diff --git a/backend/comics/comics-document.c b/backend/comics/comics-document.c
index 99967f09..17c76b07 100644
--- a/backend/comics/comics-document.c
+++ b/backend/comics/comics-document.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Juanjo Marín <juanj.marin@juntadeandalucia.es>
  * Copyright (C) 2005, Teemu Tervo <teemu.tervo@gmx.net>
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2017, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -30,24 +31,13 @@
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-
 #include "comics-document.h"
 #include "ev-document-misc.h"
 #include "ev-document-thumbnails.h"
 #include "ev-file-helpers.h"
+#include "ev-archive.h"
 
-#define EV_EOL "\n"
-
-typedef enum
-{
-	RARLABS,
-	GNAUNRAR,
-	UNZIP,
-	P7ZIP,
-	TAR,
-	UNARCHIVER
-} ComicBookDecompressType;
+#define BLOCK_SIZE 10240
 
 typedef struct _ComicsDocumentClass ComicsDocumentClass;
 
@@ -58,400 +48,273 @@ struct _ComicsDocumentClass
 
 struct _ComicsDocument
 {
-	EvDocument parent_instance;
-
-	gchar    *archive, *dir;
-	GPtrArray *page_names;
-	gchar    *selected_command, *alternative_command;
-	gchar    *extract_command, *list_command, *decompress_tmp;
-	gboolean regex_arg;
-	gint     offset;
-	ComicBookDecompressType command_usage;
+	EvDocument     parent_instance;
+	EvArchive     *archive;
+	gchar         *archive_path;
+	gchar         *archive_uri;
+	GPtrArray     *page_names; /* elem: char * */
+	GHashTable    *page_positions; /* key: char *, value: uint + 1 */
 };
 
-#define OFFSET_7Z 53
-#define OFFSET_ZIP 2
-#define NO_OFFSET 0
-
-/* For perfomance reasons of 7z* we've choosen to decompress on the temporary 
- * directory instead of decompressing on the stdout */
-
-/**
- * @extract: command line arguments to pass to extract a file from the archive
- *   to stdout.
- * @list: command line arguments to list the archive contents
- * @decompress_tmp: command line arguments to pass to extract the archive
- *   into a directory.
- * @regex_arg: whether the command can accept regex expressions
- * @offset: the position offset of the filename on each line in the output of
- *   running the @list command
- */
-typedef struct {
-        char *extract;
-        char *list;
-        char *decompress_tmp;
-        gboolean regex_arg;
-        gint offset;
-} ComicBookDecompressCommand;
+static void       comics_document_document_thumbnails_iface_init (EvDocumentThumbnailsInterface *iface);
 
-static const ComicBookDecompressCommand command_usage_def[] = {
-        /* RARLABS unrar */
-	{"%s p -c- -ierr --", "%s vb -c- -- %s", NULL             , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
+EV_BACKEND_REGISTER_WITH_CODE (ComicsDocument, comics_document,
+    {
+        EV_BACKEND_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (EV_TYPE_DOCUMENT_THUMBNAILS,
+                        comics_document_document_thumbnails_iface_init);
+    } );
+
+#define FORMAT_UNKNOWN     0
+#define FORMAT_SUPPORTED   1
+#define FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED 2
+
+/* Returns a GHashTable of:
+ * <key>: file extensions
+ * <value>: degree of support in gdk-pixbuf */
+static GHashTable *
+get_image_extensions(void)
+{
+	GHashTable *extensions;
+	GSList *formats = gdk_pixbuf_get_formats ();
+	GSList *l;
+	guint i;
+	const char *known_image_formats[] = {
+		"png",
+		"jpg",
+		"jpeg",
+		"webp"
+	};
+
+	extensions = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+					    g_free, NULL);
+	for (l = formats; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
+		int i;
+		gchar **ext = gdk_pixbuf_format_get_extensions (l->data);
 
-        /* GNA! unrar */
-	{NULL               , "%s t %s"        , "%s -xf %s %s"   , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
+		for (i = 0; ext[i] != NULL; i++) {
+			g_hash_table_insert (extensions,
+					     g_strdup (ext[i]),
+					     GINT_TO_POINTER (FORMAT_SUPPORTED));
+		}
+
+		g_strfreev (ext);
+	}
 
-        /* unzip */
-	{"%s -p -C --"      , "%s %s"          , NULL             , TRUE , OFFSET_ZIP},
+	g_slist_free (formats);
 
-        /* 7zip */
-	{NULL               , "%s l -- %s"     , "%s x -y %s -o%s", FALSE, OFFSET_7Z},
+	/* Add known image formats that aren't supported by gdk-pixbuf */
+	for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (known_image_formats); i++) {
+		if (!g_hash_table_lookup (extensions, known_image_formats[i])) {
+			g_hash_table_insert (extensions,
+					     g_strdup (known_image_formats[i]),
+					     GINT_TO_POINTER (FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED));
+		}
+	}
 
-        /* tar */
-	{"%s -xOf"          , "%s -tf %s"      , NULL             , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
+	return extensions;
+}
 
-	/* UNARCHIVER */
-	{"unar -o -"	    , "%s %s"	       , NULL		  , FALSE, NO_OFFSET}
-};
+static int
+has_supported_extension (const char *name,
+			 GHashTable *supported_extensions)
+{
+	gboolean ret = FALSE;
+	gchar *suffix;
 
-static void       comics_document_document_thumbnails_iface_init (EvDocumentThumbnailsInterface *iface);
+	suffix = g_strrstr (name, ".");
+	if (!suffix)
+		return ret;
 
-static GSList*    get_supported_image_extensions (void);
-static void       get_page_size_area_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
-						  gpointer data);
-static void       render_pixbuf_size_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
-						  gint width,
-						  gint height,
-						  gpointer data);
-static char**     extract_argv                   (EvDocument *document,
-						  gint page);
+	suffix = g_ascii_strdown (suffix + 1, -1);
+	ret = GPOINTER_TO_INT (g_hash_table_lookup (supported_extensions, suffix));
+	g_free (suffix);
 
