The motion-comics platform Madefire got a big boost this week with an infusion of $5.2 million of Series A venture capital funding that will allow it to further develop its products. Madefire has already come a long way since it launched last year. Initially, it was publishing original comics by an array of creators, including Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, but earlier this … [Read more...] about Madefire Motion Comics Platform Snags $5.2 Million in Funding
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Digital Comics Bargains for October 4 2013
May the digital comics be with you! Dark Horse Digital kicks off the first weekend of October with a sale on Star Wars graphic novels, in particular, two kid-friendly series: Star Wars Adventures and Star Wars: Clone Wars. Both are on sale for $2.99 each, a considerable markdown from the list price of $4.99 to $6.99. ComiXology counters with an Ultimates sale, with single … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for October 4 2013
Viz Expands Its Digital Manga Program to Kindle
Viz Media, the largest manga publisher in the U.S., has been aggressive about marketing their titles digitally (which makes sense when you realize that some of their series run to over 50 volumes). They launched with an iPad-only app, then expanded to iPhone, the web, Android, Nook, and Kobo, and today they announced that they are making their entire digital catalog, about … [Read more...] about Viz Expands Its Digital Manga Program to Kindle
Scrollon Comics App Adds iPhone Version
The makers of the Scrollon digital comics app, which I reviewed here last June, have introduced an iPhone version; the original app was iPad only. Scrollon is unique among comics apps in that it does away with panels altogether in favor of a single, continuous horizontal strip. As I pointed out in the review, it's still hard to get away from the idea of panels, even if the … [Read more...] about Scrollon Comics App Adds iPhone Version
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for September 29, 2013
This is a very interesting week for digital comics best-sellers, for two reasons: It's the first week without a new issue of the perennial best-seller Injustice: Gods Among Us, which has dominated the charts since we started compiling these lists, and three platforms (comiXology, Kindle, and Nook) had a 99-cent sale on Fables with varying effects on their lists. Let's take a … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for September 29, 2013
Digital Comics Bargains for September 27, 2013
This week brings an amazing digital deal on Kindle, Nook, and comiXology: The full run of Fables and its spinoffs Cinderella, Fairest and Jack of Fables, as well as the crossover The Literals, for 99 cents an issue. This series brings fairy tale characters into the real world, after they are driven out of their own realm by a dark antagonist. What's great about Fables is that … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for September 27, 2013
Judge Dredd Case Files Comes to iOS
Rebellion, the folks behind the British sci-fi comics anthology 2000AD, have been pretty aggressive about marketing their weekly comic digitally, with both an iOS app and direct downloads via their website. This week's issue of 2000AD, Prog 1850 (issues are called "progs" in their world), is a good jumping-on point for new readers, with four new story arcs launching at once. … [Read more...] about Judge Dredd Case Files Comes to iOS
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for September 22, 2013
One of these things is not like the other: Three of this week's best-seller lists had at least one title that seemed a little out of place. The other one, Nook, is so weirdly consistent from week to week that it's almost an outlier itself. ComiXology 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #36 2. Infinity #3 3. Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3, #12 4. New Avengers, vol. 3 #10 5. Superior … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for September 22, 2013
Digital Comics Bargains for the Weekend of September 20
This week's top bargain at comiXology is a 99-cent sale on Valiant Entertainment comics, including X-O Manowar, Archer and Armstrong, and Bloodshot. If those names sound familiar, it's because this is the second coming of Valiant, which was founded in 1988 by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and became one of the leading comics publishers, second only to Marvel and DC. … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for the Weekend of September 20
Injustice: Gods Among Us Comes to an End, for Now
If you follow our weekly Digital Comics Best Seller List posts, you know that Tom Taylor's Injustice: Gods Among Us is typically one of the top-selling comics on every platform, and often the individual issues make up more than half of the top ten. So it was rather startling news when DC announced yesterday that the series is going on hiatus for the rest of the year. This … [Read more...] about Injustice: Gods Among Us Comes to an End, for Now