Reading time comparison (digital vs traditional)

[Lensing]

I have a question about reading digital versus traditional comics,
and I’d like to know about your experiences. The reason why want
to know this is that I want to adjust my approach (time I spend on
the panels) for digital and traditional comics. I probably spend way
too much time on the panels when I do digital comics

I personally read digital comics in a different way than printed comics,
it´s pretty much the opposite.

I read digital comics once, I look at the panels for one second, I read them
faster + I often skip parts.

I read all printed comics at least twice, I have read some of them mulitple
times, at leasts once a year. I spend more time to look at the panels to
see all the details and I generally look at the panels longer before going
to the next panel. I also rarely skip parts.

I

[itski]

I think I also do this. I don't really 'skip' anything, but the assumption I made for 'webcomics' is that the panels are less detailed with the intention of scrolling. Anything I should know about will be brought to the forefront in some way, even if the characters don't address it. For example, that mysterious box in the background of the last panel suddenly has its own panel.

I read both only once, 9 times out of 10. But I do go back to reread some if I need a refresher for a story I loved. I am more likely to reread traditional printed comics. I have a collection of Tank Girl comics I go back to on a regular basis, for example, because they greatly influenced so much of my life. I have a collection of Hawkeye comics that I love, but I have only ever read them twice, max.

To me, webcomics are like TV soap operas, and print comics are like movies. I love both, but I would be more inclined to rewatch a movie I loved than a soap opera.

[ThunderChicken]

Everything I read, digital or analogue, comic or novel, I will read at least twice because I will always find things to appreciate that I missed the first time around. Hell, I've probably read the entire Asterix series two dozen times over.

[Lensing]

I love the Tank girl comics and I can relate to that. It´s a comic I would read multiple times too

[Lensing]

My uncle had the whole Asterix series when I was a kid and he got me hooked on it.
Asterix is the main reason why i started drawing comics. I read this one probably
100 times in my life

[ThunderChicken]

Hey, look, I just learned a little German!

Soothsayer is one of the best in the series, for sure. The art (especially the storms in the opening scenes), the story, the humour, it’s all top notch

[thepenmonster]

If Asterix was made today it would be plotted like Dragonball and we'd never see the feast on the last page because it was too hard to draw and still make the 60 panel a week work schedule.

[Lensing]

It doesn´t work like that in Europe.
Asterix, Lucky Luke etc. are still made today btw, the series are still running.

[ThunderChicken]

Yes, and the new writer and artist are doing a good job, though the humour isn't quite what it was with Goscinny (or with Bell and Hockeridge translating). Even worse, the last few volumes sold in Canada used the American translations and American names (Getafix is now called Panoramix, for example) rather than the British ones. The Romans' names in particular have been dumbed down and the famous wordplay has all but disappeared. Still, out of faithfulness, I buy every new volume...

[Lensing]

I agree 100% and I also bought every issue.
The art is really on point, the humour is not the same.
A similiar thing happened to Lucky Luke, the art is a bit different
but the humour and story writing changed

[mohdadeebace]

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[Lensing]

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[igneriss]

I've never realised it, but I read the same way- rereading printed comics multiple times and reading webcomics only once. I can recall only one webcomic which I re-read, Absolve the Sun, because I loved the plot and wanted to catch all additional details before author start posting new season.
I also read them quicker and pay less attention to drawings and backgrounds- as long as they are on a 'good enough' level, because sometimes lack of backgrounds are distracting. But this also is not a rule, as with some really beautifully drawn comics I spend WAY more time than I should admiring and zooming in the panels hahah
And with printed comics, the ones that I own I read at least twice. Sometimes I just open one on a random page and read from that point, or analyze drawings on that page c:

At the same time, I know that at least 3 of my friends have read my 6,75 webcomic twice (well, at least up to the point when it was uploaded at that time) and they were sending me memes and reactions from the re-read. I think my sister also has some webtoons that she's read at least twice. So there are readers out there who read digital comics like we read printed ones