+	return ret;
+}
 
-EV_BACKEND_REGISTER_WITH_CODE (ComicsDocument, comics_document,
-	{
-		EV_BACKEND_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (EV_TYPE_DOCUMENT_THUMBNAILS,
-						comics_document_document_thumbnails_iface_init);
-	} );
-
-/**
- * comics_regex_quote:
- * @unquoted_string: a literal string
- *
- * Quotes a string so unzip will not interpret the regex expressions of
- * @unquoted_string. Basically, this functions uses [] to disable regex 
- * expressions. The return value must be freed with * g_free()
- *
- * Return value: quoted and disabled-regex string
- **/
-static gchar *
-comics_regex_quote (const gchar *unquoted_string)
+#define APPLE_DOUBLE_PREFIX "._"
+static gboolean
+is_apple_double (const char *name)
 {
-	const gchar *p;
-	GString *dest;
-
-	dest = g_string_new ("'");
-
-	p = unquoted_string;
-
-	while (*p) {
-		switch (*p) {
-			/* * matches a sequence of 0 or more characters */
-			case ('*'):
-			/* ? matches exactly 1 charactere */
-			case ('?'):
-			/* [...]  matches any single character found inside
-			 * the brackets. Disabling the first bracket is enough.
-			 */
-			case ('['):
-				g_string_append (dest, "[");
-				g_string_append_c (dest, *p);
-				g_string_append (dest, "]");
-				break;
-			/* Because \ escapes regex expressions that we are
-			 * disabling for unzip, we need to disable \ too */
-			case ('\\'):
-				g_string_append (dest, "[\\\\]");
-				break;
-			/* Escape single quote inside the string */
-			case ('\''):
-				g_string_append (dest, "'\\''");
-				break;
-			default:
-				g_string_append_c (dest, *p);
-				break;
-		}
-		++p;
+	char *basename;
+	gboolean ret = FALSE;
+
+	basename = g_path_get_basename (name);
+	if (basename == NULL) {
+		g_debug ("Filename '%s' doesn't have a basename?", name);
+		return ret;
 	}
-	g_string_append_c (dest, '\'');
-	return g_string_free (dest, FALSE);
+
+	ret = g_str_has_prefix (basename, APPLE_DOUBLE_PREFIX);
+	g_free (basename);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+archive_reopen_if_needed (ComicsDocument  *comics_document,
+			  const char      *page_wanted,
+			  GError         **error)
+{
+	const char *current_page;
+	guint current_page_idx, page_wanted_idx;
+
+	if (ev_archive_at_entry (comics_document->archive)) {
+		current_page = ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (comics_document->archive);
+		if (current_page) {
+			current_page_idx = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (comics_document->page_positions, current_page));
+			page_wanted_idx = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (comics_document->page_positions, page_wanted));
+
+			if (current_page_idx != 0 &&
+			    page_wanted_idx != 0 &&
+			    page_wanted_idx > current_page_idx)
+				return TRUE;
+		}
+
+		ev_archive_reset (comics_document->archive);
+	}
 
-/* This function manages the command for decompressing a comic book */
-static gboolean 
-comics_decompress_temp_dir (const gchar *command_decompress_tmp,
-			    const gchar *command, 
-			    GError      **error)
+	return ev_archive_open_filename (comics_document->archive, comics_document->archive_path, error);
+}
+
+static GPtrArray *
+comics_document_list (ComicsDocument  *comics_document,
+		      GError         **error)
 {
-	gboolean success;
-	gchar *std_out, *basename;
-	GError *err = NULL;
-	gint retval;
-	
-	success = g_spawn_command_line_sync (command_decompress_tmp, &std_out, 
-					     NULL, &retval, &err);
-	basename = g_path_get_basename (command);
-	if (!success) {
-		g_set_error (error,
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR, 
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-			     _("Error launching the command “%s” in order to "
-			     "decompress the comic book: %s"),
-			     basename,
-			     err->message);
-		g_error_free (err);
-	} else if (WIFEXITED (retval)) {
-		if (WEXITSTATUS (retval) == EXIT_SUCCESS) {
-			g_free (std_out);
-			g_free (basename);
-			return TRUE;
-		} else {
-			g_set_error (error,
+	GPtrArray *array = NULL;
+	gboolean has_encrypted_files, has_unsupported_images, has_archive_errors;
+	GHashTable *supported_extensions = NULL;
+
+	if (!ev_archive_open_filename (comics_document->archive, comics_document->archive_path, error)) {
+		if (*error != NULL) {
+			g_warning ("Fatal error handling archive (%s): %s", G_STRFUNC, (*error)->message);
+			g_clear_error (error);
+		}
+
+		g_set_error_literal (error,
 				     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
 				     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-				     _("The command “%s” failed at "
-				     "decompressing the comic book."),
-				     basename);
-			g_free (std_out);
+				     _("File is corrupted"));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	supported_extensions = get_image_extensions ();
+
+	has_encrypted_files = FALSE;
+	has_unsupported_images = FALSE;
+	has_archive_errors = FALSE;
+	array = g_ptr_array_sized_new (64);
+
+	while (1) {
+		const char *name;
+		int supported;
+
+		if (!ev_archive_read_next_header (comics_document->archive, error)) {
+			if (*error != NULL) {
+				g_debug ("Fatal error handling archive (%s): %s", G_STRFUNC, (*error)->message);
+				g_clear_error (error);
+				has_archive_errors = TRUE;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			break;
 		}
-	} else {
-		g_set_error (error,
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-			     _("The command “%s” did not end normally."),
-			     basename);
-		g_free (std_out);
+
+		name = ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (comics_document->archive);
+		/* Ignore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleSingle_and_AppleDouble_formats */
+		if (is_apple_double (name)) {
+			g_debug ("Not adding AppleDouble file '%s' to the list of files in the comics", name);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		supported = has_supported_extension (name, supported_extensions);
+		if (supported == FORMAT_UNKNOWN) {
+			g_debug ("Not adding unsupported file '%s' to the list of files in the comics", name);
+			continue;
+		} else if (supported == FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED) {
+			g_debug ("Not adding unsupported image '%s' to the list of files in the comics", name);
+			has_unsupported_images = TRUE;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (ev_archive_get_entry_is_encrypted (comics_document->archive)) {
+			g_debug ("Not adding encrypted file '%s' to the list of files in the comics", name);
+			has_encrypted_files = TRUE;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		g_debug ("Adding '%s' to the list of files in the comics", name);
+		g_ptr_array_add (array, g_strdup (name));
 	}
-	g_free (basename);
-	return FALSE;
+
+out:
+	if (array->len == 0) {
+		g_ptr_array_free (array, TRUE);
+		array = NULL;
+
+		if (has_encrypted_files) {
+			g_set_error_literal (error,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_ENCRYPTED,
+					     _("Archive is encrypted"));
+		} else if (has_unsupported_images) {
+			g_set_error_literal (error,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT,
+					     _("No supported images in archive"));
+		} else if (has_archive_errors) {
+			g_set_error_literal (error,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
+					     _("File is corrupted"));
+		} else {
+			g_set_error_literal (error,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
+					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
+					     _("No files in archive"));
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (supported_extensions)
+		g_hash_table_destroy (supported_extensions);
+	ev_archive_reset (comics_document->archive);
+	return array;
 }
 
