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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">RE: on-line comics.... From a reader's perspective, they're not as nice as the traditional paper or trade paperback type because you can't curl up in a chair with them or lay down on the floor/bed with them... even a laptop doesn't work right for this. And, unless you have magnifying vision, it would be just about impossible to read a comic on a small, curl-up-withable hand-held devise like a PDA or "Gameboy"/PSP (at least, not a full page at a time. Even Sergio's "without words" comics would not have their full impact at that size.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">They are a good way to have "pristine" pages, I suppose-- it's pretty easy to clean a computer screen, as compared to paper... and replacing a keyboard if you spill something on it is usually easier and cheaper than replacing a "classic" out of print comic book.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Girl Genius (<A href="http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/">http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/</A>) is an on-line and trade paperback type comic/graphic novel I do follow. I read books 1-5 on the computer while waiting for the print ones to arrive from various sellers.... It was much nicer to re-read them in the print version, not only because holding them while curling up in a chair is easier, but also because you don't have to wait that eternal 30s or so for the next page to load. Currently, book 6 is only available on-line... but I will be ordering the "real" one as soon as it is available.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Maybe Sergio could put "teaser" pages of new comics up.... Not that loyal Groop-ers/-ies need such, but it would doubtlessly hook new readers.....</FONT></DIV>
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