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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

I’m super torn between not wanting more Amazon in my life and wanting a convenient way to binge a lot of comics and manga

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I want to read comics but I also don't want to miss out on that feeling when you turn a page and are greeted with awesome two page spreads.

Unfortunately no tablet or e-reader can have this functionality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

On my iPad, I use an app called Manga Plus and in landscape I get the two page spreads. I suppose any app that's supports two-page landscape view would work. But that wouldn't work well for smaller tablets

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Of course. However comics have square-ish aspect ratio when it is two pages side by side and rectangular when it is one page.

No screen can accommodate this change properly, yet. Maybe folding or roll-out displays will manage this someday.

Like imagine reading this along

All these interactions arranged in a grid squares

And then you turn over the page to be greeted by this grotesque monstrosity

(The comic is The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing)

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