The guys at Comic Geek Speak did an in-depth interview with Rantz Hoseley, spokesman/developer(?) for Longbox Digital Comics. Give it a listen and learn how Rantz plans on revolutionizing the market for digital comics.
I used to be one of those people that was devoutly against the idea of reading my comics on a screen, and to an extent, I still am. Nothing will beat actually holding the comic in your hands while reading it, but I’ve got to admit, the more I hear about this, the more excited I get to try it.
The idea that I can convert my weekly comics budget – that currently buys me a minimum of five comics – into twenty digital comics is appealing. I can say goodbye to wasting $4 on a title that I probably will never read again because it was mediocre at best. I can get digital comics that I’m curious about, and then buy my favorites in hardcover or trade paperback editions.
I think the biggest concern is how it will affect the retailers. I certainly don’t want to put them out of business, but how can they compete? Granted, not everyone is going to adopt digital comics immediately, and some never will. It’s all a matter of preference.
