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Kevin Tuma
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That's what I do with 'em too, Tom. Many times my wife has come across a TPB in the restroom and read it that way.
Restroom reading is one reason I don't believe comics-on-DvD are going to be a big hit. Unless, of course, someone designs a "Bookreader Pod" that is specifically designed for magazines, paperbacks, and comic books. And although the technology for such a computer device exists now, I'm not sure it'll happen. We live in a society where obsolescent industries tend to maintain market footholds.
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David Whiteley
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Joe Matt's "Peepshow."
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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I lent to my Boyfriend a book of gay comic-strips called "Leonard & Larry"!. He enjoyed it a lot!
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Steve Horton
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Restroom reading is one reason I don't believe comics-on-DvD are going
to be a big hit. Unless, of course, someone designs a "Bookreader Pod"
that is specifically designed for magazines, paperbacks, and comic
books. And although the technology for such a computer device exists
now, I'm not sure it'll happen. We live in a society where obsolescent
industries tend to maintain market footholds.
The PTF, or Porcelain Throne Factor, is something many digital comics will have to work hard to overcome.
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Gregory Dickens
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My wife didn't read comics before we started dating, but she devoured Sin City and virtually any Miller books I could show her. She's very sad Nextwave is canceled as it was her only regular monthly read.
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Wallace Sellars
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My lady has read quite a few comics for a civilian, including some Astro City, Black Panther, Static, Icon, Body Bags, Blood Syndicate, Storm, Daughters of the Dragon, and (shudder) Spawn. I think she most enjoyed the Elfquest: Journey to Sorrows End and Elfquest: The Grand Quest books. I highly recommend those.
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Aaron Smith
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Oh..I forgot to mention this in my other post in this thread.
My wife has also really been enjoying the recent issues of Detective Comics, which have all been stand alone episodes, not continuity drenched confusion. There's a little shred of evidence that new readers CAN enjoy superhero comics, provided the material is created in a way that is ACCESIBLE to a new reader.
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Chad Carter
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I've never even met a woman who read a comic book in her whole life. And all you guys are married/linked to ones that do?
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Greg Kirkpatrick
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I've never even met a woman who read a comic book in her whole life. And all you guys are married/linked to ones that do?
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Heck,no! My wife has picked up some of my comics and started reading them but that only lastedabour 2 pages. She won't even read the ones I make. I am hoping that maybe she will read the upcoming Buffy one, she is a huge Buffy nerd. The only chick I know who reads comics reads Fables trades. She read the original X-Men movie spin-off one-shots and I have tried to get her into Ex Machina but to no avail.
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Wallace Sellars
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Oh, I forgot about the Kabuki stuff that Rick Mays drew.
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Sam Karns
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Invader Zim
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Andrew W. Farago
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My wife really likes Rom, so I'll recommend that. She's read every
issue, all of the annuals, the SpaceKnights mini-series, has all of the
Rom crossovers, has the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
issues that cover Rom's history, has all the toys...and several of her
friends are exactly the same. The ladies love Rom.
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