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With the advent of the iPad, the digital age of comics may finally be blossoming. The iPad as a reading device works best with visual media such as graphic novels and standard comic books. One of the best early apps on the iPad, for instance, is the Marvel Comics reader, which was developed by ComiXology, which also offers a general comics reader app for both the iPad and the iPhone with 1,700 titles across different publishers. Now ComiXology is bringing that reading experience to the Web with a browser-based reader in beta. (Existing ComiXology users can sign in, others can sign up for an account). The Web reader lets you zoom into each panel and click arrow buttons to go to the next one. Or you can look at the whole page. It is not as satisfying as swiping with your fingers on an iPad, but it does the job if you are on your computer. If you've purchased comics in the iPhone or iPad apps, they are available in your library in the Web reader. There are also some freebie comics you can check out.

It's a hard job to launch a single successful comic book series, but right now Robert Kirkman writes two of the best—not to mention most popular—series in comics at the moment: Walking Dead and Invincible. He is also a man who collected every star in the first Super Mario Galaxy, and he had a serious need to play the second game. Unfortunately, no stores in Lexington, Kentucky were offering the game at midnight the day before launch, and Mr. Kirkman expressed his frustration on Twitter.

Luckily for him, there is a game reviewer who happens to live in Cincinnati Ohio who had a copy of the game. I made him a deal: if he would meet me halfway and sign my copy of Walking Dead Vol. 1, the game was his.

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There are plenty of enthusiasts sites and forums popping up these days, but we’ve got to say PreDoodle caught our eye with their unique site. They are merging extremely well done comics with webOS humor and touch of news. It’s all formatted to look beautiful on your webOS device or even in a traditional browser. [...]

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The Marvel Comics app one of the three iPad apps that actually make me want to drink the Apple kool-aid and go lay down alongside the Apple faithful to slowly drift towards a land of simple, non-multitasking computing. So far we’ve only seen screenshots and a press release for the app, but Xeni over at [...]

When people talk about content on the iPad, they mostly mention books, video, TV, and games. But there are many other niches which fit the iPad’s 9.7” screen perfectly, and one of the more important ones is comics.

It wasn’t hard to predict that big comic publishing houses will jump on the opportunity; you never know, perhaps kids will only ready comics on devices such as this in a couple of years. At iPad’s launch, Marvel will be one of them with their Marvel Comics App for iPad, featuring 500 of Marvel’s comic books with many more to come. Some of the titles featured at launch are Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Hulk, and Thor.

The app is based on the wonderful Comixology app which is already the source for Marvel comics on the iPhone. The app will also be available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it’s free, but it will come with a couple of free comics, while further titles will cost $2 per issue.

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I miss the Sunday comics. Growing up I used to shred the huge paper every Sunday before church so that I could read Garfield, Peanuts, Fox Trot, and a dozen others, but now I find I just don’t have the time. Comics by MojoJungle is another reason why my Pre is so awesome. This little free app [...]

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