Comic books are ever so popular and many of them are being digitized for access via desktop computers and mobile devices. I've a good a number of them on my iPod Touch - my favorite being "Death Dealer - Shadows of Mirahan". Issue 1 is free on iTunes. Inspired by Fank Frazetta's Death Dealer, this graphic novel is simply beautiful and a great tribute to the iconic artist whose work has inspired generations of fantasy and sci-fi artists. I'm a fan.
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Jeff Friesen, a regular on java.net, has written an article on how to create a simple comic book reader in Java. In a digitized comic book, image files are most commonly packaged into CBR (RAR archive format) and CBZ (ZIP archive format) files.
Jeff's source code is divided into three classes: CBReader, CBZ and FSWindow. CBReader defines the application, CBZ processes CBZ files, and FSWindow enables a fullscreen window that can display and scroll images.
The source code for Jeff's comic book reader can be downloaded and easily amended to include additional features.
To view Jeff's article and download the source code for his comic book reader, go to:
http://bit.ly/daVhlb
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