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comiXology releases MobileSafari interface for comic browsing

Macenstein has posted about a cool feature from comiXology for us comic book geeks out there. They're created an iPhone MobileSafari (have to remember that the Touch is out there now) interface for their database of the latest comic book releases. It looks great, allows users to browse both the current and following week's releases in a touchscreen-specific interface. It also displays summaries and cover art for every book on the list. It's like browsing a comic store without actually being there (unless you are actually in a comic store while you use it-- in which case, whoa, I'd have to sit down for a while, that's heavy).

While we're at it, I'm currently poking around for comic book collection software for the Mac (the folks are selling their house, and they asked me to clear the old collection out of their closet). So far, it seems like Comics 2 is the pick of the litter. Does anyone want to share a good tip on an app that will help me organize the few boxes of books I've got? I would love if Delicious Library did it, but while I'm sure it could handle my graphic novels, I doubt it would be able to do individual issues. Anyone have a recommendation?

Macenstein has posted about a cool feature from comiXology for us comic book geeks out there. They're created an iPhone MobileSafari (have...
 

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Mark

For reading and collecting comics, use ComicBookLover

September 17 2007 at 11:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kris Black

ComicBookLover is good for reading comics. Comic Collector Live is good for cataloging comics but you'll have to run it in Windows via Parallels, Boot Camp or some other way to run Windows on your Mac.

September 15 2007 at 1:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aak7268

I seem to remember an interview w/ the Delicious Library creator where he was asked that exact question. The response was basically "not gonna happen" due to the lack of solid comic bar code databases. But yeah, that would be a dream, just being able to use the iSight camera to catalog all my comics!

That said, there's something to be said for a straightforward "manual entry" solution, and Comics 2.0 seems to be quite nice! Thanks for the link!

September 14 2007 at 11:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jesse

If you don't mind a webapp rather than something on your machine, http://www.comicbookdb.com is pretty excellent. Think LibraryThing for comics...

September 14 2007 at 10:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tendo

I have been praying for a comic book reader for the iPhone for soooo long, I hope it goes native.

September 14 2007 at 9:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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