It’s got spectacularly good network integration-you can add comics directly into Chunky from most cloud services as well as local file servers and even remote FTP servers. DC Universe mixes subscription video with comics old and new, but it’s a good deal if you’re a DC fan.Ĭhunky Comic Reader is an independent comic reader app that you can load up with comics in CBR, CBZ, and PDF formats. The app was pretty rocky when it started out, but it keeps getting better. At $69 per year I think it’s a spectacular deal if you’re a Marvel fan-it’s easy to read $69 worth of comics in a single sitting. Marvel Unlimited is Marvel Comics’ subscription service, featuring more than 20,000 digital comics including old stuff from the catalog and new issues released between six and twelve months after initial release. But if you’re a heavy Kindle user and don’t read too many comics, reading in the Kindle app could be more convenient. I prefer using Comixology for comics and Kindle for books-Comixology’s organizational system is built around comics, so it works better if you buy a lot of individual issues or collections in a series. (Books wants to pan back and forth across comic book spreads, which I just don’t like – I prefer to see just the current page I’m reading.)Īmazon’s Kindle app will also let you read comics, and it uses the same technology as Comixology, so it’s a good reading experience, other than needing to buy comics via the web. If you prefer in-app purchases, Apple will sell you comics inside the Books app, though I find Comixology’s reading experience superior in almost every way. It’s an extra step, but it’s easy to buy comics in Safari and then read them in the app. Because it’s an Amazon property, you have to buy comics on the Comixology website and then switch to the app to download them. The three apps I use to do most of my comic reading on iPad are Comixology, Marvel Unlimited, and Chunky Comic Reader.Ĭomixology, owned by Amazon, is the leading digital comic-book storefront. Now that the new iPad Pro models are out, I thought it was worth revisiting the current state of the art in iPad comics to see where things stand.
The iPad is the best thing to happen to comics since four-color printing. Comixology on the 12.9- and 11-inch iPad Pros. Note: This story has not been updated for several years.
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