You can choose how Comical resizes your comic images as you resize the window - whether you want them to be stretched to fit, or keep their aspect ratio. You can also view in full screen, and toggle a contents panel on and off. While the contents panel is useful for finding your page, as there's no bookmark feature, reading is much more comfortable with it turned off. There's a control bar, which allows you to rotate pages, and move between chapters and pages. This can also be reached with a right mouse click. The simplest way to flick through your comics is just using the space bar, which imitates page turning.

Simple Comic for Mac is a fast, lightweight comic reader for the Mac that will open. Rotate the pages to maximize display area; Archive Handling:.cbr,.cbz,.zip,.

Comical is quick to load pages and you won't notice loading at all when reading normally. The only things missing in Comical are a simple zoom feature, and a library. An iTunes style comic library would have really completed Comical. Despite minor drawbacks, Comical is a stable, and more importantly fast comic book reader. Comical supports the following formats ZIP, RAR, CBR, CBZ.

We here at the MacStories institute of app reviews have a feeling that your stack of Dōjinshi, Green Latern, and The Walking Dead comics have been dwindling at an alarming pace. Surely you could fulfill all your Hentai Manga needs online, but what fun is downloading RAR files just to peep JPEGs when you could get with the times and scoop some CBZ or CBR files from your favorite digital vendors? And no doubt you've been pulling shenanigans like scanning Super Man covers into PDFs for easy reading in iBooks instead of faxing ass photos to your boss in Italy. While there's nothing like tearing the plastic off Wonder Woman, flipping pages is best left for the DC fanatics who have a thing for glossy covers and tongue inspired paper crinkling. It's time to give comics a quick swift kick in the rear and bring the treasure trove of paneled heroism into the 21st century.

That's what Danger Duck would have wanted right? Most likely you dirty dogs have been using the Googz (slang around here for Google), Incognito'd and proxy'd in Chrome because your Japanese reading habits are as equally disturbing as my love of cupcakes. Normally I'd forgive you, but god forbid you actually downloaded the next teenage relationship with a demon hunter drama to your hard drive. While I'm not terribly excited about your choice of non-American monster tales, the least I can do is remove the stain of Quick Look and introduce you to some choice tools of the trade. Subscriptions Sticking to Internet fandom, the least we can do is start by sponsoring some legal digital outlets where you can often save money via subscriptions vs. Paying a few bucks per paperback.

And are available online and on your devices thanks to specific iPhone and iPad applications that keep your mutant vs. Superhero needs in check.

You can also check out outlets like or if you're looking for comics outside of the norms. Know your Comic Book Archives Most likely you've amassed a collection of digital comics through other nefarious means such as teleportation or the whole download from a skeevy website business, so we're going to implement a don't ask don't policy in hopes of harboring a community of do-gooders instead of hoarders. If you're dealing with digital comics, you should be familiar with CBZ and CBR files. ZIP is to CBZ as RAR is to CBR: You end up with the same contents bundled up in a different way. So while you get a compressed package of joy no matter what you end up with, the reason you want CBZ and CBR files is that they give comic readers to do cool things like read page orders. If it's a good comic reader, it'll be smart enough to reverse page order so you can read the comic Manga or American style (back-to-front or front-to-back).

Mac Comic Book Readers and are most likely the old school solutions you're likely to come across when perusing comic software for the Mac. Though if you're really hardcore, you might be willing to throw out $25 for. ComicBookLover might be the most appealing option here since there's consistency between the desktop,, and versions. While I don't want to cover iPad options just yet, know these options are available if you want to bank on a holistic experience.

Bitcartel's desktop app is pretty badass because it's comprehensive in helping fanatics manage their comic addiction with a suite of simple editing tools, dual monitor support, and a full screen mode for the most intimate of reading sessions. Sim card reader and writer for mac. Simple Comic for Mac You pay for what you get, but I personally like. With features like the image loupe and full screen thumbnail view, I've had no problems in enjoying a bit of space nerdery on my 13' MacBook. You can't argue with the price of free to give the software a spin, but I highly recommend you pass along a donation to at least acknowledge your comic cravings. IPad Comic Book Readers Comics for iPad If you're a savvy comic book reader, most likely you've been looking at how to get Batman onto that 10' display. If you want the comic app that has it all, you need to download.