Comix is an image viewer

Image viewer

An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical image; it can often handle various graphics file formats...

 specifically designed to handle comic book archives. It reads ZIP

ZIP (file format)

Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...

, RAR and tar

Tar (file format)

In computing, tar is both a file format and the name of a program used to handle such files...

 archives, as well as plain image files. It is written in Python

Python (programming language)

Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...

 and uses GTK+

GTK+

GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...

 through the PyGTK

PyGTK

PyGTK is a set of Python wrappers for the GTK+ graphical user interface library. PyGTK is free software and licensed under the LGPL. It is analogous to PyQt and wxPython which are python wrappers for Qt and wxWidgets respectively. Its original author is the prominent GNOME developer James Henstridge...

bindings. Comix features a bookmarks manager, a library manager, and a mouse controlled magnification lens used to zoom in on images.

External links

• Comix project page at SourceForge
• MComix a fork of Comix