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@ gimbar:

Hey, not sure when they added it but I logged into Comixology today and most of the comics I have bought so far (especially the Image titles like Saga and Prophet) now can be downloaded DRM free in both PDF and CBZ format. :D

@ Luke Maciak:
He’s right: I just bought, downloaded and read the first 10 issues :D
And trying not to buy the other 10 right now.

@ gimbar:

Yeah, IceBrain is right – you should be able to get them DRM-less.

I was linking to ComiXology because that’s what I’ve been using lately. They kinda remind me of Steam but for comic books. It is DRM, but… It provides a central marketplace, a way to sync your purchased comics and their state between all your devices. So you can buy a comic, start reading it in your browser, then pick up the iPad, download the title and resume reading from the same point you were on your computer. It kinda works for me.

As long as DRM platform is designed to provide some added value and doesn’t get in my way I’m willing to tolerate it. But I totally get why others might not have this sort of tolerance. :)

@ IceBrain:
I just looked at the Collected Editions which aren’t available DRM free. My bad. Thx for pointing this out!

@ gimbar:
All comics bought on the publisher’s (Image Comics) own website are DRM-free. ComiXology is just a reseller.

It seems like it’s not possible to buy it DRM free :(
So it is disqualified for me. *puts away cc*

@ MrPete:

Hehe. Glad I could help to separate you from your hard earned money. I bought bunch of cheep games during the Steam sale so it doesn’t feel like I spent that much money… But I actually did. :P

I did check the Atomic Robo thing out – they had a free issue of that too. For some reason it didn’t really do anything for me.

@ IceBrain:

Uh, nice. Trees actually sound pretty interesting. I’m adding it to my list. :)

I can vouch for Saga, awesome series. Y: The Last Man, from the same writer, was alright too.

You should also definitively check out TREES (on Image Comics); I’ve only read the first issue yet, but it’s playing out to be great, which is to be expected considering it’s by Warren Ellis:

Ten years after they landed. All over the world. And they did nothing, standing on the surface of the Earth like trees, exerting their silent pressure on the world, as if there were no-one here and nothing under foot. Ten years since we learned that there is intelligent life in the universe, but that they did not recognise us as intelligent or alive. Beginning a new science fiction graphic novel by Warren Ellis & Jason Howard.

You’re evil.
After spending way too much money on Prophet (which I don’t regret, mind you!) and then Atomic Robo (historical accuracy? With a nuclear powered robot fighting a cloned dinosaur? Oh please! – so much stupid fun!) you now shove another series my way?
And those summer sales… I gotta say I didn’t buy a single title on steam.
But four on gog.com :), the good olde Settlers II among them. Figured it’d be a nice relaxing game for downtimes from what I remember…