publish and distribute for next to no cost (bandwidth if you become successful, yes) and people seem much more willing to check out a new web comic than a new web novel or web movie, or even web short story or web music. Probably the very limited time investment with a web comic, I'd guess.

But beyond that, this new domain has created more of an open forum for people to show off their talent and get noticed. I guess bigger than web comics alone, the internet does this for everyone creative and I think that is wonderful.

Now, as for comics on a portable device, hand held that is . . .
zzzzzzzzz.

Small screen, awkward buttons . . . I hated how small my cell phone was 5 years ago, and those look like giants compared to what I have now. :( My hands are too big for this crap. Plus I really don't like the small screens - it was only the great fun that was FFTA that kept me using that free Gameboy Advance - and all the while I was wishing I could play it on a screen bigger than my palm.

I'm sorta in the same boat as Kurt, but on a different level. I don't mind people having a portable device with them to keep themselves entertained - I am one of the few eagerly awaiting an e-book reader - I just think the obsession with the newest gadgets and the NEED to get them is ridiculous.