The DC graphic novel sale made a big impact on this week's comiXology and Kindle best-seller lists, and Fox Trot, Allie Brosh, and Coldplay all make appearance on this week's lists as well.ComiXology1. Forever Evil #4 2. Justice League #26 3. Avengers, vol. 5 #24.NOW 4. Timestorm 2009/2099 #1 5. Origin II #1 6. Saga #17 7. Batman: The Complete Hush 8. Batman: The … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 29, 2013
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Barnes and Noble & Books-A-Million Stop Selling Marvel Comics
Barnes and Noble and Books-A-Million have confirmed to Good e-Reader that they have stopped carrying single issues of Marvel Comics. Â You might still find single issues at some of the smaller stores or in more rural areas, but it has been mandated that stores cannot order new issues.Barnes and Noble has a flagship store in Union Square, in New York City. This is the … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble & Books-A-Million Stop Selling Marvel Comics
Image Comics Slashes Prices—Till Saturday Night
Image Comics is having a half-price sale on all the comics in its digital store right now, and that's a great opportunity to fill up your e-reader, because Image is the publisher behind some of the most talked-about comics of the year. Even better, Image sells its comics as direct downloads, which means you own the file—you don't have to depend on a third-party provider such as … [Read more...] about Image Comics Slashes Prices—Till Saturday Night
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 22, 2013
ComiXology, Amazon, and iBooks all have a sale on DC "Essential Graphic Novels," and it plays out totally differently on all three platforms.ComiXology1. Quantum and Woody #1 2. The Sandman #1 3. Hawkeye #1 4. Motorcycle Samurai #0 5. Marvel Now! Point One #1 6. Saga #17 7. The Bunker #1 8. All New X-Men #20 9. Superior Spider-Man #24 10. Locke & Key: Alpha … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 22, 2013
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 15, 2013
ComiXology's chart gets skewed by a giveaway, Kindle and Nook remain about the same as always, and zombies begin to take over the iBookstore. Here's our weekly look at the top-selling comics and graphic novels on four different digital platforms.ComiXology1. Batman #13 2. Red Sonja #1 (digital exclusive edition) 3. Lazarus #1 4. Judge Dredd #1 5. Revival #1 6. My … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 15, 2013
Sony Hires “Brain Trust” to Create a Spider-Man Universe
It looks like the movies are following in the path of comics, as Sony announced two spinoffs of its Amazing Spider-Man movies and the hiring of a set of writers who will create a shared universe of interlocking stories—the announcement gives their mandate as "to expand the universe for the brand and to develop a continuous tone and thread throughout the films."The news was … [Read more...] about Sony Hires “Brain Trust” to Create a Spider-Man Universe
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 8, 2013
It's time for our weekly look at the top-selling digital comics of the week. There are a few surprises this week and some predictable results as well.ComiXology1. Amazing X-Men #2 2. Superior Spider-Man #23 3. Inhumanity #1 4. Earth 2 #18 5. Batman/Superman #6 6. The Walking Dead #117 7. Amazing Spider-Man #700.1 8. Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3 #9 9. Young … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 8, 2013
ComiXology Finds a New Platform: eBay
Just when you thought there were no new worlds for comiXology to conquer, they show up on a new platform: eBay.Up till now, eBay has been pretty much a place where you buy physical goods; they allowed sales of a few categories of digital items, but with plenty of restrictions (including the rather odd requirement that ebooks listed in categories other than "Everything Else" … [Read more...] about ComiXology Finds a New Platform: eBay
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 1, 2013
Image Comics elbows DC aside in this week's comiXology chart, with a bit of help from a half-price sale, but Kindle readers are bullish on DC's new 52 graphic novels.comiXology1. The Walking Dead #117 2. Saga #16 3. Infinity #6 4. All New X-Men #19 5. Hawkeye #14 6. New Avengers, vol. 3 #12 7. Superior Spider-Man #22 8. Uncanny Avengers #14 9. Black Science … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for December 1, 2013
Digital Comics Gift Guide – 2013
Comics fans tend to have strong feelings about the types of comics they like, and sometimes it can be hard to buy for them because it seems like they have everything. Never fear! Here's the first part of our Digital Comics Gift Guide, featuring an array of gifts for comics fans who have everything, as well as those who are just getting started.Gift Cards and Gift … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Gift Guide – 2013
Digital Comics Bargains for Black Friday
Stay away from the mall this Black Friday and scoop up some digital deals for yourself—or your friends.Dark Horse has an amazing deal on Star Wars comics: A megabundle of over 150 single issues for $100. The bundle includes Brian Wood's Star Wars (set in the world of the original movie), the kid-friendly Clone Wars, all three arcs of The Crimson Empire, and all sorts of … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for Black Friday
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for November 25 2013
Here's our weekly look at the best-selling digital comics on comiXology, Kindle, Nook, and iBooks.ComiXology1. Avengers, vol. 5 #23 2. Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3 #14 3. Harley Quinn #0 4. X-Men, vol. 4 #7 5. Young Avengers, vol. 2 #12 6. Superior Spider-Man Annual #1 7. The Walking Dead #116 8. The Wake #5 9. Wonder Woman #25 10. Batman and Robin #25: … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for November 25 2013
Valiant’s First Digital-Only Comic Is an 8-Bit Adventure
Valiant Entertainment kicked off its latest incarnation last year with four series based on the original Valiant properties (it's a long story), and this month the company debuted its first digital-first comic, Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: Unity #1.Unity is Valiant's first big crossover, and back in September, they put a QR code on the cover of the first issue that led to a … [Read more...] about Valiant’s First Digital-Only Comic Is an 8-Bit Adventure
Digital Comics Bargains for November 23, 2013—Updated!
It seems like there's a big cross-platform sale every week; this week it's on Geoff Johns's Green Lantern comics, marked down to 99 cents an issue on comiXology, Kindle, and Nook. ComiXology says it's a seven-day sale that kicked off on November 19, so it looks like you'll have till Tuesday night to make your picks.ComiXology also has a sale on comics from the UK publisher … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for November 23, 2013—Updated!