在我对无纸化存在(paperless existence)的永无止境的追求中，我正在尝试将越来越多的印刷材料数字化，这些印刷材料正在我的书架上萎靡不振。这包括我多年来收集的大量漫画书。
有许多免费的漫画书阅读器可用于您的
计算机和平板电脑(computer and tablet)。因此，如果您有时间，扫描您的漫画书并在您的设备上阅读它们是有意义的。
但是你如何让你的漫画书设备就绪？这就是我们今天要研究的内容。
以正确的图像格式获取页面(Getting The
Pages In The Right Image Format)
扫描你的漫画书可能会有点乏味，这取决于你有多少本漫画书以及每本漫画书有多少页。但是一旦你进入一个节奏，它就会在你不知不觉中完成。
显然，您需要一台扫描仪，您只需要扫描每一页。您可以将每一页保存为一个图像文件(image file)，也可以将两页并排扫描为一个图像文件(image file)（如上面的屏幕截图）。我倾向于一次只做一页，以使分辨率尽可能高。
扫描页面后，剪裁边缘以去除任何不需要的区域，并通常将其变亮。我不建议调整图像大小。将其保留为全尺寸以便于阅读。
扫描页面后，按照它们在漫画书中出现的顺序重命名图像。所以 01.jpg、02.jpg 等等。这样可以确保它们都按正确的顺序排列。
将您的页面转换为阅读应用程序的正确文件格式(Turning Your Pages Into The Right File
Format For The Reading App)
扫描完所有页面并按正确顺序编号后，就可以制作将加载到漫画书阅读器(book reader)中的文件了。此文件格式(file format)为CBR（漫画书阅读器(Comic Book Reader)）或CBZ（漫画书 Zip(Comic Book Zip)）。
使用哪一个并不重要(t matter)，但正如CBZ的名称
清楚地表明的那样，文件本身就是一个zip 文件(zip file)。图像在zip 文件(zip file)中压缩并加载到漫画书阅读器(book reader)中。然后，阅读器按照您为每页指定的编号顺序(number order)加载页面。
您可以使用各种工具来压缩文件。付费(Paid)
工具包括Winzip 和 WinRAR(Winzip and WinRAR)。适用于Windows(Windows)的一个很好的免费工具是 7-Zip。但对于Windows 和 macOS ，(Windows and macOS)操作系统中(operating system)都内置了压缩功能
。
将(Place)所有扫描的编号页面放入其自己的文件夹中，并为该文件夹命名漫画书的名称。然后在 macOS 上，右键单击该文件夹并选择“压缩”。
在Windows上，右键单击该文件夹并转到Send to–>Compressed (zipped) folder。
现在将生成包含图像的zip 文件。(zip file)如果需要，您现在可以删除带有原始漫画书扫描的文件夹。
现在将文件格式(file format)从 zip 更改为CBR 或 CBZ(CBR or CBZ)。老实说，你使用哪一个并不重要。(t matter)我一直都在做CBR，但这只是因为我喜欢它的声音。是的，我知道，那样我就很奇怪。
免费漫画书阅读器(Free Comic Book
Readers)
如果你做一个简单的谷歌搜索(Google search)，你会选择使用什么阅读器。但这里有一些被普遍认为是最好的。
在所有情况下，应用程序都会在打开它时告诉您如何加载您刚刚创建的CBR 文件或 CBZ文件。(CBR file or CBZ)如果您使用的是
平板电脑应用程序(tablet app)，它很可能会将您定向到您的云存储帐户(storage account)，您应该可以在其中准备好上传漫画文件。
Free Comics!
如果扫描漫画书的想法对你来说太乏味了，你可以找到很多地方可以找到合法的免费漫画书下载。
- Comixology – 由亚马逊(Amazon)拥有，他们总是提供免费赠品。
- Archive.org - 这里有很多旧的，但我并不完全相信它们都是合法的。所以在这里小心行事。
- 数字漫画博物馆(Digital Comic Museum)——我的最爱之一。所有这些都在公共领域(Public Domain)，并包含许多 1920 年代至 1950 年代的“低俗”漫画。我认为公共领域状态(domain status)的截止点(cut-off point)是1959 年 12 月(December 1959)。
- Comic Book Plus – 另一个专注于公共领域漫画书的网站，可以追溯到 20 世纪初。如果您浏览一段时间，这里有一些真正的宝石。
How To Digitize & Read Your Comic Book Collection
Іn my never-ending quest for a раperleѕs exiѕtеnce, I аm
trying to digitize more and more printеd materials which are lаnguishing on my
bookshelves. This includes thе vast number of comic books which I seem to have
cоllected over the years.
There are many free comic book readers available for your
computer and tablet. So if you have the time, it makes sense to scan your comic
books and read them on your device instead.
But how do you make your comic books device-ready? That’s
what we will be looking at today.
Getting The
Pages In The Right Image Format
Scanning your comic books can get a bit tedious, depending on
how many you have and how many pages are in each one. But once you get into a
rhythm, it will be done before you know it.
Obviously you need a scanner and you just need to scan each
page. You can either save each single page as one image file or scan two pages
side-by-side as one image file (like the screenshot above). I tend to do only
one page at a time to make the resolution as high as possible.
Once the page is scanned, crop the edges to take away any
unwanted areas and generally smarten it up. I would not recommend resizing the
image. Leave it at full size for easier reading.
When you have your pages scanned, rename the images in the order
they come in the comic book. So 01.jpg, 02.jpg, and so on. This ensures they
are all in the correct order.
Turning Your Pages Into The Right File
Format For The Reading App
Once you have all of the pages scanned, and they are all
numbered in the right order, it is time to make the file which will be loaded
into the comic book reader. This file format is either CBR (Comic Book Reader)
or CBZ (Comic Book Zip).
It doesn’t matter which one you use but as the name of CBZ
clearly shows, the file itself is a zip file. The images are compressed inside
the zip file and loaded into the comic book reader. The reader then loads the
pages in the number order you gave to each page.
There are various tools you can use for zipping files. Paid
tools include Winzip and WinRAR. A good free tool for Windows is 7-Zip. But for
both Windows and macOS, there is a zipping function built right into the
operating system.
Place all of the scanned numbered pages into its own folder
and give the folder the name of the comic book. Then on macOS, right-click on
the folder and choose “Compress”.
On Windows, right-click on the folder and go to Send to–>Compressed (zipped) folder.
Your zip file containing your images will now be generated.
You can now delete the folder with the original comic book scans if you want.
Now change the file format from zip to either CBR or CBZ. It
honestly doesn’t matter which one you use. I have always done CBR but that’s
only because I like the sound of it. Yeah I know, I’m weird that way.
Free Comic Book
Readers
If you do a simple Google search, you are spoilt for choice
as to what reader to use. But here are the ones generally accepted to be the best
of them all.
In all cases, the app will tell you upon opening it how to
load up the CBR file or CBZ file that you have just created. If you are using a
tablet app, it will most likely direct you to your cloud storage account where
you should have your comic files ready to be uploaded.
Free Comics!
If the idea of scanning comic books is just too tedious for
you to contemplate, you can find plenty of places to find legal free comic
books to download.
- Comixology – owned by Amazon, they always have freebies on offer.
- Archive.org – lots of older ones here, but I am not totally convinced they are all legal. So tread carefully here.
- Digital Comic Museum – one of my favorites. All of these ones are in the Public Domain and contain a lot of “pulp” comics from the 1920’s-1950’s. I think the cut-off point for public domain status is December 1959.
- Comic Book Plus – another site which focuses on public domain comic books, stretching back into the early 20th century. There are some real gems here if you browse for a while.
