Despite the advent of electronic publishing and the increasing popularity
of e-books, facilitated by mobile reading devices such as
Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad, most classical comic books are
still only available in their original printed form. Although some
comic book publishers offer a limited amount of classical material
as “special digital editions”, it is apparent that the creation of these
digital editions involved intensive manual intervention. This is not
surprising, since as discussed below, simply scanning such books
does not do justice to this medium, which often features intricate
and detailed line artwork and masterful coloring.