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So, this is sort of interesting: Marvel Digital Comics. It's essentially a rental service for comics ala the new Napster; you have access to the comics online for as long as you pay the fee.

Compared to actually owning the comics it sounds like a losing proposition, but I'm kind of tempted by it as a sort of online library - sample their archives, figure out what I like, and maybe buy hard copies of the ones that are worth owning copies of. It's also got promise as a sort of research tool - in some ways I could see comic archives like this being the equivalent for comic authors of what JSTOR and the like are for academics.

So, I'm thinking of trying it out. Thoughts?

(no subject)

So, this is sort of interesting: Marvel Digital Comics. It's essentially a rental service for comics ala the new Napster; you have access to the comics online for as long as you pay the fee.

Compared to actually owning the comics it sounds like a losing proposition, but I'm kind of tempted by it as a sort of online library - sample their archives, figure out what I like, and maybe buy hard copies of the ones that are worth owning copies of. It's also got promise as a sort of research tool - in some ways I could see comic archives like this being the equivalent for comic authors of what JSTOR and the like are for academics.

So, I'm thinking of trying it out. Thoughts?