Digital. I have sensory issues with the feel of paper, despite being an artist. God is a cruel man.
My favorite is Digital format on a physical device. My iPad feels right.
It's large enough for a two page spread, I can carry it around with me and swiping almost feels like turning pages.
It keeps the page reveal -flip thing....
I can zoom in, zoom out......
I can have ALL my needed/wanted books in one place.
No more searching through boxes looking for that one past issue.
So I don't know what choice to pick.
My own books, that I create, I need both.
It's not always sensible to be like "Wanna see my work? Hold on, let's get this internets link poppin..browse to.... and search for....."
And also, just as off to say "Hold on, I'll bring you a copy tomorrow"
And also the idea of giving away a whole book every time someone asks me about my comics.
My eyes get super light-sensitive.
It can get really bad.
Do you know what that is?
I think it's related to being in front of a monitor and it's some kind of bright-fatigue.
I live in a tiny condo so digital is becoming my new favourite. As much as I love paper I don't have the space for it.
I typically prefer physical and at the slow rate that I actually buy books that's been fine so far.
I'm not completely opposed to digital though, for example a few weeks ago i discovered that Humble Bundle apparently has digital comic bundles and so I ended up impulse buying somewhere in the range of 130ish volumes of manga digitally for $20 lol
But i also don't go out of my way to look for digital purchases I guess. The above discovery was completely accidental upon reading some stranger's comment on reddit lol
Definitely physical! It’s nice to see a collection of comics on your shelf of all the stuff you’ve read in the past couple of years. Also it’s really satisfying to leaf through each page to find your favorite scene or whatever. I’m still looking to buy a physical copy of Uzumaki but that thing is massive and very expensive lol.
Physical!!! I am not an artist and thus do not understand what it implies, where art quality is concerned, to produce a physical copy of a comic.
However, some of my tenderest memories go back to childhood, when you open a comic for the first time. The crisp sound of the binding that cracks a bit, the feel of glazed paper under your fingers, the chemical smell of that special ink used for comics. Just thinking about it gives me shivers.
I feel that a physical copy speaks to so many senses at once. It is not only visually pleasing and intellectually stimulating. There is smell, touch and hearing that all come together to give the reader a special experience.
But I do also understand that for artists (though, I am not sure, following the advent of the Chinese webcomic and the treatment of Chinese artists by publishing companies - I am thinking of two Chinese artists in particular that broke through the stereotype that Chinese webcomics are supremely mediocre and that got crushed by their publishers), it may be easier to stay digital. More control over production, over finishing, over platform, less dependency on technical specialists and hopefully, very, very hopefully (though I more and more doubt it) more income.
Oh, I enjoy both. For myself, though, I am stuck doing digital due to the damage to my main hand back in 1996. If I had been able to, I would have been drawing my tales. Either way, I get to put in my style while making photo stages and poses to tell the tale.
Ideally: 100% physical as it's feel better when reading (feeling amount of pages left in my right hand, not aggressive on the eyes, the smell, etc.).
Reality: I'm probably reading 90% in digital version because a. I can't find the one I want in print where I live at a reasonable price, and b. my old collection is in the family house which I only go once a year...
Definitely both.
Where I see it eventually going: it's free digital up to the final issue of that volume, and then goes to print.
Digital.
Mainstream comics and manga are way cheaper and readily available than their physical counterparts here in regional Australia. I love looking at physical comics in the book store but I don't really buy them unless they're special editions. I brought Death Note (All-in-One Edition) when it first came out because it was cheaper than buying each volume separately and I knew I'd love it as a fan of the anime. I also recently brought a nice hardcover edition of the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist.
Though I read some manga and like many graphic novels published by Image, most of the comics I read these days are independent. I pay or donate to free comics when I can rather than buying physical editions because even if I wanted to the postage cost would likely be astronomical. I'd rather donate the cost of the physical book and give the post to that author or someone else.
I prefer to buy actual books...I like to come back and look at the work, analyzing it to pick up notes; I cant get that with digital.
But I do download and read digital versions of stuff that I get from Kickstarters that I've backed...
I do both. Digital is convenient for reading right when a new chapter comes out which means being able to avoid spoilers! \o/ It's also good that I can read a lot of comics and manga without losing any shelf space.
But having a physical book is nice too! It feels like I more directly support the artist when I'm able to buy a book. No loading time and can easily flip through.
I prefer physical. I know digital has it's advantages being easily portable, environmentally friendly, clutterless etc. But with a physical copy, it actually feels like you own it. You get to hold it and make it a part of a collection.
@AVXP I study the art; pick up techniques that I'd like to try out with my work.
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