By the time it goes through international taste filters, only a small fraction is palatable abroad. Japan’s manga industry is a well-tuned machine, churning out content with unmatched efficiency, but on the creative side, it’s all tuned to Japanese tastes, natch. As folks often remind us, manga isn’t a genre - it’s just comics made in Japan. Where Kodansha could really start shaking things up and leapfrogging past Viz is if they start treating the US (and other markets) as primary customers and not as an aftermarket. The perfect “Kodansha America” is destined to be number 2 (where Del Rey has been settling into as Tokyopop’s star falls), as long as the market keeps to current habits. There are a few strong Kodansha licenses that could break out into the top 20 (the super buzzworthy Moyashimon, for example), but I think history has shown pretty well that production values and marketing have limited effects on specific series sales in the US - at least when it comes to hits. And as Shueisha and Shogakukan are, at the top, one company, and Viz is exclusive with both, a consolidated Kodansha in the US is still dwarfed by Viz. Kodansha might be the number one trade publisher in Japan, but Shueisha is tops in manga - especially in the key “shonen” (older boys) demographic. I plan to pay the shareware fee in hopes the developer will really rethink the functionality of this application.In the short term, even if all open Kodansha licenses reverted to Kodansha’s new division immediately, I don’t see the market shaking up much. MYC has to completely download each web page for each comic on relaunch (unless the comic has been added to their internal archive folders). This is great if I am on travel and away for my Mac for a few days - all my funnies will be waiting when I get home. CT can be automated with a simple AppleScript to launch each morning, collect my comics and quit. ![]() MYC has SmartFolders but I cannot see how to group comics based on days they are updated.ĥ - last thing I'll mention relates back to #1. This makes it so I don't have to click on a Sunday comic during the weekdays as it is in its own separate group in the comic listing. The best example is comics that are only Sunday. No such feature in MYC.Ĥ - CT allows me to GROUP comics. I don't see any ZOOM in MYC.ģ - CT allows for downloading archive - provide a start date and it will collect them in one swoop. ![]() Seems to me I could bookmark all my comics in Safari and "Open All In Tabs" and a) they would all be ready to read and b) would not cost me $9.Ģ - CT allows each comic to have its own ZOOM - some are best viewed at 100%, some at 150%. Worse it MYC does not scrape the web site and display only the comic - it shows the entire web page. M圜omics - downloads them as I click on them meaning I have to wait 10 seconds or so for each new comic! ugh. I use the discontinued ComicTastic and LOVE IT even though it has not been supported for 4 or 5 years.ġ - CT will download ALL my comics in one swoop - takes a few minutes but when I am ready to look at them they are there for instant display. (Note: this review will be similar to my review of FunnyPages for the same reasons). Drag image files into MYComics from any source: another Web browser, email, or FinderĪ decent start but lots could be improved.Built-in integration with Facebook, Twitter, and OS X Mail makes it easy to share.Make unlimited folders for saving & organizing your favorite comics.You can make unlimited folders to save & organize your comics, use tags and smart folders to help find them, and browse your collection of favorites with the built-in viewer. When you want to save a comic into MYComics' database or share it on Facebook or Twitter or with OS X Mail, it's as simple as drag-and-drop. (And if our database doesn't have your favorite comic, you can easily add it.) ![]() With a database of almost 350 comics and a built-in Web browser, MYComics allows you to enjoy all your favorites, from classics like Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts, to modern favorites like Dilbert, two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez, and independent cartoons like Indexed and Rockwood. MYComics makes it easy and fun to view, save, and share your favorite online comic strips.
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