Keep Your Digital Comics in Easy Reach with Komga
Tutorial – Komga
Use the Komga comic server to organize and access your digital comic collection.
I love comics. Whenever my wife and kids hint that my comic collection takes too much space, I warn them that "those comics have been with me much longer than any of you – don't make me choose!" I also dream of replacing all my printed text-only books with ebooks so that I can fill the extra shelf space with more printed comic books.
Yet, no matter how much better printed comic books are, it's impossible to deny that their digital cousins have at least three huge advantages: First, they occupy virtually zero space, both at home and in your bag if you're traveling. Second, you can back them up remotely, unlike printed collections that could disappear any moment by theft, fire, or any other disaster (including the need for money).
Then there is the situation shown in Figure 1 which, for real lovers of comic books, might be the biggest advantage of all: Digital is the only way to enjoy tens of thousands of comic books that would cost a fortune for the printed version (if it still exists). Thanks to websites such as Comic Book Plus [1] and Digital Comic Museum [2], instead, you can access these vintage comic books for free.
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