Tag: COMICS

So it turns out that Marvel has a whole line of kid-friendly characters under the moniker Super Hero Squad. I like it already! And it gets even better, because I've just found that they also have a Create Your Own Comic feature on their site. It's a full-featured comic strip generator similar to previously featured ToonDoo and Toonlet, but the graphics really set it apart from the ...

First, let me disclaim that I do not read comics, nor manga, and I'm not a huge fan of anime. In fact, the only drawn-art medium that I really like is hentai. But enough about me! Today I've had the pleasure of using ComicRack, an eComics reader and manager. I don't have anything to compare it to, but according to my friends it's the best comic reader out there. I can't really tell you if ...

I just posted a hacky, roundabout way of reading digital comics files on your iPhone, but ComicBookLover promises something better: an iTunes-like digital comics organizer that syncs between your Mac, iPhone and/or iPad. The mobile apps are still in pre-alpha and they require wi-fi to sync, but it's nice to know that a comprehensive solution for your digital comics is on the way. The desktop ...

The iPhone's gotten a lot better about PDF support over the years, but comics fans still don't have a perfect way to read files in the CBR and CBZ formats. These formats are both just compressed archives of image files, so you could unzip them and put the JPGs or PNGs onto your phone using iTunes. Keeping them in order is a pain, though, and the Photos app isn't really designed for viewing comics. ...

There are plenty of apps you can use to build your own comic strip, with little artistic talent required. Various members of the Download Squad team love Bitstrips and Comic Life Magiq, but we grownups aren't really the target audience for ToonDoo, a comic strip maker from Zoho. ToonDoo is for educational use, allowing kids to make comic strips in the classroom (even if they can't draw), and ...

Sequential started life as an image browser, and it's still a nice way to view batches of images, but it's also turned into the best Mac comics reader out there. I've tried other apps like Jomic and Comical, and found that they don't measure up to sequential in terms of speed, stability, and Mac-like feel. For whatever reason, large .cbr and .cbz files tend to crash most Mac readers. Not ...

ComicBrush is a new online tool intended to allow regular people like you and me to create cartoons quickly and easily, even if we don't have any artistic talent. So far, so good, seems like a great premise. I was excited to give it a try. Excited, that is, until I found that I needed to create an account just to kick the tires. Creating an account isn't that big of a deal, I suppose, but these ...

SuperLame isn't exactly a name that inspires confidence, but it's actually a fun web app. If our review of Comiq Life Magiq caught your eye, but you don't run OS X or don't have a need for so many features, SuperLame is perfect for you. It creates customized dialogue bubbles with no fuss, and it's flash-based, so anyone can use it. One of the most obvious things we liked about SuperLame is ...

Comic Life Magiq is the latest and greatest version of the familiar Comic Life app you've probably seen bundled with some Macs. It takes the Comic Life concept of building comic strips using your own images, and gives you a fully-loaded toolbox that makes the job easy and a lot of fun. To build a nice-looking page, all you have to do is grab one of the many pre-loaded layouts and drag it to ...

Check the junk folder of your email service, and we're guessing you'll find hundreds of messages offering to enhance various body parts, decrease others, or ask for your help withdrawing large sums of money from a bank account. But what if you're simply misreading all of these messages? What if you're the one with the dirty mind, not the marketers? Yeah, we're pretty sure that's not the case, ...

You can get music online, movies, books, and pretty much any form of entertainment you like. So it's about time the comic book industry got with the times. While independent publishers have been distributing comics online for a while now, Marvel is getting into the game today, by putting about 2500 back issues online. The company will continue to add to the catalog as time goes on. Considering ...

When creativity is snooping around inside your head, where can you go for an outlet? If you're into comics, then HyperComics could be your space. HyperComics is a social network built around comics, naturally. It's a way to network with like minded comic book creators, and get in contact with industry resources. Members can showcase their original material and have other members discuss and ...

If you're a fan of comics - both the old-school syndicated ones that appear in your local newspaper and the newschool web based comics - you may find it useful to have a dedicated reader for them. And Comictastic may well be the best tool for the job. Not only can it help to keep your feed reader clear of the silliness of comics, Comictastic has some dedicated comic functionality that you won't ...

Here's a weird little toy: ChatFu "cartoonifies" any IM conversation that you paste into it, by which I mean it'll turn it into a comic strip. It's pretty hokey—the artwork isn't great (and characters for each side of the conversation are chosen at random) and the text has a pasted-in feel to it, but it's an amusing little distraction and a fun way to immortalize those delirious ...

Neither history's first nor last comic strip generator, StripGenerator is still a fun way to send a message, kill some time, or jump-start your comic-writing career. With a slick Flash interface, a library of dozens of stylish characters and objects and an easy way to save and share the comics you build, all StripGenerator lacks is some color. ...