Sony Launches Digital Comics for PSP on PSN Today

[PS3 News]

PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen announced that today Sony has officially launched Digital Comics for PSP on PSN.

To quote: PlayStation Network launched a new digital comics service for the PSP system today. As you already know, PSP firmware update v6.20 included a Digital Comics reader application that is accessible under the Extras icon on the XMB.

Starting today, you can access hundreds of digital comics on PlayStation Store, directly on the PSP or via MediaGo (on the PC). You will notice a new "tab" for comics, next to the game and video tabs. The digital comics store is currently available in the U.S. only.

PLEASE NOTE: Download the Digital Comics Reader application in order to view the comics. You can download the reader via Wi-Fi, directly on the PSP, by going to the Digital Comics reader icon and following the on-screen instructions.

In the store, you'll want to check out the "free comics" category, for a selection of comics that you can download for free. You'll also find a great variety of titles from our partners at http://marvel.com/comics/, http://www.idwpublishing.com/ and http://disney.go.com/index and more. See the launch list below.

The Digital Comics reader is unique to the PSP system and has an easy to use feature called Autoflow that allows you to zoom in/out and move frame by frame or page by page through the comic. It's so intuitive, you feel as if you are holding and reading the actual book. There's also a built-in music player so you can listen to the music on your PSP while reading the digital comics.

You can also check out http://www.playstationcomics.com/country-selector.html for more info.

Launch list:

2000AD Prog
Aleister Arcane
The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2003)
Annihilation (2006)
Archie & Friends
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
Astro Boy: Movie Adaptation
Astro Boy: Underground: Movie Prequel
Atomic Robo
The Beagle Boys
Burke & Hare
Cages
Captain America (2004)
Captain America Comics (1941)
Clive Barker's The Thief Of Always
Daisy Duck
Daredevil: Yellow (2001)
Donald Duck
Donald Duck Agent Qu-Qu 7
Durham Red: Empty Suns
Durham Red: Scarlet Cantos
Durham Red: Vermin Stars
Dynamo 5
Eternals (2006)
Fantastic Four (2003)
FX
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: Classics
G.I. Joe: Official Movie Prequel
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra: Official Movie Adaptation
Gladstone Gander
Gyro Gearloose
House of M (2005)
The Immortal Iron Fist (2006)
The Invincible Iron Man (1996)
The Invincible Iron Man (1998)
Invincible Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man (2004)
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2004)
Judge Dredd: Mandroid
Judge Dredd: Total War
Kingdom
Leviathan
Magica De Spell
Marvel Knights (2000)
Marvels (1994)
Mickey Mouse
Neozoic
New X-Men: Academy X (2004)
Rogue Trooper: The Future Of War
Runaways (2003)
Scrooge McDuck
Shakara
Sláine: Book of Invasions
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight
Star Trek: Archives - The Best of Peter David
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
Star Trek: Mirror Images
Star Trek: Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment
Super Human Resources
Superduck
Transformers: All Hail Megatron
Transformers: Classics
Transformers Official Movie Adaptation
Transformers Movie Prequel
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Movie Adaptation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Prequel Alliance
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Prequel Defiance
Transformers Spotlight
Wallace & Gromit
The Warriors
White Picket Fences
Wizards of Mickey
World War Hulk (2007)
X-23 (2005)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (2005)
X-Mickey
Young Salem
Zombies vs Robots


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[iddy]

The Aleister Arcane comics are really good, but is seems there are only three in the series. I suppose it saves in the pocket
The reader works really well with this one, and the artwork is beautiful

I bought Zombies vs Robots #0 as it was by Ashley Wood (think MGS), but the reader doesn't cope so well with the content escaping the comic's cells. It really doesn't do the comic justice. At one point it even misses a bit of text (unessential to the plot..), that kinda makes me wonder.

It also has a bit of humor to it, but since I was struggling with the reader's messy approach, i couldn't quite get into it. Which is a shame cos Wood's artwork is inspirational, as always.

Last edited by iddy; 12-17-2009 at 04:55 AM.