Vaiti
Terracotta Army
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I'm a filthy pirate. Good number of legit services out there as Velorath mentions however.
The mobile scene is really taking off with an almost endless stream of software to pick from depending on your platform, lots of iPhone apps, plenty of android to pick from, can even find PSP and DS applications for reading.
I can only comment so much on the legit services, as I haven't tried them first hand. I have no clue how they DRM/if they DRM the comics, how they are delivered, or what the format they are delivered/downloaded in is exactly. Marvel has put out alot of DVD's with .pdf's which have some watermark protection or some sort, either the watermark always shows/or they provide a program/key of some sort so the watermark isn't there on legit copies.
Longbox is some Mac software I came across about two days ago, I tried the Windows port and it felt...oddish to me, but I've been using alot of eComic software over the years so I have certain expectations in behavior anyone unfamiliar with that kind of software are less likely to have. Apparently they plan to support Android, Windows Mobile and iPhone ports in the future. The catalog for comics there is very limited at the moment, not even a full page of comics to pick from. A single issue of Wanted, The Darkness and Witchblade would be the most prominent known names I spotted, with the rest been more obscure or indie comics. The comics available right now are all free, there isn't any information (that I found) on price points just yet. The entire platform is in beta.
It looks promising however.
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