Comic book torrents?
June 5, 2008 9:53 AM Subscribe
Everyone loved OINK for music but for me it was comics. Is there a good source for comic torrents anymore?
Ihemmorage spend a lot of money at the comic book store, and that makes me more interested in comic torrents, not less. Primarily because it's about 100x easier to read the old stuff on screen than dig through stacks of boxes, no matter how well organized.
Meaning, I don't want these bundles of every damned thing that came out this week that I can find on public sites. I support the comics I like by buying them, I'm not interested in 90% of what's in there, and those new comics are easily accessable to me. I'd like to find collections of back catalog stuff I've already bought but don't have easy access to, a la the Lucifer bundle that OINK once spat up for me.
Are there public or private comic book torrent sites I should be checking?
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Meaning, I don't want these bundles of every damned thing that came out this week that I can find on public sites. I support the comics I like by buying them, I'm not interested in 90% of what's in there, and those new comics are easily accessable to me. I'd like to find collections of back catalog stuff I've already bought but don't have easy access to, a la the Lucifer bundle that OINK once spat up for me.
Are there public or private comic book torrent sites I should be checking?
This post was deleted for the following reason: generally speaking torrent questions are sketch here. you have gotten some good answers but we'll be closing this. -- jessamyn
I don't know how it is these days, but a few years ago I used Direct Connect for downloading comic books. There were always a few comics hubs in the public hub list.
I used DC++ on PCs and Shakespeer for Apples.
posted by bubukaba at 10:10 AM on June 5, 2008
I used DC++ on PCs and Shakespeer for Apples.
posted by bubukaba at 10:10 AM on June 5, 2008
There are a lot of sites that aggregate the DCP (& friends) packs. You needn't be a member of a private torrent site to find these, as they often leak from scene to the public pretty quick, and a quick search at TPB will find you a ton these.
Though, the completeness/speed of public sites is another issue.
posted by tybeet at 10:15 AM on June 5, 2008
Though, the completeness/speed of public sites is another issue.
posted by tybeet at 10:15 AM on June 5, 2008
Late last year, shortly after the OiNK take-down, he big two comic book companies participated in a massive culling of comic book torrent sites (1, 2). The sites weren't forced necessarilly to close up shop, only to drop any content belonging to either DC or Marvel (or either of their subsidiaries). Naturally, this resulted in many of them closing anyway.
Of course, you'll still be able to find caches of comics, including the weekly DCP (digital comics preservation) releases at the usual suspects (Pirate Bay, ISOHunt, etc.), but be careful. If you've not installed Peer Guardian 2, do so. Now. Just because comics aren't overseen by the RIAA or the MPAA, that doesn't mean nobody's watching.
And more over, remember that the comic industry is struggling right now. The success of films like Iron Man aside, the future for the printed comic book is looking bleek. Why else would they be hitting the "publicity stunt" button over and over?
So (IMHO) support the industry as much as you can afford, and use the torrent sites wisely and sparingly -- or better yet, use them to find those comics that are simply unattainable otherwise, the way out-of-print issues that might never see trade publication. Maybe, just maybe, the big two will notice how much demand there is for the older comics and realize that they'd be better off calling the marketing/re-printing department instead of their legal department.
posted by grabbingsand at 10:54 AM on June 5, 2008
Of course, you'll still be able to find caches of comics, including the weekly DCP (digital comics preservation) releases at the usual suspects (Pirate Bay, ISOHunt, etc.), but be careful. If you've not installed Peer Guardian 2, do so. Now. Just because comics aren't overseen by the RIAA or the MPAA, that doesn't mean nobody's watching.
And more over, remember that the comic industry is struggling right now. The success of films like Iron Man aside, the future for the printed comic book is looking bleek. Why else would they be hitting the "publicity stunt" button over and over?
So (IMHO) support the industry as much as you can afford, and use the torrent sites wisely and sparingly -- or better yet, use them to find those comics that are simply unattainable otherwise, the way out-of-print issues that might never see trade publication. Maybe, just maybe, the big two will notice how much demand there is for the older comics and realize that they'd be better off calling the marketing/re-printing department instead of their legal department.
posted by grabbingsand at 10:54 AM on June 5, 2008
Response by poster: My spending habit averages out to about $30/week so they're certainly not hurting for my support. That's a tiny part of why I'd just as soon have nothing to do with the DCP packs - I don't even want the temptation to read something I'm not purchasing.
That aside, at the point where I have to track down 20 different DCP packs, start the download, then select only the contained issues I want... I'll just go to the basement and move around all the short boxes.
I'll look into Direct Connect and a few of those other sites (though what.cd seems to be invite only)
posted by flag it and shut up at 11:09 AM on June 5, 2008
That aside, at the point where I have to track down 20 different DCP packs, start the download, then select only the contained issues I want... I'll just go to the basement and move around all the short boxes.
I'll look into Direct Connect and a few of those other sites (though what.cd seems to be invite only)
posted by flag it and shut up at 11:09 AM on June 5, 2008
I was a member of OINK as well, and currently a member of waffles.fm (a fine site). I can't recall how many comic torrents oink had, but waffles currently has 776 or so. I can get you an invite if you'd like one, but not sure how well it will fulfill your search.
posted by Precision at 11:24 AM on June 5, 2008
posted by Precision at 11:24 AM on June 5, 2008
it has been linked to already, but z-cult is a great community...
posted by wackoacko at 12:03 PM on June 5, 2008
posted by wackoacko at 12:03 PM on June 5, 2008
Have you looked into newsgroups? There are a couple of comics groups that get a fairly large amount of volume.
posted by barc0001 at 12:23 PM on June 5, 2008
posted by barc0001 at 12:23 PM on June 5, 2008
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