Reading Comics on my Nintendo Switch | Inkypen Review

When I found out there was a comics reading app for the Nintendo Switch, I was intrigued and immediately badgered Inkypen, after reading some of the free stuff available on the app, about writing a little review of their service. So the generous Inkypen Gods bestowed upon me a gratuitous subscription, and I delved into their selection of comics on my Switch Lite, like a "literary" "gamer". 

A hand holding a yellow Nintendo Switch Lite, on which a comic panel featuring a flaming skeleton can be seen.
Panels from the incredible Harrow County, by Cullen Bunn & Tyler Crook.

I started waking up and reading comics for an hour every morning, and it felt so natural and fun reading on the Switch screen. The movement is really fluid, with buttons you can press for a quick zoom out/zoom in to see full double page spreads and detail as necessary. It turns out it feels really good to navigate a comic with a joystick.

A woman holds a yellow Nintendo Switch Lite up, which shows the title page of the comic, "Black Hammer".
Sir, please look at my Nintendo Switch. Sir?


The selection available on Inkypen is perhaps modest, but full of cool things. I found plenty of unique and fascinating comics to read on there after noodling around for a while.

Some of my favourites include: 

  • Harrow County - a witchy, rural fairytale, beautifully illustrated in watercolours
  • Marilyn's Monsters - a dark and ethereal comic telling the story of a strange Marilyn Monroe
  • The Umbrella Academy - a compelling, angular, and sometimes silly alt. superhero story

A yellow Nintendo Switch Lite shows the Inkypen "my comics" page, showing the covers of 12 different comics.
The "my comics" page shows stuff I've read.

There's a nice little selection of manga on there too, although I haven't checked out too much of it yet, but I have been enjoying a bit of I Am Here! - for this page alone:

A Nintendo Switch Lite shows a manga panel in which a girl says, "I know", and then, "I'll post it on my blog".
Me, prior to making this post.

All in all, it's been extremely fun reading comics on my Switch, perusing Inkypen's selection, and finding little gems. The Switch feels like the perfect device to read comics on and the experience is formatted so well here, I love it. It's the perfect size to be a cosy, portable comics reader - big enough for visual clarity, and possessing buttons and joysticks to make it a pleasantly tactile and unique comic-reading experience.

I'm excited to keep reading and finding strange and wonderful comics. It's been super inspiring just looking at the lush, detailed panels in Harrow County. It's so spooky and good.

A woman holds a yellow Nintendo Switch Lite.
Me doing my important reading.

Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to read the X-Files comics that they have on here. 
They really should have done this for the Game Boy Advance SP though, honestly. Truly.

A panel from The Umbrella Academy shows a woman watering flowers in front of a picture of Jesus.
One of my favourite panels from The Umbrella Academy.

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1 comment:

  1. skeleton expert17 September 2020 at 14:58

    the skeletons will come out of your screen - beware

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