I remember hanging out at the Dark Horse Comics booth in C2E2, being shown the Dark Horse Comics App, and being told how it was superior to the ComiXology
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DC Delight: Comixology has announced that their Digital Retailer Storefronts have gone live, with comic book stores hosting Comixology digital comic download services on their own websites.
Participating comic retailers have gone live with their deployment of a comiXology-powered store and reader, enabling them to prosper from the sale of digital comics from top[...]
ComiXology have released the terms and conditions for creating comiXology websites for comic book stores, allowing store's customers to buy digital comics through their store's website, timed to coincide as DC Comics goes day-and-date digital.
It's rather close to deadline, so it's possible retailers may miss one or two clauses before signing.
The good news, retailers get[...]
At the heart of the popular game Angry Birds is the fear of all parents over child abduction andmurder. So, it's not such a great jump that this Angry
In three week's time, DC begins to publish all its superhero DCU (DC Universe) books as day-and-date digital, selling them on the same day in digital format as well as print, via their ComiXology App.
Today however, Marvel have snuck in there first with a different offering Making all their digital comics available on the iPad/iPhone/Android[...]
Earlier today, digital comic book readers were pleased to discover that The Red Wing by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra was available through comiXology for a cool $1.99 when it was only on sale in print a couple of weeks ago for $2.99, and they filled their boots.
Some were a little annoyed however that they[...]
Here is a video of what the retailer digital storefronts may look like when DC Comics goes day-and-date digital in September, powered by comiXology.
And here's a Q&A sent out to retailers by comiXology before San Diego.
DC Q&A on Day and Date and Digital Storefronts
Q: Why are you going to same-day digital if digital is just[...]
We've been told of late that digital comics sell much less than print copies One retailer at the DC summits of late reported that DC sold 650 print copies of a comic for every digital title Mark Millar has pointed out that his annual digital royalties on all his comics are less than he was[...]
BoneDelight: BONE is now available in a new digital format through comiXology, on Apple, Android and Web With Jeff Smith creating a comic app of the series for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
Bone 1 and RASL 1 will be free, with all other issues selling for 99 cents each.
He'll be hosting a live Q&A[...]
Here's the Amazon solicitation for Peter David's new novel, launched today from his Crazy 8 publisher. You can also read the first chapter here. A
DigiPlayStation: Sony has announced that with the recent update of the PSP Digital Comics library, that there won't be any more new comics coming They'll export the 4000 strong comics libray to other devices, but don't expect any new comics soon.
For a medium that relies on the new, this may be rather short term thinking,[...]
Bryan Talbot is launching a digital version of his Naked Artist volume, a collection of anecdotes experienced and tall tales told to the comic book creator, often involving luminaries of the comic book scene From Alan Moore to Frank Miller to Robert Crumb, they're all in here, with illustrations from the amazing Hunt Emerson.
He tells[...]
And they've also provided a version of the DC New 52 video that Bleeding Cool premiered, without any pesky mention of digital comics so that retailers can feel more comfortable running it in store Let's have a first look at that version as well, and then dive into the questions and answers.
GENERAL
* Why do it?[...]
Digital comics Digital comics, downloadable anywhere there's a net connection, onto laptops, tablets and smart phones Convenient, cheap to produce and easy to distribute Could these be The New Way? Could this be the way of breaking the grip on the industry of the big companies and the spandex brigades? Yes and no It all[...]
Feist's Master Magician, as a five part digital only download.
PriceDump: Wired discusses DC digital price points;
The problem is that $2.99 price tag The digital audience is not used to paying that much for content that takes them such a short time to read I'm concerned that even dropping the price to $1.99[...]
ChildrenDump: A look at the digital version of children's book, Apolline & Leon, the Witch of the Tuileries Lessons to learn?
LovecraftDump: Booms's Fall Of Cthulhu, volumes one and two, is on half price for three days.
ZudaDump: The final winner of DC's Zuda webcomic competition was Eldritch! by Drew Rausch and Aaron Alexovich.
Well, now it's back[...]
This is the image that is appearing at the end of the credits to the Green Lantern movie, when shown in America, according to CBR, as part of a marketing strategy that includes comics retailers getting movie-themed promotional materials and preview screening tickets.
Bleeding Cool has also reported on upcoming plans to run television advertising alongside[...]
All going day-and-date digital simultaneously – which can need a greater lead time than the printing press Getting print dates and digital dates to match can be tricky when a publisher is dealing with Diamond on one side and Apple on the other.
Also, not every artist is as fast as they may need to be,[...]
Disney has launched a very swish HTML5 enhanced comic book format for its new Tron: Legacy online comic, launching today. It's meant to only work on
DC Comics has announced that the oversized Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee will be available as a print-and-digital edition for $4.99, as well as separately in digital and print for $3.99 respectively.
The "combo" version will shop with a digital download code inside a polybag containing the print version.
DC is promising that[...]
The Sobczek sibs have always been brutally competitive, but now that Owen's blood has started BUBBLING with ancient tentacled abominations, their rivalry's about to enter a vast new dimension of cosmic terror…
MarvelDump: Tomorrow sees a new Fear Itself: The Worthy free Marvel digital comic to accompany their crossover, by Greg Pak and[...]
PocketDump: IDW's Infestation has now crossed over with the three million-selling Pocket God comic, with zombies infesting that otherwise pure world, just as they have done to Star Trek, Transformers, Ghostbusters and more.
70KWatch: Dark Horse Digital reports over 70,000 downloads since it started a couple of weeks ago, and are now giving away B.P.R.D.:[...]
There were allegations of lost product, higher than promised returns, delayed product, all that kind of thing. Josh Blaylock of Devils Due stormed out, etc etc…
This year Diamond announced Diamond Digital a new digital comics distribiution system using comic stores.
But also this year we say the emergence of "Devils Due Digital – A[...]
And while they're at it Ultimates 2 #1 – #2…
BatDump: The comic book Batman: Arkham City by Paul Dini and Carlos D'Anda, filling in the gap in story between the games Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, launches today, day and date, digitally for $2.99 And there will also be eight page digital exclusive episodes between[...]
Today we learnt of Mike Cotton's departure at the main editor from Wizard World Digital I now understand that he is to be replaced by former editor of discontinued inhouse magazine InQuest Gamer, Mike Searle.
Focussed on collectible card games, then on gaming as a whole, InQuest then InQuest Gamer was published by Wizard from 1995[...]
Graphic.Ly, when they're not busy buying DC ads for iFanboy have been working on a new way to distribute digital comics.
Today, our friends at Barnes & Noble launched a major update to the e-reader, the Nook Color The update included the addition of an app store, so that you can now purchase and[...]
A free comic teaching new library users how to use their system, using the narrative device of a zombie attack has, well, extended a little outside its
So what happens when your comic is nominated for an Eisner for Best Humour Publication... but it's out of print? And a new print is a long way away? And
It does seem unfortunate timing that Dark Horse choose today to promote the upcoming launch of their Dark Horse digital app Shortly after we learnt that they were to make seven employees redundant It's almost as if we are encouraged to join the dots, see some kind of causality That as comics move to a[...]
Yesterday, NEC Biglobe launched digital bookstores for manga in Japan and the USA, for download onto smartphones and tablets using Android apps.
Right now though the selection is limited to 300 in Japan (including The Rose Of Versaille and Kimagure Orange Road) and 150 in the USA (including Appleseed, Cat Eyed Girl and Yoan) But the[...]