Comic book archive

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Comic book archive file
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Comic book archives may be accessed via tablets or smartphones.
Filename extension .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7 (containers)
Internet media type
application/vnd.comicbook+zip [.cbz only], application/vnd.comicbook-rar [.cbr only]
Type of format Multimedia, archive file
Container for Images
Standard None

A comic book archive or comic book reader file (also called sequential image file) is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books. The idea was made popular by the CDisplay sequential image viewer; [1] since then, many viewers for different platforms have been created.

Contents

Design

Comic book archive is not a distinct file format. It is a filename extension naming convention.

The filename extension indicates the archive type used:

Comic book archive files mainly consist of a series of image files with specific naming, typically PNG (lossless compression) or JPEG (lossy compression, not JPEG-LS or JPEG XT) files, stored as a single archive file. Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files are seen. Folders may be used to group images in a more logical layout within the archive, like book chapters.

Comic book archive viewers typically offer various dedicated functions to read the content, like one page forward/backwards, go to first/last page, zoom or print. Some applications support additional tag information in the form of embedded XML files in the archive or use of the ZIP comment to store additional information. [4] These files can include additional information like artists, story information, table of contents or even a separate text layer for comic book translations. [5]

Adoption

Windows

Mac

Android

Unix-like

See also

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References

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  2. "CBR file extension" . Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. "CBZ file extension" . Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  4. "Metadata for Digital Comics". Archived from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  5. "Advanced Comic Book Format project page".
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