In a phone interview, Lee told me about his collaboration with the NHL, why people will never stop reading comics and why villains are just as important as superheroes.

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The advent of reading comics digitally, especially on tablets, has been seen by some as the future of the comics industry, as print readership continues to decline.

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Founded in 2007, comiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before.

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I've, you know, grew up reading comics.

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The first step toward attentively reading and fully appreciating comics is acknowledging that.

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Last week, I penned a long op-ed offering an alternate plan that first establishes key solo franchises to help generate far more buzz and anticipation for a Justice League movie, as well as helping to give audience a far more thorough introduction to the characters and help make the superheroes more relatable to mainstream non-comics-reading viewers.

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"We're all big fans of the comics and have been reading them from the beginning, " said Kyle Puttkammer of the Atlanta, Georgia, area "Galactic Quest" comic book stores.

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The work is overtly experimental, making the process of reading as self-conscious as the comics themselves.

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