Halloween may be over, but the digital comics folks still have some treats on hand.Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman's prequel to his classic Sandman series, debuted this week; if you want to get the rest of the story, comiXology has the 115 issues of the original Sandman available for 99 cents each. Looks like Amazon has the same deal if you prefer to read them on your … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for the Weekend of November 1
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Viz Brings its Entire Graphic Novel Catalog to Apple iBooks
Viz has just brought its entire graphic novel collection to Apple iBooks and users will now be able to access over 1,600 titles. Â Over 130 different series will be available and readers will be able to purchase seminal favorites such as;Â NARUTO, BLEACH, BAKUMAN and ONE PIECE. Each one will run you around $6.00, which is quite respectable, considering most graphic novels by … [Read more...] about Viz Brings its Entire Graphic Novel Catalog to Apple iBooks
What Crunchyroll’s New Manga Service Gets Right
Crunchyroll's new streaming manga service, which will launch on Wednesday, looks like the manga publishers' best bet yet for fighting piracy, for three reasons:1. It has new manga chapters the same day they are released in Japan. 2. It has a couple of big-name series to anchor it. 3. It's free.OK, it's only partly free, but right now it looks like Crunchyroll is … [Read more...] about What Crunchyroll’s New Manga Service Gets Right
Who Uses ComiXology? Part II
The day before New York Comic Con, the comiXology folks invited the press to their office for a presentation about their user groups and a chance to hear some actual comiXology users talk about their comics reading habits. We covered the statistics in Part I of this story, and now here are some of the comments we heard from users.The group consisted of three men and two … [Read more...] about Who Uses ComiXology? Part II
Digital Comics Deals for the Weekend Before Halloween
It's the scariest time of the year, and there are plenty of digital comics deals this weekend to help you get into the Halloween mood.ComiXology has two scary series on sale. 30 Days of Night, by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, is a vampire tale set in an Alaskan town, where it stays dark for a month in winter—giving the local vampires free rein. The first issue is free, … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Deals for the Weekend Before Halloween
NARR8 Launches Web Version: An Exclusive Interview with CEO Maxim Matveyko
The digital comics and e-books platform NARR8 launched last November and has been downloaded 1 million times since then, on iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Facebook, Windows 8 devices, and Kindle Fire. This week, they expanded to the next frontier: The web.NARR8 offers motion comics and e-books with an interactive component. When I spoke to vice president of business … [Read more...] about NARR8 Launches Web Version: An Exclusive Interview with CEO Maxim Matveyko
Who Uses ComiXology? Part I
The day before New York Comic Con, ComiXology invited the press to their offices to hear some statistics about its users—and then to hear from the users themselves, as they brought in a group of five comiXology customers to talk about their comics reading habits. We'll summarize the stats in this first post and look at what the users had to say in the next one.According to … [Read more...] about Who Uses ComiXology? Part I
Comixology for iOS updated with new Look
Comixology has updated their seminal iOS app that brings full compatibility with iOS 7. This app is for reading digital comics and this company just hit the 200 million download mark in September. You can get almost every mainstream brand such as DC, Marvel, Archie, Walking Dead, GI JOE and thousands more. The app itself is sporting a new icon, splash screen and a number of … [Read more...] about Comixology for iOS updated with new Look
Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013
ComiXology brings on the vampires this weekend with a sale on True Blood, the comic based on the HBO show: Graphic novels are $4.99, single issues are 99 cents, through Sunday evening. You'll have to act fast to take advantage of their other weekend sale, the Marvel vs. sale (Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers, Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher, etc.), as it ends this … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013
NYCC: NARR8 Creates Comics with a Twist
In the beginning, digital comics were just print comics scanned in and posted to digital devices, but as the medium has evolved, more and more creators are experimenting with adding features to native digital comics. NARR8 is an app that stretches the boundaries of comics, adding in motion, music, and gameplay elements. Sometimes the motion is as simple as a background of TV … [Read more...] about NYCC: NARR8 Creates Comics with a Twist
NYCC 2013: Jet City Takes Off
Among the many, many booths at New York Comic Con was one for Jet City Comics, Amazon's comics imprint, which launched last summer; the booth was also promoting their science fiction/fantasy imprint 47North.Jet City's Justin Gollenbeck took a few minutes to talk to me about the new comics, which have already been showing up on our digital comics best-seller lists, on the … [Read more...] about NYCC 2013: Jet City Takes Off
NYCC: Kodansha Comics Expands E-Books, Grabs More Attack on Titan Series
Attack on Titan has been a sleeper hit for the manga publisher Kodansha Comics, and at their panel at New York Comic Con, editor Ben Applegate announced that they had sold over 500,000 copies of the series, which is currently at seven volumes.The series is set in a world in which giants roam the earth, eating people; to escape them, humans have retreated behind high walls. … [Read more...] about NYCC: Kodansha Comics Expands E-Books, Grabs More Attack on Titan Series
Dark Horse Announces Free Ninja Gaiden Z Digital Comic
Dark Horse has just announced a free three issue series in conjunction with Team Ninja. Fans will be introduced to the world of YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z with an all-new digital comic revealing essential pieces of this stylized living comic book!The series will be a free download through the Dark Horse website and app for iOS and Android. It is is penned by writers Tim Seeley … [Read more...] about Dark Horse Announces Free Ninja Gaiden Z Digital Comic