Long-time friends…I mean really really long-time friends, will remember my brief foray into an attempt at comic book writing many years ago. Many many. Recently, I’ve been making notes and considering a return to the attempt. I figure what the hell, I’m a failed rock star, why not be a failed comic writer too? I’ve been reading them a ton lately, and I’ve really found my love for the medium…again. Um, re-found my love? I don’t know exactly how to say, but you get the point.

Anyway, one of the great new innovations in the world of comic books is digital comics. Yup, you can get online subscriptions and all that. Not too shabby if you are a pure reader and not so much into collecting the books and accumulating all that dead plant matter. Me…I like the dead plants. Sorry. I just like to hold ’em.

Thing is, there are apps for cellphones from the various publishers of note (and these days there are a lot of them) that allow you to read the comics on your iPhone or Droid or whatever. It’s very cool…conceptually, but WAY too small of a canvas. You need Nikon binoculars to read the text. It’s just not there yet. But maybe…soon…digi-comics will be a happening option.