Comments on: Ben Templesmith Talks About Digital Comics

By: jonnyward

jonnyward — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:17:12 +0000

Great interview. I am also for a PS3 version of the reader. Would be benefitial in terms of storage, and would also be nice to add another option to living room entertainment.

I downloaded the comic reader along with the latest PSP firmware and after playing about with the free issue of All Hail Megatron, am greatly impressed with the service. I was pleased to find the option for slowing down the speed of the camera, and the ability to play music from my memory card was nice too.

I greatly look forward to future comic releases on the store. Does anyone have a proposed date?

Keep up the good work, James.

By: Prox1mately

Prox1mately — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:21:31 +0000

As I’ve already read in some of the comments I also think that adding manga to the library would be a great idea. Considering that manga has quite the audience even in western culture it would definitely be beneficial. Hopefully some that aren’t available only in American or European retail stores would also make it into the Digital Comics section with english translations.

Please forward this to Adriana and Pete. I’d be pleased if we got any information on whether there has been any negotiations between them and some of the manga publishers out there.

Best Regards,
Prox

By: HazelAM

HazelAM — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:39 +0000

how about, how come japan is getting the digital comics service first?

By: divine1000

divine1000 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:52:31 +0000

Sorry for the double post…

I’d like to see the Secret Wars series re-released and the current Wildstorm/PS3 (Resistance, Resident Evil, Dead Space & God of War) comics.

By: divine1000

divine1000 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:48:39 +0000

01 How versatile is the actual reader app going to be. Is is comparable to the high-end SONY Vizplex e-readers (without the touch screen of course)?

02 Can ebooks from other sources be used, can we view PDF’s?

03 It’s not a subscription service is it ?

By: theshepanator

theshepanator — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:50 +0000

This might not be the right place, but why doesn’t sony make a version of the psp dev tools for minis only, release it for free, and then people can upload their own minis to the store. Like Apps on the i-pod. Have like a “homebrew minis” section and people can download other’s creations! (Play, Create, Share!) 59p-£3 price point, I’m sure sony could take a cut to make it profitable! Where can I pitch this?

By: theshepanator

theshepanator — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:12:29 +0000

Some more modern comics, peraps not full blown manga but using the same visual style. Also This needs to be on PS3. That isn’t a request, its a demand! (Please!)

By: taurus82

taurus82 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:53:56 +0000

THIS BLOG NEEDS AN EDIT BUTTON!

….I too wish wish this service will be viewable on PS3 also.

By: taurus82

taurus82 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:49:04 +0000

Has anyone read The Comical Tragedy of Punch & Judy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragical_Comedy_or_Comical_Tragedy_of_Mr._Punch?

By: Bonyman

Bonyman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:33:43 +0000

2000AD ….. Dan Dare and The Mekon….. that’s how long it is since i read comic books
Interesting interview though.

By: SEVENTY7

SEVENTY7 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:30:23 +0000

Sounds awesome. Great step forward.
It would be great if anyone could upload their own comics to the PS Store to be available for free.
Motion sensor in a PSP would be great for comic reading – quickly lifting the right side to flip to the next page (with animation on screen) or quickly lift the left side to flip back to the previous page, hmm…

By: daffycare

daffycare — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:27:35 +0000

i also would like to see this on ps3 aswell.

By: hamildan

hamildan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:20:51 +0000

are the comics in a special file format and will the reader be able to view .cdrs?

I have a ton of .cdrs at home and I need to export them to jpegs to get them viewable on my PSP.

By: StefNighthawk

StefNighthawk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:16:19 +0000

The competition on Geek Syndicate makes me wonder it this is yet again a service that’s going to be limited to certain EU territories.
If this service is going the same way as Vidzone and the video store.
We Belgians are not going to be happy then.

By: HazelAM

HazelAM — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:20 +0000

can you ask the guys doing the digital comics if there are any plans for getting some webcomics on the service as well as print comics?
there are some pretty good webcomics but few of them work well through the browser on the ps3.
and i’d like to add my support for a ps3 version of a comic book reader.
viewing the comics on my psp will be handy but being able to view them on my big hdtv at home would be great too.

By: person678

person678 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:24:52 +0000

Runaways, please.

By: European_Gamer

European_Gamer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:13:23 +0000

Will the digital comic reader be available in all countries within SCEE?

It would be great if you also added viz medias manga comics.

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:06:54 +0000

Actually, I have a bit of breaking news: 2000AD have just signed onto the Digital Comics service.

I literally heard this a second ago so I’ve no idea which comics they’ll be bringing, just that they’re on board.

By: Swoofah

Swoofah — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:38:26 +0000

Just make the localisation optional. I have tried reading Marvel in Norwegian and it just doesn’t fly..

Comics i would like to see? Anything Marvel-related really.

And a good selection of graphical novels wouldn’t be a miss, i.e V for Vendetta, Watchmen, 300, Sin City, Return of the Dark Knight, Spider-man: Blue etc.

I dont know how it would be to read comics on a 40-50″ screen, thinking how far away from the screen i would have to be. I have read them on a 19 computer screen, and thats ok given that i am only 30cm’s from the screen. So if it comes to the PS3 also, i would be sceptical but i would atleast test it out.

By: Silent_Gig

Silent_Gig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:00 +0000

Have you guys got DC on board for the comic reader thier the ones i read the most. Batman FTW