Perhaps it's a silly question, but...
 

I'm wondering if there might ever be a book (or a set of books) with the 8-Bit comics in them?

Be perfect for those times when you don't have access to the internet for one reason or another.

This is answered in Brian's FAQ I believe, which says that he can't do a book because the sprites are copyright Squaresoft or something similiar.

One word: Crap.

One additional word: Shannigans.

thats why brian can't charge for this

He doesn't charge because, like many other webcomic authors, he does it for fun, and to promote his book. Which reminds me, is there any idea when it will be released?

He mentioned something about having to rewrite part of it, because otherwise it would seem like he was copying Marvelous Bob. And he has the new editor. Because the old editors took a long time, and lost all his work.

It would be cool though huh.

Brian should write a deal with Squaresoft to sell an 8-bit theater book package with every copy of FF Origins. In fact, maybe he can write a certain amount of volumes, 100 comics for each book. And each volume would sell with a different game. For example, maybe when FF12 comes out, each copy of FF12 would come with a copy of volume 4, episodes 301-400. Hell, that would encourage me to buy Squaresoft games. It would be quite good for Squaresoft's business.

That would be cool. Not like it's gonna happen though.

No, I wanted to improve the first 50-ish pages since they suck in comparison to MB. That's being fixed though :)

Picture that popped in my head: Brian leafs through his manuscript and can't get several pages off his fingers. He then proceeds to leaf through MB (printed out before), can't get several pages off either, but less pages than with his own. Therefore... his stuck more...

Yeah, I know. I beg forgiveness in advance. You'll have to put up with it on Tuesdays though. 10 hours of university and whatnot. I actually have something to contribute:

I am quite happy with the current semi-underground state of 8BT. Who wants to bet on, if a deal with Square were made and it came out printed, a whole bunch of fanboys clogging the forums with OMG Brain u selld out!!!11

As for the possibility to read the comic offline, there are some .pdfs around, and other than that, right-click and "save image as" is your friend.