-/* This function shows how to use the choosen command for decompressing a
- * comic book file. It modifies fields of the ComicsDocument struct with 
- * this information */
-static gboolean 
-comics_generate_command_lines (ComicsDocument *comics_document, 
-			       GError         **error)
+static GHashTable *
+save_positions (GPtrArray *page_names)
 {
-	gchar *quoted_file, *quoted_file_aux;
-	gchar *quoted_command;
-	ComicBookDecompressType type;
-	
-	type = comics_document->command_usage;
-	comics_document->regex_arg = command_usage_def[type].regex_arg;
-	quoted_command = g_shell_quote (comics_document->selected_command);
-	if (comics_document->regex_arg) {
-		quoted_file = comics_regex_quote (comics_document->archive);
-		quoted_file_aux = g_shell_quote (comics_document->archive);
-		comics_document->list_command =
-			   g_strdup_printf (command_usage_def[type].list,
-			                    comics_document->alternative_command,
-			                    quoted_file_aux);
-		g_free (quoted_file_aux);
-	} else {
-		quoted_file = g_shell_quote (comics_document->archive);
-		comics_document->list_command =
-				g_strdup_printf (command_usage_def[type].list,
-				                 quoted_command, quoted_file);
-	}
-	comics_document->extract_command =
-			    g_strdup_printf (command_usage_def[type].extract,
-				             quoted_command);
-	comics_document->offset = command_usage_def[type].offset;
-	if (command_usage_def[type].decompress_tmp) {
-		comics_document->dir = ev_mkdtemp ("xreader-comics-XXXXXX", error);
-                if (comics_document->dir == NULL)
-                        return FALSE;
-
-		/* unrar-free can't create directories, but ev_mkdtemp already created the dir */
-
-		comics_document->decompress_tmp =
-			g_strdup_printf (command_usage_def[type].decompress_tmp, 
-					 quoted_command, quoted_file,
-					 comics_document->dir);
-		g_free (quoted_file);
-		g_free (quoted_command);
-
-		if (!comics_decompress_temp_dir (comics_document->decompress_tmp,
-		    comics_document->selected_command, error))
-			return FALSE;
-		else
-			return TRUE;
-	} else {
-		g_free (quoted_file);
-		g_free (quoted_command);
-		return TRUE;
-	}
+	guint i;
+	GHashTable *ht;
 
+	ht = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
+	for (i = 0; i < page_names->len; i++)
+		g_hash_table_insert (ht, page_names->pdata[i], GUINT_TO_POINTER(i + 1));
+	return ht;
 }
 
-/* This function chooses an external command for decompressing a comic 
- * book based on its mime tipe. */
-static gboolean 
-comics_check_decompress_command	(gchar          *mime_type, 
+/* This function chooses the archive decompression support
+ * book based on its mime type. */
+static gboolean
+comics_check_decompress_support	(gchar          *mime_type,
 				 ComicsDocument *comics_document,
 				 GError         **error)
 {
-	gboolean success;
-	gchar *std_out, *std_err;
-	gint retval;
-	GError *err = NULL;
-	
-	/* FIXME, use proper cbr/cbz mime types once they're
-	 * included in shared-mime-info */
-	
 	if (g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-cbr") ||
 	    g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-rar")) {
-	        /* The RARLAB provides a no-charge proprietary (freeware) 
-	        * decompress-only client for Linux called unrar. Another 
-		* option is a GPLv2-licensed command-line tool developed by 
-		* the Gna! project. Confusingly enough, the free software RAR 
-		* decoder is also named unrar. For this reason we need to add 
-		* some lines for disambiguation. Sorry for the added the 
-		* complexity but it's life :)
-		* Finally, some distributions, like Debian, rename this free 
-		* option as unrar-free. 
-		* */
-		comics_document->selected_command = 
-					g_find_program_in_path ("unrar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			/* We only use std_err to avoid printing useless error 
-			 * messages on the terminal */
-			success = 
-				g_spawn_command_line_sync (
-				              comics_document->selected_command, 
-							   &std_out, &std_err,
-							   &retval, &err);
-			if (!success) {
-				g_propagate_error (error, err);
-				g_error_free (err);
-				return FALSE;
-			/* I don't check retval status because RARLAB unrar 
-			 * doesn't have a way to return 0 without involving an 
-			 * operation with a file*/
-			} else if (WIFEXITED (retval)) {
-				if (g_strrstr (std_out,"freeware") != NULL)
-					/* The RARLAB freeware client */
-					comics_document->command_usage = RARLABS;
-				else
-					/* The Gna! free software client */
-					comics_document->command_usage = GNAUNRAR;
-
-				g_free (std_out);
-				g_free (std_err);
-				return TRUE;
-			}
-		}
-		/* The Gna! free software client with Debian naming convention */
-		comics_document->selected_command = 
-				g_find_program_in_path ("unrar-free");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = GNAUNRAR;
+		if (ev_archive_set_archive_type (comics_document->archive, EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR))
 			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("lsar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = UNARCHIVER;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("bsdtar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = TAR;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-
 	} else if (g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-cbz") ||
 		   g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/zip")) {
-		/* InfoZIP's unzip program */
-		comics_document->selected_command = 
-				g_find_program_in_path ("unzip");
-		comics_document->alternative_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("zipnote");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command &&
-		    comics_document->alternative_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = UNZIP;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("bsdtar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = TAR;
+		if (ev_archive_set_archive_type (comics_document->archive, EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP))
 			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("lsar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = UNARCHIVER;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-
 	} else if (g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-cb7") ||
 		   g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-7z-compressed")) {
-		/* 7zr, 7za and 7z are the commands from the p7zip project able 
-		 * to decompress .7z files */ 
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-			g_find_program_in_path ("7zr");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = P7ZIP;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-			g_find_program_in_path ("7za");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = P7ZIP;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-			g_find_program_in_path ("7z");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = P7ZIP;
+		if (ev_archive_set_archive_type (comics_document->archive, EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z))
 			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("bsdtar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = TAR;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("lsar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = UNARCHIVER;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
 	} else if (g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-cbt") ||
 		   g_content_type_is_a (mime_type, "application/x-tar")) {
-		/* tar utility (Tape ARchive) */
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("tar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = TAR;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("bsdtar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = TAR;
-			return TRUE;
-		}
-		comics_document->selected_command =
-				g_find_program_in_path ("lsar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = UNARCHIVER;
+		if (ev_archive_set_archive_type (comics_document->archive, EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR))
 			return TRUE;
-		}
 	} else {
 		g_set_error (error,
 			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
@@ -463,8 +326,8 @@ comics_check_decompress_command	(gchar          *mime_type,
 	g_set_error_literal (error,
 			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
 			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-			     _("Can't find an appropriate command to "
-			     "decompress this type of comic book"));
+			     _("libarchive lacks support for this comic book’s "
+			     "compression, please contact your distributor"));
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -472,43 +335,18 @@ static int
 sort_page_names (gconstpointer a,
                  gconstpointer b)
 {
-	const char *name_1, *name_2;
-	gchar *key_1, *key_2;
-	gboolean sort_last_1, sort_last_2;
-	int compare;
-
-	name_1 = * (const char **) a;
-	name_2 = * (const char **) b;
+  gchar *temp1, *temp2;
+  gint ret;
 
-	#define SORT_LAST_CHAR1 '.'
-	#define SORT_LAST_CHAR2 '#'
+  temp1 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (* (const char **) a, -1);
+  temp2 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (* (const char **) b, -1);
 
-	sort_last_1 = name_1[0] == SORT_LAST_CHAR1 || name_1[0] == SORT_LAST_CHAR2;
-	sort_last_2 = name_2[0] == SORT_LAST_CHAR1 || name_2[0] == SORT_LAST_CHAR2;
+  ret = strcmp (temp1, temp2);
 
-	#undef SORT_LAST_CHAR1
-	#undef SORT_LAST_CHAR2
-
-	if (sort_last_1 && !sort_last_2)
-	{
-		compare = +1;
-	}
-	else if (!sort_last_1 && sort_last_2)
-	{
-		compare = -1;
-	} 
-	else
-	{
-		key_1 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (name_1, -1);
-		key_2 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (name_2, -1);
-
-		compare = strcmp (key_1, key_2);
-
-		g_free (key_1);
-		g_free (key_2);
-	}
+  g_free (temp1);
+  g_free (temp2);
 
-	return compare;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -517,109 +355,41 @@ comics_document_load (EvDocument *document,
 		      GError    **error)
 {
 	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (document);
-	GSList *supported_extensions;
-	gchar *std_out;
 	gchar *mime_type;
-	gchar **cb_files, *cb_file;
-	gboolean success;
-	int i, retval;
-	GError *err = NULL;
+	GFile *file;
 
-	comics_document->archive = g_filename_from_uri (uri, NULL, error);
-	if (!comics_document->archive)
-		return FALSE;
+	file = g_file_new_for_uri (uri);
+	comics_document->archive_path = g_file_get_path (file);
+	g_object_unref (file);
 
-	mime_type = ev_file_get_mime_type (uri, FALSE, &err);
-	if (!mime_type) {
-		if (err) {
-			g_propagate_error (error, err);
-		} else {
-			g_set_error_literal (error,
-					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
-					     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-					     _("Unknown MIME Type"));
-		}
-
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-	
-	if (!comics_check_decompress_command (mime_type, comics_document, 
-	error)) {	
-		g_free (mime_type);
-		return FALSE;
-	} else if (!comics_generate_command_lines (comics_document, error)) {
-		   g_free (mime_type);
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	g_free (mime_type);
-
-	/* Get list of files in archive */
-	success = g_spawn_command_line_sync (comics_document->list_command,
-					     &std_out, NULL, &retval, error);
-
-	if (!success) {
-		return FALSE;
-	} else if (!WIFEXITED(retval) || WEXITSTATUS(retval) != EXIT_SUCCESS) {
+	if (!comics_document->archive_path) {
 		g_set_error_literal (error,
                                      EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
                                      EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-                                     _("File corrupted"));
+                                     _("Can not get local path for archive"));
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	/* FIXME: is this safe against filenames containing \n in the archive ? */
-	cb_files = g_strsplit (std_out, EV_EOL, 0);
+	comics_document->archive_uri = g_strdup (uri);
 
-	g_free (std_out);
+	mime_type = ev_file_get_mime_type (uri, FALSE, error);
 
-	if (!cb_files) {
-		g_set_error_literal (error,
-				     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
-				     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-				     _("No files in archive"));
+	if (mime_type == NULL)
 		return FALSE;
-	}
 
-        comics_document->page_names = g_ptr_array_sized_new (64);
-
-	supported_extensions = get_supported_image_extensions ();
-	for (i = 0; cb_files[i] != NULL; i++) {
-		if (comics_document->offset != NO_OFFSET) {
-			if (g_utf8_strlen (cb_files[i],-1) > 
-			    comics_document->offset) {
-				cb_file = 
-					g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (cb_files[i], 
-						       comics_document->offset);
-			} else {
-				continue;
-			}
-		} else {
-			cb_file = cb_files[i];
-		}
-		gchar *suffix = g_strrstr (cb_file, ".");
-		if (!suffix)
-			continue;
-		suffix = g_ascii_strdown (suffix + 1, -1);
-		if (g_slist_find_custom (supported_extensions, suffix,
-					 (GCompareFunc) strcmp) != NULL) {
-                        g_ptr_array_add (comics_document->page_names,
-                                         g_strstrip (g_strdup (cb_file)));
-		}
-		g_free (suffix);
+	if (!comics_check_decompress_support (mime_type, comics_document, error)) {
+		g_free (mime_type);
+		return FALSE;
 	}
-	g_strfreev (cb_files);
-	g_slist_foreach (supported_extensions, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
-	g_slist_free (supported_extensions);
+	g_free (mime_type);
 
-	if (comics_document->page_names->len == 0) {
-		g_set_error (error,
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR,
-			     EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
-			     _("No images found in archive %s"),
-			     uri);
+	/* Get list of files in archive */
+	comics_document->page_names = comics_document_list (comics_document, error);
+	if (!comics_document->page_names)
 		return FALSE;
-	}
+
+	/* Keep an index */
+	comics_document->page_positions = save_positions (comics_document->page_names);
 
         /* Now sort the pages */
         g_ptr_array_sort (comics_document->page_names, sort_page_names);
@@ -627,7 +397,6 @@ comics_document_load (EvDocument *document,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-
 static gboolean
 comics_document_save (EvDocument *document,
 		      const char *uri,
@@ -635,7 +404,7 @@ comics_document_save (EvDocument *document,
 {
 	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (document);
 
-	return ev_xfer_uri_simple (comics_document->archive, uri, error);
+	return ev_xfer_uri_simple (comics_document->archive_uri, uri, error);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -649,6 +418,23 @@ comics_document_get_n_pages (EvDocument *document)
 	return comics_document->page_names->len;
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+	gboolean got_info;
+	int height;
+	int width;
+} PixbufInfo;
+
+static void
+get_page_size_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
+			   int              width,
+			   int              height,
+			   PixbufInfo      *info)
+{
+	info->got_info = TRUE;
+	info->height = height;
+	info->width = width;
+}
+
 static void
 comics_document_get_page_size (EvDocument *document,
 			       EvPage     *page,
@@ -656,74 +442,87 @@ comics_document_get_page_size (EvDocument *document,
 			       double     *height)
 {
 	GdkPixbufLoader *loader;
-	char **argv;
-	guchar buf[1024];
-	gboolean success, got_size = FALSE;
-	gint outpipe = -1;
-	GPid child_pid;
-	gssize bytes;
-	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
-	gchar *filename;
 	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (document);
-	
-	if (!comics_document->decompress_tmp) {
-		argv = extract_argv (document, page->index);
-		success = g_spawn_async_with_pipes (NULL, argv, NULL,
-						    G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | 
-						    G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-						    NULL, NULL,
-						    &child_pid,
-						    NULL, &outpipe, NULL, NULL);
-		g_strfreev (argv);
-		g_return_if_fail (success == TRUE);
-
-		loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new ();
-		g_signal_connect (loader, "area-prepared",
-				  G_CALLBACK (get_page_size_area_prepared_cb),
-				  &got_size);
-
-		while (outpipe >= 0) {
-			bytes = read (outpipe, buf, 1024);
-		
-			if (bytes > 0)
-			gdk_pixbuf_loader_write (loader, buf, bytes, NULL);
-			if (bytes <= 0 || got_size) {
-				close (outpipe);
-				outpipe = -1;
-				gdk_pixbuf_loader_close (loader, NULL);
+	const char *page_path;
+	PixbufInfo info;
+	GError *error = NULL;
+
+	page_path = g_ptr_array_index (comics_document->page_names, page->index);
+
+	if (!archive_reopen_if_needed (comics_document, page_path, &error)) {
+		g_warning ("Fatal error opening archive: %s", error->message);
+		g_error_free (error);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new ();
+	info.got_info = FALSE;
+	g_signal_connect (loader, "size-prepared",
+			  G_CALLBACK (get_page_size_prepared_cb),
+			  &info);
+
+	while (1) {
+		const char *name;
+		GError *error = NULL;
+
+		if (!ev_archive_read_next_header (comics_document->archive, &error)) {
+			if (error != NULL) {
+				g_warning ("Fatal error handling archive (%s): %s", G_STRFUNC, error->message);
+				g_error_free (error);
 			}
+			break;
 		}
-		pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf (loader);
-		if (pixbuf) {
-			if (width)
-				*width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf);
-			if (height)
-				*height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pixbuf);
-		}
-		g_spawn_close_pid (child_pid);
-		g_object_unref (loader);
-	} else {
-		filename = g_build_filename (comics_document->dir,
-                                             (char *) comics_document->page_names->pdata[page->index],
-					     NULL);
-		pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (filename, NULL);
-		if (pixbuf) {
-			if (width)
-				*width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf);
-			if (height)
-				*height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pixbuf);
-			g_object_unref (pixbuf);
+
+		name = ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (comics_document->archive);
+		if (g_strcmp0 (name, page_path) == 0) {
+			char buf[BLOCK_SIZE];
+			gssize read;
+			gint64 left;
+
+			left = ev_archive_get_entry_size (comics_document->archive);
+			read = ev_archive_read_data (comics_document->archive, buf,
+						     MIN(BLOCK_SIZE, left), &error);
+			while (read > 0 && !info.got_info) {
+				if (!gdk_pixbuf_loader_write (loader, (guchar *) buf, read, &error)) {
+					read = -1;
+					break;
+				}
+				left -= read;
+				read = ev_archive_read_data (comics_document->archive, buf,
+							     MIN(BLOCK_SIZE, left), &error);
+			}
+			if (read < 0) {
+				g_warning ("Fatal error reading '%s' in archive: %s", name, error->message);
+				g_error_free (error);
+			}
+			break;
 		}
-		g_free (filename);
+	}
+
+	gdk_pixbuf_loader_close (loader, NULL);
+	g_object_unref (loader);
+
+	if (info.got_info) {
+		if (width)
+			*width = info.width;
+		if (height)
+			*height = info.height;
 	}
 }
 
 static void
-get_page_size_area_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
-				gpointer         data)
+render_pixbuf_size_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
+				gint             width,
+				gint             height,
+				EvRenderContext *rc)
 {
-	gboolean *got_size = data;
-	*got_size = TRUE;
+	// int scaled_width, scaled_height;
+    double scale = rc->scale;
+    int w = (width  * scale + 0.5);
+    int h = (height * scale + 0.5);
+
+	// ev_render_context_compute_scaled_size (rc, width, height, &scaled_width, &scaled_height);
+	gdk_pixbuf_loader_set_size (loader, w, h);
 }
 
 static GdkPixbuf *
@@ -731,69 +530,70 @@ comics_document_render_pixbuf (EvDocument      *document,
 			       EvRenderContext *rc)
 {
 	GdkPixbufLoader *loader;
-	GdkPixbuf *rotated_pixbuf, *tmp_pixbuf;
-	char **argv;
-	guchar buf[4096];
-	gboolean success;
-	gint outpipe = -1;
-	GPid child_pid;
-	gssize bytes;
-	gint width, height;
-	gchar *filename;
+	GdkPixbuf *tmp_pixbuf;
+	GdkPixbuf *rotated_pixbuf = NULL;
 	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (document);
-	
-	if (!comics_document->decompress_tmp) {
-		argv = extract_argv (document, rc->page->index);
-		success = g_spawn_async_with_pipes (NULL, argv, NULL,
-						    G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | 
-						    G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-						    NULL, NULL,
-						    &child_pid,
-						    NULL, &outpipe, NULL, NULL);
-		g_strfreev (argv);
-		g_return_val_if_fail (success == TRUE, NULL);
-
-		loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new ();
-		g_signal_connect (loader, "size-prepared",
-				  G_CALLBACK (render_pixbuf_size_prepared_cb), 
-				  &rc->scale);
-
-		while (outpipe >= 0) {
-			bytes = read (outpipe, buf, 4096);
-
-			if (bytes > 0) {
-				gdk_pixbuf_loader_write (loader, buf, bytes, 
-				NULL);
-			} else if (bytes <= 0) {
-				close (outpipe);
-				gdk_pixbuf_loader_close (loader, NULL);
-				outpipe = -1;
+	const char *page_path;
+	GError *error = NULL;
+
+	page_path = g_ptr_array_index (comics_document->page_names, rc->page->index);
+
+	if (!archive_reopen_if_needed (comics_document, page_path, &error)) {
+		g_warning ("Fatal error opening archive: %s", error->message);
+		g_error_free (error);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new ();
+	g_signal_connect (loader, "size-prepared",
+			  G_CALLBACK (render_pixbuf_size_prepared_cb),
+			  rc);
+
+	while (1) {
+		const char *name;
+
+		if (!ev_archive_read_next_header (comics_document->archive, &error)) {
+			if (error != NULL) {
+				g_warning ("Fatal error handling archive (%s): %s", G_STRFUNC, error->message);
+				g_error_free (error);
 			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		name = ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (comics_document->archive);
+		if (g_strcmp0 (name, page_path) == 0) {
+			size_t size = ev_archive_get_entry_size (comics_document->archive);
+			char *buf;
+			ssize_t read;
+
+			buf = g_malloc (size);
+			read = ev_archive_read_data (comics_document->archive, buf, size, &error);
+			if (read <= 0) {
+				if (read < 0) {
+					g_warning ("Fatal error reading '%s' in archive: %s", name, error->message);
+					g_error_free (error);
+				} else {
+					g_warning ("Read an empty file from the archive");
+				}
+			} else {
+				gdk_pixbuf_loader_write (loader, (guchar *) buf, size, NULL);
+			}
+			g_free (buf);
+			gdk_pixbuf_loader_close (loader, NULL);
+			break;
 		}
-		tmp_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf (loader);
-		rotated_pixbuf =
-			gdk_pixbuf_rotate_simple (tmp_pixbuf,
-						  360 - rc->rotation);
-		g_spawn_close_pid (child_pid);
-		g_object_unref (loader);
-	} else {
-		filename = 
-			g_build_filename (comics_document->dir,
-                                          (char *) comics_document->page_names->pdata[rc->page->index],
-					  NULL);
-
-		gdk_pixbuf_get_file_info (filename, &width, &height);
-
-		tmp_pixbuf =
-			gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size (
-				    filename, width * (rc->scale) + 0.5,
-				    height * (rc->scale) + 0.5, NULL);
-		rotated_pixbuf =
-			gdk_pixbuf_rotate_simple (tmp_pixbuf,
-						  360 - rc->rotation);
-		g_free (filename);
-		g_object_unref (tmp_pixbuf);
 	}
+
+	tmp_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf (loader);
+	if (tmp_pixbuf) {
+		if ((rc->rotation % 360) == 0)
+			rotated_pixbuf = g_object_ref (tmp_pixbuf);
+		else
+			rotated_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_rotate_simple (tmp_pixbuf,
+								   360 - rc->rotation);
+	}
+	g_object_unref (loader);
+
 	return rotated_pixbuf;
 }
 
@@ -805,79 +605,28 @@ comics_document_render (EvDocument      *document,
 	cairo_surface_t *surface;
 
 	pixbuf = comics_document_render_pixbuf (document, rc);
+	if (!pixbuf)
+		return NULL;
 	surface = ev_document_misc_surface_from_pixbuf (pixbuf);
-	g_object_unref (pixbuf);
-	
-	return surface;
-}
+	g_clear_object (&pixbuf);
 
-static void
-render_pixbuf_size_prepared_cb (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
-				gint             width,
-				gint             height,
-				gpointer         data)
-{
-	double *scale = data;
-	int w = (width  * (*scale) + 0.5);
-	int h = (height * (*scale) + 0.5);
-
-	gdk_pixbuf_loader_set_size (loader, w, h);
-}
-
-/**
- * comics_remove_dir: Removes a directory recursively. 
- * Returns:
- *   	0 if it was successfully deleted,
- * 	-1 if an error occurred 		
- */
-static int 
-comics_remove_dir (gchar *path_name) 
-{
-	GDir  *content_dir;
-	const gchar *filename;
-	gchar *filename_with_path;
-	
-	if (g_file_test (path_name, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
-		content_dir = g_dir_open  (path_name, 0, NULL);
-		filename  = g_dir_read_name (content_dir);
-		while (filename) {
-			filename_with_path = 
-				g_build_filename (path_name, 
-						  filename, NULL);
-			comics_remove_dir (filename_with_path);
-			g_free (filename_with_path);
-			filename = g_dir_read_name (content_dir);
-		}
-		g_dir_close (content_dir);
-	}
-	/* Note from g_remove() documentation: on Windows, it is in general not 
-	 * possible to remove a file that is open to some process, or mapped 
-	 * into memory.*/
-	return (g_remove (path_name));
+	return surface;
 }
 
 static void
 comics_document_finalize (GObject *object)
 {
 	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (object);
-	
-	if (comics_document->decompress_tmp) {
-		if (comics_remove_dir (comics_document->dir) == -1)
-			g_warning (_("There was an error deleting “%s”."),
-				   comics_document->dir);
-		g_free (comics_document->dir);
-	}
-	
+
 	if (comics_document->page_names) {
                 g_ptr_array_foreach (comics_document->page_names, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
                 g_ptr_array_free (comics_document->page_names, TRUE);
 	}
 
-	g_free (comics_document->archive);
-	g_free (comics_document->selected_command);
-	g_free (comics_document->alternative_command);
-	g_free (comics_document->extract_command);
-	g_free (comics_document->list_command);
+	g_clear_pointer (&comics_document->page_positions, g_hash_table_destroy);
+	g_clear_object (&comics_document->archive);
+	g_free (comics_document->archive_path);
+	g_free (comics_document->archive_uri);
 
 	G_OBJECT_CLASS (comics_document_parent_class)->finalize (object);
 }
@@ -900,122 +649,51 @@ comics_document_class_init (ComicsDocumentClass *klass)
 static void
 comics_document_init (ComicsDocument *comics_document)
 {
-	comics_document->archive = NULL;
-	comics_document->page_names = NULL;
-	comics_document->extract_command = NULL;
-}
-
-/* Returns a list of file extensions supported by gdk-pixbuf */
-static GSList*
-get_supported_image_extensions(void)
-{
-	GSList *extensions = NULL;
-	GSList *formats = gdk_pixbuf_get_formats ();
-	GSList *l;
-
-	for (l = formats; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
-		int i;
-		gchar **ext = gdk_pixbuf_format_get_extensions (l->data);
-
-		for (i = 0; ext[i] != NULL; i++) {
-			extensions = g_slist_append (extensions,
-						     g_strdup (ext[i]));
-		}
-
-		g_strfreev (ext);
-	}
-
-	g_slist_free (formats);
-	return extensions;
+	comics_document->archive = ev_archive_new ();
 }
 
 static GdkPixbuf *
 comics_document_thumbnails_get_thumbnail (EvDocumentThumbnails *document,
-					  EvRenderContext      *rc,
-					  gboolean              border)
+                      EvRenderContext      *rc,
+                      gboolean              border)
 {
-	GdkPixbuf *thumbnail;
+    GdkPixbuf *thumbnail;
 
-	thumbnail = comics_document_render_pixbuf (EV_DOCUMENT (document), rc);
+    thumbnail = comics_document_render_pixbuf (EV_DOCUMENT (document), rc);
 
-	if (border) {
-	      GdkPixbuf *tmp_pixbuf = thumbnail;
-	      
-	      thumbnail = ev_document_misc_get_thumbnail_frame (-1, -1, tmp_pixbuf);
-	      g_object_unref (tmp_pixbuf);
-	}
+    if (border) {
+          GdkPixbuf *tmp_pixbuf = thumbnail;
+          
+          thumbnail = ev_document_misc_get_thumbnail_frame (-1, -1, tmp_pixbuf);
+          g_object_unref (tmp_pixbuf);
+    }
 
-	return thumbnail;
+    return thumbnail;
 }
 
 static void
 comics_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions (EvDocumentThumbnails *document,
-					   EvRenderContext      *rc,
-					   gint                 *width,
-					   gint                 *height)
+                       EvRenderContext      *rc,
+                       gint                 *width,
+                       gint                 *height)
 {
-	gdouble page_width, page_height;
-	
-	comics_document_get_page_size (EV_DOCUMENT (document), rc->page,
-				       &page_width, &page_height);
-
-	if (rc->rotation == 90 || rc->rotation == 270) {
-		*width = (gint) (page_height * rc->scale);
-		*height = (gint) (page_width * rc->scale);
-	} else {
-		*width = (gint) (page_width * rc->scale);
-		*height = (gint) (page_height * rc->scale);
-	}
+    gdouble page_width, page_height;
+    
+    comics_document_get_page_size (EV_DOCUMENT (document), rc->page,
+                       &page_width, &page_height);
+
+    if (rc->rotation == 90 || rc->rotation == 270) {
+        *width = (gint) (page_height * rc->scale);
+        *height = (gint) (page_width * rc->scale);
+    } else {
+        *width = (gint) (page_width * rc->scale);
+        *height = (gint) (page_height * rc->scale);
+    }
 }
 
