things that are making me happy this week

[ironymaiden]

C is home (for now). it's good.

i signed up for the comiXology Unlimited trial Tuesday  night, and promptly read three trades (two i knew about, one that was a new discovery). where Marvel Unlimited is narrow (Marvel only) but deep back through the Silver Age, comiXology Unlimited is broad (pretty much every publisher other than Marvel and DC) but shallow in that it only seems to offer first volumes. i found out about the service because Paul Constant instantly bitched about it being terrible for creators.* having used the app, it's as terrible for creators as Baen Free Library (i.e. not at all) with a side order of consumers being able to instantly buy the issues that aren't included in the subscription. seems like a money-spinner to me - i'm going to have to come up with some rules about spending. it definitely beats the eternal waits for library copies of trades (especially when my local branch is closed for renovations).

seriously, Sex Criminals and Trees! <3 <3 <3

I got caught up on the finale of The Flash.

*comiXology is owned by Amazon, so it must be the devil's tool. i'm sorry the book store you worked for went under. it's been like, 20 years man. i admit that i still hate Lowe's for fucking over the hardware store i worked for in college, but i don't write a doomsday screed every time Lowe's sneezes. i ignore them.

Comments

[mimerki.livejournal.com]

Paul Constant: I hate the my knee-jerk response to anything he says is that I will feel the opposite, but it is so often the case. "Paul Constant says this movie was terrible? I should go right now!"

[dreamline.livejournal.com]

Sex Criminals is a hoot!

I enjoyed Vol 1 of Trees as well (if by enjoy you mean wonderfully creeped out). Looking forward to volume 2, but at the slow rate trades are coming out I probably should just subscribe to an online service like you do or have Zach add it to our bi-monthly issue orders. My wallet and overloaded bookshelves would appreciate me embracing digital reading more, but I'm just not loving it yet.

Might I suggest Codename Babouska and Cry Havoc (both from Image Comics)? I would hope that any trade compilations and online versions would contain the additional content of the issues (insightful feminist essays in Babouska and mythology details in Cry Havoc), but of not I would happily lend them to you. Oh, and we met Simon Spurrier (Cry Havoc) at ECCC and he was so gracious and kind.

[ironymaiden]

Alas, neither of them are included in Unlimited. I have a sad.