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Comics: From Print to the World Wide Web

The document discusses the evolution of comics from print to digital formats, highlighting various file types and digital reading platforms such as Marvel's digital comics and the Longbox reader. It notes the growing market for digital comics, with significant sales figures for devices like the iPhone and Kindle in 2009. Additionally, it mentions the Comic Book Markup Language (CBML) and the impact of technology on comic book consumption.

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Comics in the Digital Age: From Print to the World Wide WebErnesto PriegoUniversity College London
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June, 1938
Action Comics No. 1
1986: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
Ishi, 2007
Panel Layouts According to Physical Publication PageLefèvre, 2000
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Comic Book Archive files A series of compressed image files: * .cbr -> RAR * .cbz -> ZIPRare: * .cb7 -> 7-Zip * .cbt -> TAR * .cba -> ACETypically PNG or JPEG files. Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files. The file names inside an archive are usually numbered in ascending order according to the original page number.
CBML: COMIC BOOK MARKUP LANGUAGE
www.cbml.org
Reading a Digitised European Album on Issu
Marvel Digital Comic Book Readerhttp://marvel.com/digitalcomics/
ZudaWebcomics Viewer (DC Comics)http://www.zudacomics.com/
http://www.act-i-vate.com/
iPhone Comic Book Reader…
From vinyl to iPod…From paper to iPhone…?
From these…to this…?
Apple sold over 5.2miPhones in the third quarter of 2009 and it is estimated that by the end of this year there will be at least 100,000 applications for it.(The Guardian, 29 July 2009).Amazon sold half a million Kindles in 2008, and though they have not announced how many they have sold this year, the firm's net sales stood at $5.45 billion in the third quarter of 2009 compared with $4.26 billion in the third quarter of 2008. (Bit-Tech, 1st December 2009)
2009
The LongBox Digital Comics Reader-Own format for digital comics (.LBX)-Comics bought and read on the Longbox will be protected by a DRM
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