 static void
 comics_document_document_thumbnails_iface_init (EvDocumentThumbnailsInterface *iface)
 {
-	iface->get_thumbnail = comics_document_thumbnails_get_thumbnail;
-	iface->get_dimensions = comics_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions;
-}
-
-static char**
-extract_argv (EvDocument *document, gint page)
-{
-	ComicsDocument *comics_document = COMICS_DOCUMENT (document);
-	char **argv;
-	char *command_line, *quoted_archive, *quoted_filename;
-	GError *err = NULL;
-
-	if (g_strrstr (comics_document->page_names->pdata[page], "--checkpoint-action="))
-	{
-		g_warning ("File unsupported\n");
-		gtk_main_quit ();
-	}
-
-        if (page >= comics_document->page_names->len)
-                return NULL;
-
-	if (comics_document->regex_arg) {
-		quoted_archive = g_shell_quote (comics_document->archive);
-		quoted_filename =
-			comics_regex_quote (comics_document->page_names->pdata[page]);
-	} else {
-		quoted_archive = g_shell_quote (comics_document->archive);
-		quoted_filename = g_shell_quote (comics_document->page_names->pdata[page]);
-	}
-
-	command_line = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s %s",
-					comics_document->extract_command,
-					quoted_archive,
-					quoted_filename);
-	g_free (quoted_archive);
-	g_free (quoted_filename);
-
-	g_shell_parse_argv (command_line, NULL, &argv, &err);
-	g_free (command_line);
-
-	if (err) {
-		g_warning (_("Error %s"), err->message);
-		g_error_free (err);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return argv;
+    iface->get_thumbnail = comics_document_thumbnails_get_thumbnail;
+    iface->get_dimensions = comics_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions;
 }
diff --git a/backend/comics/comics-document.h b/backend/comics/comics-document.h
index 8a02f3d4..0a308cff 100644
--- a/backend/comics/comics-document.h
+++ b/backend/comics/comics-document.h
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-#ifndef __COMICS_DOCUMENT_H__
-#define __COMICS_DOCUMENT_H__
+#pragma once
 
+#include "ev-macros.h"
 #include "ev-document.h"
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 typedef struct _ComicsDocument ComicsDocument;
 
 GType                 comics_document_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+GType                 register_evince_backend  (GTypeModule *module);
 
-G_MODULE_EXPORT GType register_xreader_backend  (GTypeModule *module);
-     
 G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* __COMICS_DOCUMENT_H__ */
diff --git a/backend/comics/comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in b/backend/comics/comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in
index dbadbe55..552fb648 100644
--- a/backend/comics/comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in
+++ b/backend/comics/comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [Xreader Backend]
 Module=comicsdocument
-_TypeDescription=Comic Books
-MimeType=application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cb7;application/x-cbt;application/vnd.comicbook+zip;
+TypeDescription=Comic Books
+MimeType=@COMICS_MIME_TYPES@;
diff --git a/backend/comics/ev-archive.c b/backend/comics/ev-archive.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..568e1621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/comics/ev-archive.c
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; c-indent-level: 8 -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "ev-archive.h"
+
+#include <archive.h>
+#include <archive_entry.h>
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE (64 * 1024)
+
+struct _EvArchive {
+	GObject parent_instance;
+	EvArchiveType type;
+
+	/* libarchive */
+	struct archive *libar;
+	struct archive_entry *libar_entry;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE(EvArchive, ev_archive, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+ev_archive_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+	EvArchive *archive = EV_ARCHIVE (object);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_clear_pointer (&archive->libar, archive_free);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	G_OBJECT_CLASS (ev_archive_parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+ev_archive_class_init (EvArchiveClass *klass)
+{
+        GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+
+        object_class->finalize = ev_archive_finalize;
+}
+
+EvArchive *
+ev_archive_new (void)
+{
+	return g_object_new (EV_TYPE_ARCHIVE, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+libarchive_set_archive_type (EvArchive *archive,
+			     EvArchiveType archive_type)
+{
+	archive->type = archive_type;
+	archive->libar = archive_read_new ();
+
+	if (archive_type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP)
+		archive_read_support_format_zip (archive->libar);
+	else if (archive_type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z)
+		archive_read_support_format_7zip (archive->libar);
+	else if (archive_type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR)
+		archive_read_support_format_tar (archive->libar);
+	else if (archive_type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR) {
+		archive_read_support_format_rar (archive->libar);
+		archive_read_support_format_rar5 (archive->libar);
+	} else
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+}
+
+EvArchiveType
+ev_archive_get_archive_type (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE);
+
+	return archive->type;
+}
+
+gboolean
+ev_archive_set_archive_type (EvArchive *archive,
+			     EvArchiveType archive_type)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, FALSE);
+
+	switch (archive_type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		libarchive_set_archive_type (archive, archive_type);
+		break;
+	default:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	}
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+ev_archive_open_filename (EvArchive   *archive,
+			  const char  *path,
+			  GError     **error)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (path != NULL, FALSE);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		r = archive_read_open_filename (archive->libar, path, BUFFER_SIZE);
+		if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+			g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+				     "Error opening archive: %s", archive_error_string (archive->libar));
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+libarchive_read_next_header (EvArchive *archive,
+			     GError   **error)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		int r;
+
+		r = archive_read_next_header (archive->libar, &archive->libar_entry);
+		if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+			if (r != ARCHIVE_EOF)
+				g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+					     "Error reading archive: %s", archive_error_string (archive->libar));
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+		if (archive_entry_filetype (archive->libar_entry) != AE_IFREG) {
+			g_debug ("Skipping '%s' as it's not a regular file",
+				 archive_entry_pathname (archive->libar_entry));
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		g_debug ("At header for file '%s'", archive_entry_pathname (archive->libar_entry));
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+ev_archive_read_next_header (EvArchive *archive,
+			     GError   **error)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, FALSE);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		return libarchive_read_next_header (archive, error);
+	}
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+ev_archive_at_entry (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, FALSE);
+
+	return (archive->libar_entry != NULL);
+}
+
+const char *
+ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, NULL);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_return_val_if_fail (archive->libar_entry != NULL, NULL);
+		return archive_entry_pathname (archive->libar_entry);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+gint64
+ev_archive_get_entry_size (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), -1);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, -1);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_return_val_if_fail (archive->libar_entry != NULL, -1);
+		return archive_entry_size (archive->libar_entry);
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+gboolean
+ev_archive_get_entry_is_encrypted (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, FALSE);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_return_val_if_fail (archive->libar_entry != NULL, -1);
+		return archive_entry_is_encrypted (archive->libar_entry);
+	}
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+gssize
+ev_archive_read_data (EvArchive *archive,
+		      void      *buf,
+		      gsize      count,
+		      GError   **error)
+{
+	gssize r = -1;
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive), -1);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE, -1);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_return_val_if_fail (archive->libar_entry != NULL, -1);
+		r = archive_read_data (archive->libar, buf, count);
+		if (r < 0) {
+			g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+				     "Failed to decompress data: %s", archive_error_string (archive->libar));
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+void
+ev_archive_reset (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+	g_return_if_fail (EV_IS_ARCHIVE (archive));
+	g_return_if_fail (archive->type != EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE);
+
+	switch (archive->type) {
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z:
+	case EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR:
+		g_clear_pointer (&archive->libar, archive_free);
+		libarchive_set_archive_type (archive, archive->type);
+		archive->libar_entry = NULL;
+		break;
+	default:
+		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+ev_archive_init (EvArchive *archive)
+{
+}
diff --git a/backend/comics/ev-archive.h b/backend/comics/ev-archive.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4e1399c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/comics/ev-archive.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; c-indent-level: 8 -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <glib-object.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define EV_TYPE_ARCHIVE ev_archive_get_type ()
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (EvArchive, ev_archive, EV, ARCHIVE, GObject)
+
+typedef enum {
+	EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+	EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR,
+	EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP,
+	EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z,
+	EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR
+} EvArchiveType;
+
+EvArchive     *ev_archive_new                (void);
+gboolean       ev_archive_set_archive_type   (EvArchive     *archive,
+					      EvArchiveType  archive_type);
+EvArchiveType  ev_archive_get_archive_type   (EvArchive     *archive);
+gboolean       ev_archive_open_filename      (EvArchive     *archive,
+					      const char    *path,
+					      GError       **error);
+gboolean       ev_archive_read_next_header   (EvArchive     *archive,
+					      GError       **error);
+gboolean       ev_archive_at_entry           (EvArchive     *archive);
+const char    *ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (EvArchive     *archive);
+gint64         ev_archive_get_entry_size     (EvArchive     *archive);
+gboolean       ev_archive_get_entry_is_encrypted (EvArchive *archive);
+gssize         ev_archive_read_data          (EvArchive     *archive,
+					      void          *buf,
+					      gsize          count,
+					      GError       **error);
+void           ev_archive_reset              (EvArchive     *archive);
+
+G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/backend/comics/meson.build b/backend/comics/meson.build
index 396596a4..bcb935eb 100644
--- a/backend/comics/meson.build
+++ b/backend/comics/meson.build
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-comics_sources = [
-    'comics-document.c',
-    'comics-document.h'
-]
+backend_desktop_conf = configuration_data()
+backend_desktop_conf.set('COMICS_MIME_TYPES', comic_mimetypes)
+
+backend_desktop = configure_file(
+    input: 'comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in',
+    output: 'comicsdocument.xreader-backend',
+    configuration: backend_desktop_conf,
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: backendsdir,
+)
+
+comics_sources = files(
+  'comics-document.c',
+  'ev-archive.c',
+)
 
