CaptHowdy's Blog: Comicbooklover Software

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Added by CaptHowdy on May 1, 2008 | |

I've been searching high and low for a decent software application to read comics on my Mac. What do other Mac users use?

I think I finally found the answer, Comicbooklover. It's pretty awesome compared to anything else I've used.

I've been using FFView after trying out Jomic and Comical.

FFView was an image viewer in reality that reads CBR files and just worked so that was good, but there was a serious lack of other features including what I really wanted was some organization and stuff. Jomic and Comical were too much of memory hogs. Heck, They would have to be force quit many times it the comic was too large, etc.

Luckily I stumbled upon Comicbooklover through my Wakoopa site. Some other user said this was a good program. It's got an iTunes type interface where I can categorize comics, enter in writers, titles, and other key things. I test drove it for a day but there was this watermark thing at the bottom left hand corner. While not rendering it useless, it was annoying when text was under it so I registered it for like $25.

So far, I am in love with this program. There are a few issues I have with it, but for a small little program when there were no good alternatives for the Mac in my opinion, this is a godsend. I hope they keep developing it.