| Format introduction | 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; since then, many viewers for different platforms have been created. | EPUB is an e-book file format with the extension .epub that can be downloaded and read on devices like smartphones, tablets, computers, or e-readers. It is a free and open standard published by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes styled ePub. |
| Technical details | Comic book archive files mainly consist of a series of image files, typically PNG (lossless compression) or JPEG (lossy compression) files, stored as a single archive file. Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files are seen. Folders may be used to group images. Comic book archive files are not a distinct file format; only the file name extension differs from a standard file of the given archive type. | EPUB is the most widely supported vendor-independent XML-based (as opposed to PDF) e-book format. An EPUB file is a ZIP archive that contains, in effect, a website-including HTML files, images, CSS style sheets, and other assets. It also contains metadata. EPUB 3 is the latest version. By using HTML5, publications can contain video, audio, and interactivity, just like websites in web browsers. |
| File extension | .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7 | .epub |
| MIME | application/x-cbr | application/epub+zip |
| Developed by | Type of format: Multimedia, archive file | International Digital Publishing Forum |
| Associated programs | CDisplay, ACBF Viewer, Calibre, ComicRack, Comic Seer | Adobe InDesign, calibre, LaTeX, Genebook, epubcheck. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_archive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB |