digital comics Archives

Back in 2011, as digital comics were just on the verge of becoming popular, Dark Horse attempted to release their comics digitally at the same time they were released in print, and to sell them for cheaper as well The move, which would have been good for readers and probably good for the industry as[...]

AWA Studios announced a free digital version of their comic titles this week. The inaugural title is The Resistance, the company’s flagship title by J.

Om Monday, my weekly political cartoon for Guido Fawkes looked at the plans this week for Sunak Rishi, the Conservative government's new Chancellor Of The

The perfect time to talk about comics' greatest failure: digital comics. When digital comics were first introduced to the superhero comics industry over a decade ago, they were meant to be the future of comics But has it worked out that way? As of 2019, seemingly not Physical comic book sales still vastly outstrip digital sales,[...]

Publisher Legendary Comics placed the series on popular digital comics publishing platform WEBTOON Now their first new weekly chapter has been released that will lead to the end of Season One. Celtic Curse and Cosmic Farce Charlie Stewart, a rich lawyer and yuppy jerk "played by" Barrowman, falls victim to an ancient Celtic curse Every decision he[...]

WEBTOON, the world's leading digital comics publisher, announced a partnership with Crunchyroll, the world's most popular anime streaming service The strategic partnership will see the development and co-production of new animated content Crunchyroll and WEBTOON will also collaborate on the distribution, licensing, and retail of each new series. Korea-owned WEBTOON is currently the most read comics[...]

"Let's Play" - the popular webcomic serial on WEBTOON - has been adapted into an anime series, set to start up this week. Here's a look...

Do you know WEBTOON? They publish digital comics through a phone app and the web The company would certainly love it if you have They are the most-read digital publisher in the world They are the most-read comics publisher on the planet. Enjelicious WEBTOON originally launched in South Korea in 2004 and launched in the US in[...]

WEBTOON is a digital comics platform and app, arguably the most successful comics publisher in the world The Korean-owned company publishes comics with phones, tablets, and other on-the-go devices in mind with its "scrolling down" reading format. This year, platform celebrates their 5th anniversary with 100 billion views annually worldwide The app averages more than 55[...]

Webcomics publisher WEBTOONS released their first animated series: "My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Animated" - an adaptation of one of their most popular comics.

Our goal was to create the ultimate digital comics library and we've done that with this DC UNIVERSE expansion. Here's the features DC is touting for the new "Ultimate Digital Comic Book Library": Access to more than 21,000 comics Native, untethered access brings DC UNIVERSE to your living room without the need for additional cords or adapters Reader features[...]

It looks like there are some limitations on the comics DC is planning to offer as part of its DC Universe all-you-can-read subscription service. The

A new digital comics subscription service called InkyPen is launching on the Nintendo Switch in November, bringing digital comics to the handheld video game console for the first time Amongst the publishers whose comics will be available on the app, according to a press release, are IDW, Dynamite, Valiant, Andrews McMeel, and Humanoids, amongst others[...]

Comichaus has been supporting indie and small press comics now for a while, but it seems that websites are not enough — they are now entering the digital comics app marketplace. As such, they will soon be launching a beta for their new application, and they have shared this press release with us with details of[...]

So yup, Apple is skipping iPhone 9 entirely. Now, there are numerous features that all the iPhone models have that are general improvements on the existing models users have, but it's the display capabilities of the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X which may be extra special to digital comics readers and fans of[...]

I love food and I love food even more when it has a comic character tied into it. I realize that at 31 years of age I shouldn't base my diet over what

It would have been impossible not to notice the role that ComiXology played in New York Comic Con this year if you're someone who is at all interested in

The panel was rounded out by Danielle Campbell, Ben Morse, Gabe Frizzera, Fabian Nicieza, Bill Rosemann, and Mike Jones. The hour started with a look at the scope of the digital side of the Marvel operation, including Unlimited, Infinite, games and more. Campbell asked for hands raised for those who read digital comics and pointed out she[...]

So many options have been introduced through this grant-funded project that it has led Alan Moore to question whether this might be some "new medium" rather than simply a new iteration of comics. In the meantime, since our interviews were conducted, Electricomics have launched the "toolbox" mentioned in previous interviews, as a usable system for the[...]

Drawn & Quarterly, comiXology and Amazon are pleased to announce today that a distribution agreement is now in place to sell Drawn & Quarterly's digital comics and graphic novels across the comiXology platform as well as Amazon's Kindle Store Today's debut brings us celebrated Drawn & Quarterly titles like Lynda Barry's One! Hundred! Demons; Guy[...]

The participants ranged from the software development team for the app, Ocasta Studios, to the funding body that granted development resources to the project, NESTA, to the team lead Leah Moore, digital comics advisor Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, and then there were the comic creators who helped introduce the app through four original stories, including Leah[...]

People will buy them after reading the digital edition. GD: For me, until now, it's been the opposite, with print first and then digital in France, but now we are working in the reverse, and it will be very interesting to see if here in the US, if the books meet with success digitally, print editions[...]

Ted Adams, IDW CEO answers Bleeding Cool's questions about the new IDW apps and tells us what we can expect from new features. Hannah Means-Shannon: What are some of the driving forces behind introducing entirely new apps for IDW comics, Transformers, TMNT, and Star Trek comics? Does this increase functionality or quality in any way? Ted Adams:[...]

By Josh Hechinger Welcome to From Strip to Script, where I take a page of finished comic art and try to derive a script from it, to see what I can learn

By Josh Hechinger Welcome to From Strip to Script, where I take a page of finished comic art and try to derive a script from it, to see what I can learn from the exercise. Because I am fundamentally cheap and inpatient, I've always been a big proponent of digital comics; not paying for a print run[...]

There are some upsides and downsides to this story, though the situation could be more upsetting for fans. As someone who actually owns every issue of

By Kevin Carter If you’ve never heard of Bangladesh, I wouldn’t be surprised. It’s a small, third world country and about half the size of the State of

Premier art comics publisher Nobrow have taken a major step today into engagement with digital media, introducing their iPad app for Nobrow titles. The

By Chris Thompson After the triumphant return of Scott Snyder last episode (which you can still listen to here), this time I’m back with the Electricomics

With a large team of experts in various areas pooling their knowledge in this experiment, just the process of working on the project creates new avenues for discussion about the possible relationships between sequential narrative and digital media. Electricomics sets out to develop an open access toolkit for comic creators to produce digital comics, even if[...]