Keeping up with comics digitally
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:22 pm
I need some advice from people who reads superhero comics and is fairly up-to-date on what's coming out and how much it'd set me back.
So I'm pretty keen on the ol' comic books. My uncle used to get a big box every month; all your marvel and dc series in one big subscription and I'd just read them when he was done. So I was keeping up with X-Men, Batman, Spider-man, Superman, all your Avengers and your Justice League and your Guardians of the Galaxy- the full shebang. But a few years ago, he left home and moved up north with a woman he met on the internet.
I couldn't possibly afford to buy all the comics he bought, so I've been tiding myself over with IDW's Transformers output, and Marvel's Ultimate Graphic Novel Collection.
But now, I'm starting to wish I could keep up with the comics that are coming out now, and I was wondering what the best service is for reading them digitally. Is there something where you can pay either Marvel or DC a subscription, and you can read everything that comes out? I have a laptop, but ideally I'd like to read stuff on my Kindle Fire. Is the best bet just to buy digital editions of each book as they come out? How much does that run to? Ideally I'd want Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, X-Men, Iron Man and Fantastic Four, plus whatever ensemble books are relevant to those characters.
I'm not worried about owning it- once its read, I'm okay with the company taking it away. The stuff I'm worried about keeping (i.e stuff written by James Roberts) I have on a shelf in nice polythene bags.
Oh, and I don't really want to go down the "pirate scans" route. If not for moral reasons, more for reasons of its not an ideal way to read.
There's not a cheap way to do this, is there?
So I'm pretty keen on the ol' comic books. My uncle used to get a big box every month; all your marvel and dc series in one big subscription and I'd just read them when he was done. So I was keeping up with X-Men, Batman, Spider-man, Superman, all your Avengers and your Justice League and your Guardians of the Galaxy- the full shebang. But a few years ago, he left home and moved up north with a woman he met on the internet.
I couldn't possibly afford to buy all the comics he bought, so I've been tiding myself over with IDW's Transformers output, and Marvel's Ultimate Graphic Novel Collection.
But now, I'm starting to wish I could keep up with the comics that are coming out now, and I was wondering what the best service is for reading them digitally. Is there something where you can pay either Marvel or DC a subscription, and you can read everything that comes out? I have a laptop, but ideally I'd like to read stuff on my Kindle Fire. Is the best bet just to buy digital editions of each book as they come out? How much does that run to? Ideally I'd want Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, X-Men, Iron Man and Fantastic Four, plus whatever ensemble books are relevant to those characters.
I'm not worried about owning it- once its read, I'm okay with the company taking it away. The stuff I'm worried about keeping (i.e stuff written by James Roberts) I have on a shelf in nice polythene bags.
Oh, and I don't really want to go down the "pirate scans" route. If not for moral reasons, more for reasons of its not an ideal way to read.
There's not a cheap way to do this, is there?