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Digital Comics on PSP

I love the poster being used to promote PSP Digital Comics! Has anybody tried the service yet? Any good? http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/psp-digital-comics-set-to-launch-in-us-today/ Continue

Added by Simon on December 18, 2009 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Beta testers wanted

Next update to CBL should have metadata deployed. Please help speed this up! http://comics.ning.com/forum/topics/wanted-beta-testers Continue

Added by Simon on October 21, 2009 at 5:15am — No Comments

To improve communication with users, ComicBookLover is now tweeting... http://www.twitter.com/comicbooklover As an aside, does anybody know how to stop the Ning blog/forum spammers? A bit annoying to keep finding dozens of ads for a tour of Northern India. Continue

Added by Simon on August 31, 2009 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Digital Comics - The Future Is Now

It's clear from Comic-Con that more and more people are getting on board the digital comics wagon. Welcome! For a while it felt like ComicBookLover was a lone voice - not anymore. This is a good thing and will spur innovation in the space. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22271 Continue

Added by Simon on August 1, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Popeye - Copyright free in the EU

Popeye is finally free in the EU while folks in the USA will have to wait until 2024 before they can start selling their own Popeye t-shirts, or drawing their own Popeye… Continue

Added by Simon on January 5, 2009 at 11:40pm — 1 Comment

Street Fighter Comics

Sticking with the Asian theme, coming out very soon is a mini-series based upon Chun Li... yes, the legendary fast-kicking heroine of Street Fighter! The release is timed for the upcoming launch of… Continue

Added by Simon on December 20, 2008 at 3:12am — No Comments

Old Master Q (Lao Fu Zi)

Fans of Asian comics should be familiar with one of Hong Kong's classic comic characters, Old Master Q (Chinese: 老夫子; pinyin: Lǎo Fū Zi). The official site is http://www.oldmasterq.com/ with an extensive archive of comic strips and you can find… Continue

Added by Simon on December 19, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

The-99 - Asian comics on the rise

Most people are familiar with the style and genre of American, Japanese and European comics. What about Asia? Well, it turns out The-99, or what Time magazine refers to as Islamic Super… Continue

Added by Simon on August 6, 2008 at 2:11pm — 1 Comment

Are e-books finally challenging the paperback?

Good post over at Pocket-Lint, looking at the current crop of ebook readers, all based upon electronic paper developed by E Ink. The devices are expensive, but they're here now, and could be used for viewing comics (most of them can display jpeg images). The priority for ComicBookLover is to support the iPhone, and then depending upon the success of other devices, support those too. Continue

Added by Simon on July 7, 2008 at 10:40am — 1 Comment

Videos

Notice the Alan Moore interviews? I've been adding some comic related videos to the site (mostly snagged from YouTube) of comic inspired film trailers and interviews with artists and writers. If you come across some interesting material, feel free to post online. You can add YouTube videos by jumping to this page: http://comics.ning.com/video/video/addEmbed Continue

Added by Simon on May 30, 2008 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Greetings!

Well, finally, a place for ComicBookLover fans and comic addicts to chat about reading digital comics! Things are very much work in progress over here, but it's your house party so time for y'all to get started and filling up the place (even if you've arrived unfashionably early). As you may have noticed, Ning.com is being used to create and host this site (or social network if you prefer). It still needs: - An imaginative title for this place, and a… Continue

Added by Simon on May 1, 2008 at 12:08pm — No Comments