Demo for Continuous Scroll Comic/Manga epubs

sueneu · 10-08-2026, 01:13 PM

Here's a short video demo of a new type of fixed layout EPUB that supports continuous scroll manga/comics/bandes desinées

https://youtu.be/o_GCgUEJz_I?si=o4hj1J4oh1p6ISWs

There are two reading systems that have verified that they can display this correctly
https://w3c.github.io/epub-tests/res...layout-results

I think Thorium is planning to test as well.

I'm looking forward to the comics people make in this new format.

Frogm4n · 10-08-2026, 08:52 PM

That will be fine on LCD/OLED tablets but will be terrible on eink and eat the battery.

rkomar · Yesterday, 12:22 PM

You don't necessarily need to have smooth scrolling to read the webcomics format. You do need to join consecutive pages vertically, though. Panels often span consecutive pages, and you need to see parts of both to see the whole panel in one screen. Most reading programs on e-ink show one page at a time, or maybe two horizontally aligned. The programs need something like the vertical mode often implemented in PDF reading programs to properly view webcomics. It would also be useful to use panel geometry info in the epub to use page forward/back events to jump between complete panels rather than actual pages.

Unfortunately, webcomics also seem to be aimed at a typical smart phone's aspect ratio. Pages are tall and skinny, so not a natural fit on your typical e-ink device. Even with the proper software, reading webcomics on e-ink devices is never going to be as comfortable as it is on a smart phone.

10-08-2026, 01:13 PM	#1
sueneu eBook Designer Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: ipad, nook, kindle	Demo for Continuous Scroll Comic/Manga epubs Here's a short video demo of a new type of fixed layout EPUB that supports continuous scroll manga/comics/bandes desinées https://youtu.be/o_GCgUEJz_I?si=o4hj1J4oh1p6ISWs There are two reading systems that have verified that they can display this correctly https://w3c.github.io/epub-tests/res...layout-results I think Thorium is planning to test as well. I'm looking forward to the comics people make in this new format.

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10-08-2026, 08:52 PM	#2
Frogm4n Guru Posts: 712 Karma: 4500001 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Scribe 2022, OA2, PRS-350	That will be fine on LCD/OLED tablets but will be terrible on eink and eat the battery.

Yesterday, 12:22 PM	#3
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,133 Karma: 18963119 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	You don't necessarily need to have smooth scrolling to read the webcomics format. You do need to join consecutive pages vertically, though. Panels often span consecutive pages, and you need to see parts of both to see the whole panel in one screen. Most reading programs on e-ink show one page at a time, or maybe two horizontally aligned. The programs need something like the vertical mode often implemented in PDF reading programs to properly view webcomics. It would also be useful to use panel geometry info in the epub to use page forward/back events to jump between complete panels rather than actual pages. Unfortunately, webcomics also seem to be aimed at a typical smart phone's aspect ratio. Pages are tall and skinny, so not a natural fit on your typical e-ink device. Even with the proper software, reading webcomics on e-ink devices is never going to be as comfortable as it is on a smart phone.

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