2000 AD is now Global!

[philt]

ahem "Opera"

[Matt Timson]

Downloaded it and giving it a go even as I type.  Seems OK- no spellcheck though (unless I have to turn it on in preferences).

Cheers.

[ThryllSeekyr]

I wonder if there are any plans to globalise back issued progs.

Like all of them.

[pauljholden]

They'd be mad not to, it'll be interesting to see what sort of price they go for, though, 8p?


- pj

[wadew1]

How can I get out of these two page spreads and view one page at a time?

[The Adventurer]

You can't, those are one-page as far as the PDF file is concerned.  

Plus, why would you want too, it'll screw up the double page spreads.

[wadew1]

I'm used to Comic Display files. When I use that program, I usually view single pages and fit them to the width of my screen. Then when there are double spreads, the file will auto adjust to a two page view.

And you can acually view the pdf as single pages if you use comic rack:

Link: http://comicrack.cyolito.com" target="_blank">http://comicrack.cyolito.com

[Rio De Fideldo]

From Newsarama

NRAMA: Marvel's D.C.U. currently allows subscribers to read more than 2,500 titles, and these include current (well, as current as current can be as there's a 6-month time lag between the print and online editions) issues as well as comics from as old as Amazing Spider-Man from the 1960s. Are there plans to open the 2000AD back issues vault?

2000AD: Absolutely. The archive will grow in both directions with new issues arriving weekly and past editions continually being added to the archive.

[ThryllSeekyr]

The downloadable version was never a perfect plan, but it is a plan.

I sfor stll hope they might consdie r doing the whole run of 2000AD.

[Leigh S]

328 downloads so far apparently.

Thats not too bad for a couple of days I'd have thought.  Hopefully lots of new readers (or papaer and pixel people) rather than 'swappers'.

[Peter Wolf]

I havent explored this yet but its all very good news indeed especially with all the talk of an archive becoming available.


 I hope that you will have the option of paying for and downloading a particular strip rather than a prog but it would be good to do that as well.

 I will pay whatever they ask for this privelage but i have 1 major concern:


 A couple of weeks ago i was sent some pages of B+W artwork that even on this screen were what i would call readable and i had to enlarge to read the text.

 B+W art needs a high bit rate per scan to avoid losing detail and a certain amount of fuzziness.

[Floyd-the-k]

If it extended the archive, I'd consider it.

Is it possible to convert it to CBR after you've recieved the PDF? I've tried both and although the PDF's are adequate, I much prefer CBR.

One of the other publcations I subscribe to makes their back issues and current issues available online at no extra cost when you subscribe. Admittedly that's the London Review of Books, my second-favourite Pom periodical which may be a different market.

[wadew1]

I used pdf2cbr.

Link: http://www.geocities.com/pdf2cbr/" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/pdf2cbr/

[Pete Wells]

Cheers Wadew, that pdf2cbr program is cool!

I bought the digital prog yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by the resolution. Also, it was nice to be able to see the Angel Star Scan without an anorexic Link! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/Wellsy/angels.jpg?t=1198402770">

[Floyd-the-k]

that's a great picture. I've heard it said that Langley uses real people to model for his pictures. It worries me that he may know people who look like that