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Digital Delights – The Comic That Comes With Refills

Published Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:28 -0500

Last updated Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:20:22 -0500

AppDelight: Some people have been wondering if Marvel's comics would appear through the Android Comixology App. Well, other day, they were.

HOOOKS: Looks like @Marvel is finally on @comixology for #Android devices! Hopefully more comics will become available soon.

lyfeforce: @HOOOKS @Marvel @comiXology I and most of the space strapped comic loving public can only hope.

comiXology: @HOOOKS @Marvel If they're showing, it's a mistake, and they won't be able to be purchased.

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SubscriptionDelight: DC gets some more digital/print price point criticism.

Let's look at this in cold, hard numbers. Let's say I buy 5 of the $2.99 titles of the New 52, all 12 issues for a year. Here's how the numbers come out:

From your local comics dealer, as printed comics:
$2.99 each x 5 titles x 12 months = $179.40

From ComiXology as digital files, purchased on day of release:
$2.99 each x 5 titles x 12 months = $179.40

From ComiXology as digital files, purchased one month after day of release:
$1.99 each x 5 titles x 12 months = $119.40

From DC by subscription as printed comics:
$24.99/title for 12 issues x 4 titles (but I get 5) = $99.96

Are you freaking KIDDING me?

PreviewDelight: Power Play by Kurt Christenson and Reilly Brown.

Free preview! Extreme sports just got an upgrade! No more skateboards, rollerblades or BMX bikes, when these superpowered kids take to the streets, there's no telling what they can and will do in this underground, full contact, no-holds barred sports league. From all across NYC they come to do battle, pitting their powers against one another in do-it-yourself style Olympics. They fight for fame, they fight for glory, they fight to be the the Power Play champion–and in the middle of all of this is Mac, a college student looking for direction and purpose in the big city. Who will be crowned King of the Five Boroughs? Power Play, the super-powered street games starts here!

StatDelight: David Brothers challenges the comics industry over digital sales numbers.

I think that there's a lot to gain from having public sales figures, no matter how minuscule they may be right now, and precious little to lose. The digital market is still new and growing, and barely a month goes by before I see a publisher saying that their digital strategy is still evolving. Digital comics, despite the strides we've seen, are still the Wild West. No one really knows how much money is in it yet, and we don't even really know what it'll look like a year from now. The more information we have available, the more likely it is for someone to figure out how to make digital comics work for everyone.

DebutDelight: A new digital comic that does something new. The Black Diamond Effect is published as an App that you pay for once, and then updates future issue forever.

By George Peter Gatsis, the comic sees a "large group of misfits, brought together to take on missions too trivial for real space detectives. Among the group is Joe King, Cryplet, Ms. Take and Syntax E.R.R.O.R."

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