Comics Downloader

Chip Andre

2022-04-25

EDIT 2: No longer working as of 4/22.

EDIT: File size issue has been fixed, and download/conversion seems quicker too. Great job!
Rating updated.

A couple more suggestions: It would be helpful to be able to edit the naming format, so every file doesn't unnecessarily include "Read XXXX Issue XX comic online in high quality". Would also be great if it could be triggered from the comic page instead of the individual issue page, and automatically grab all the issues.


Original review: Technically functional, but not really usable. It nominally performs the function it's designed to, but it does it very poorly. Download and conversion takes an inordinate amount of time. Files are saved with a .zip extension instead of .cbz extension, which is what every comic reader uses. Yes, you can simply manually rename every file, but you really shouldn't have to - the extension should do that by default.

But the biggest issue is that it somehow manages to generate zip files that are 4-5x larger than the original images. Manually downloading all the pages for a comic will result in 20-40mb worth of images, but downloading the same comic with this extension somehow results in a 80-190mb zip file. This pointless bloat makes it unusable.

Kevin Kelsey

2022-04-12

Doesn't work. I click the button and nothing happens.