 comics_deps = [
-    glib,
-    cairo,
-    gtk
+  cairo,
+  glib,
+  gtk,
+  libarchive_dep,
 ]
 
 shared_module(
@@ -17,14 +29,21 @@ shared_module(
     include_directories: include_dirs,
     dependencies: comics_deps,
     install: true,
-    install_dir: backendsdir,
+    install_dir: backendsdir
 )
 
-custom_target(
-    'comics_backend',
-    input: 'comicsdocument.xreader-backend.in',
-    output: 'comicsdocument.xreader-backend',
-    command: [intltool_merge, '-d', '-u', po_dir, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
-    install: true,
-    install_dir: backendsdir,
+
+
+test_name = 'test-ev-archive'
+
+test_sources = files(
+  'ev-archive.c',
+  'test-ev-archive.c',
+)
+
+executable(
+  test_name,
+  test_sources,
+  include_directories: include_dirs,
+  dependencies: comics_deps,
 )
diff --git a/backend/comics/test-ev-archive.c b/backend/comics/test-ev-archive.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..772495a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/comics/test-ev-archive.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; c-indent-level: 8 -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "ev-archive.h"
+
+static void
+usage (const char *prog)
+{
+	g_print ("- Lists file in a supported archive format\n");
+	g_print ("Usage: %s archive-type filename\n", prog);
+	g_print ("Where archive-type is one of rar, zip, 7z or tar\n");
+}
+
+static EvArchiveType
+str_to_archive_type (const char *str)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE);
+
+	if (g_strcmp0 (str, "rar") == 0)
+		return EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_RAR;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (str, "zip") == 0)
+		return EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_ZIP;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (str, "7z") == 0)
+		return EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_7Z;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (str, "tar") == 0)
+		return EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_TAR;
+
+	g_warning ("Archive type '%s' not supported", str);
+	return EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE;
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	EvArchive *ar;
+	EvArchiveType ar_type;
+	GError *error = NULL;
+	gboolean printed_header = FALSE;
+
+	if (argc != 3) {
+		usage (argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	ar_type = str_to_archive_type (argv[1]);
+	if (ar_type == EV_ARCHIVE_TYPE_NONE)
+		return 1;
+
+	ar = ev_archive_new ();
+	if (!ev_archive_set_archive_type (ar, ar_type)) {
+		g_warning ("Failed to set archive type");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!ev_archive_open_filename (ar, argv[2], &error)) {
+		g_warning ("Failed to open '%s': %s",
+			   argv[2], error->message);
+		g_error_free (error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	while (1) {
+		const char *name;
+		gboolean is_encrypted;
+		gint64 size;
+
+		if (!ev_archive_read_next_header (ar, &error)) {
+			if (error != NULL) {
+				g_warning ("Fatal error handling archive: %s", error->message);
+				g_clear_error (&error);
+				goto out;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		name = ev_archive_get_entry_pathname (ar);
+		is_encrypted = ev_archive_get_entry_is_encrypted (ar);
+		size = ev_archive_get_entry_size (ar);
+
+		if (!printed_header) {
+			g_print ("P\tSIZE\tNAME\n");
+			printed_header = TRUE;
+		}
+
+		g_print ("%c\t%"G_GINT64_FORMAT"\t%s\n",
+			 is_encrypted ? 'P' : ' ',
+			 size, name);
+	}
+
+	ev_archive_reset (ar);
+	g_clear_object (&ar);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	g_clear_object (&ar);
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7dd64d9b..8b809c30 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Linux Mint <root@linuxmint.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                gobject-introspection,
                intltool,
+               libarchive-dev (>= 3.6.0),
                libdjvulibre-dev,
                libgail-3-dev,
                libgirepository1.0-dev,
diff --git a/libdocument/ev-document.h b/libdocument/ev-document.h
index 114c9530..1918adf8 100644
--- a/libdocument/ev-document.h
+++ b/libdocument/ev-document.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct _EvDocumentPrivate EvDocumentPrivate;
 typedef enum
 {
         EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_INVALID,
+        EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT,
         EV_DOCUMENT_ERROR_ENCRYPTED
 } EvDocumentError;
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 48702b0b..a2e12efe 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -98,8 +98,22 @@ if get_option('pixbuf')
     xreader_conf.set10('ENABLE_PIXBUF', true)
 endif
 if get_option('comics')
+    libarchive_req_version = '>= 3.6.0'
+    libarchive_dep = dependency('libarchive', version: '>= 3.6.0', required: true)
     backend_subdirs += 'comics'
-    xreader_mime_types += 'application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cb7;application/x-cbt;application/vnd.comicbook+zip;application/vnd.comicbook-rar;'
+    comic_mimetypes = ';'.join([
+        'application/vnd.comicbook-rar',
+        'application/vnd.comicbook+zip',
+        'application/x-cb7',
+        'application/x-cbr',
+        'application/x-cbt',
+        'application/x-cbz',
+        'application/x-ext-cb7',
+        'application/x-ext-cbr',
+        'application/x-ext-cbt',
+        'application/x-ext-cbz',
+    ])
+    xreader_mime_types += comic_mimetypes
 endif
 if get_option('xps')
     xps = dependency('libgxps', version: '>= 0.2.1')