Burn To Shine

Well, there’s a lot of articles on this topic. Are digital comics the future which going to replace the comic books in their printed form, and make them extinct?

In some way, digital comic do benefits the readers in saving the cost to read comic by small subscription fees. You should have observed that there’s a increase in price of the comic book compared to 5 years ago. 10 Years ago, I remember that i only paid $2.50 SGD for Manga- now it’s doubled the price $5.00 SGD. Some even more.

Also, Digital comics can use more interactive way in presenting with the current technology.

However despite the benefits of digital comics offer, printed comic books still had its attraction. Readers use their imagination to illustrate the gap from panel to panel. Also collecting them is a fun factor, looking up and down to find the missing back issue to complete the whole series.

Mobility of comic books is what digital comic cannot replace. You can take it anywhere whenever you go.

For myself, i believe that the market of digital comic will increase, as we had already heard seeing comic on the mobile phone.
Who knows, if ipod, Creative Zens or other MP4 player became a common accessory to the public, the market of Digital Comic will eventually opened up. However, printed comic will still stay because of its values.

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