Archie's Theme

Everybody sing!
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PICTURE OF THE DAY

I pinched this from The Oatmeal.

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Aaron's Comic Books Blog

I would have to say that my iPad is without a doubt the coolest tech gadget that I have owned. I have found many uses for it in my day job, around the house, and for entertainment. The uses are quite staggering, even without a keyboard (keeping my fingers crossed for a wireless keyboard for Christmas though), and I find it in many respects much more versatile than my laptop. I would have to say though that the laptop is still my go to device for anything writing related.

For comic reading, it is a lot of fun. There couple of main ways of reading comics on the iPad, through a PDF or panel by panel with some applications, and both have their merits. The PDF reads much more like your traditional paper comic, but the panel by panel format really adds an extra bit of presentation to the mix. Again, as I have said before, I really don't think digital comic books will replace paper ones as there just isn't any collectability with digital comics and so many fans don't wish to make that jump. That being said,  I do truly see this as the next frontier in the world of comic books and think this will be a great way to make new readers as touching something on the screen to order a comic is a lot easier for someone to do than to drive down and purchase one in the store.

That leads to the real problem with digital comic books which will be the impact they have on our brick and mortar stores. As more and more get their fix via a digital platform, many stores could easily suffer from lack of sales. I don't really have an answer for stores other than to try to diversify their revenue streams as the digital comic book is here to stay and will only continue to grow.

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