Comic Books on the iPad? Yes, Please. →

This would be the reason why I would get an iPad for myself.  I don’t think iPads can replace netbooks (I use Photoshop on my own netbook to design on the go — yes, it can actually run Photoshop).  But when you look at the iPad more as a ‘SuperKindle’, it becomes more compelling.

Sure, movies are cool, and web browsing is fine (if there’s no Flash, that HTML 5 stuff better come quick), but the killer feature in this thing is the way it can handle what is traditionally print media — the newspapers, magazines, comic books — all in glorious full color and on a large screen.  Personally, I will always prefer a comic on the printed page over digital, but when you’re traveling, nothing can compare to having all those books without any of the extra weight.

Panelfly’s iPhone app is my favorite among all the comic book readers in the App Store. They still haven’t perfected page/panel navigation on the small screen (no one has), but with an iPad screen, it shouldn’t be a problem.  If they can get the right content for it (none of this back issue nickel & diming — I want to see trade paperback collections and graphic novels), then it’s going be killer.  Sign me up.

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