I live in rural NM, and getting physical comics is a trek. I used to use Comixology, but missed physical books so much I opened a comic and game shop in my small town. The comic side of things failed, my game sales were financing the comics. So after just over a year i cancelled my comic account to focus on the games.

Since then Amazon took over comixology and moved shopping for comics onto Amazon, which after three days of trying to find titles I have decided to explore other avenues.

I know when I was selling comic books marvel had their own app, do all of the publishers have those? Or is Amazon the only name in the game?

I am looking to catch up on Dynamite’s Red Sonya, Marvel’s Conan, Elfquest, anything X-Force, X-23, and probably Firefly. I have not read a comic since my last order came into the shop in January 2020. The news of the new X-23 series is what started to pull me back in again, I did manage to get a subscription to that on Amazon.

  • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m not a big fan of renting and not owning, but I feel like most of my Marvel Unlimited or DC Infinite subscription is going to the writers and artists to support their making more content. Feels like a Patreon situation, rather than rent seeking.

    New content hits Marvel Unlimited so quickly, and there’s so much backlog available, that I feel good about keeping the subscription around.

    Plus Marvel has lately (and historically) given voices to the stories of folks who I don’t think get enough empathy, so I feel good about that too.

    I’ve been reveling in catching up on the House of X and Hellfire Gala and related books.

    I’ll pick up a bunch of my favorites in collected trade paperback later, too. So I’ll still also get to own a copy.