The purpose of Free Comic Book Day is to raise awareness of comics, and that has certainly been accomplished this year; big-city newspapers and small-town Patch sites alike were abuzz with interviews with creators and retailers and advice on how to approach the big day. The flagship article, though, was this piece by Matt Moore of the Associated Press that looked at the big … [Read more...] about Digital Isn’t Cannibalizing the Print Market, It’s Feeding It
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Dark Horse Digital Offers Special Star Wars Bundle This Weekend Only
A few years ago, some wag decided that May 4 should be Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth be with you!"), and it has been a grand nerd tradition since at least 2011. (Shockingly, the producers of the original movie missed the opportunity and released the film on May 25, which I guess is the Orthodox Star Wars Day.) Star Wars fans have much to celebrate today, and as is … [Read more...] about Dark Horse Digital Offers Special Star Wars Bundle This Weekend Only
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with Some Free Digital Comics at Comic Bin
Free Comic Book Day is all about enticing customers into brick-and-mortar comics stores with the promise of—you guessed it—free comics, in hopes that they will like the freebies enough to come back and spend some money. Digital comics providers do that as well. This weekend, Comic Bin is inviting comics fans to sample its service for free. Comic Bin works like the Marvel … [Read more...] about Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with Some Free Digital Comics at Comic Bin
Dark Horse Celebrates Two years of Digital with 50 Free Comics
It has been two years since Dark Horse, the publisher of Hellboy, Buffy, and the Star Wars comics, launched its digital service, and they are celebrating this week with a giveaway of 50 #1 issues on their website. Readers can download all 50 with a single click if they have a Dark Horse account. The list includes some fan favorites such as Hellboy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, … [Read more...] about Dark Horse Celebrates Two years of Digital with 50 Free Comics
Square Enix To Shut Down Digital Manga Stores in U.S. and France
The Japanese site AnimeAnime is reporting that Square Enix will shut down its U.S. and French digital manga websites; although this news has yet to appear on the U.S. site, the news sites Crunchyroll and Anime News Network have picked up on it and there is a notice on the French site. The news comes as no surprise, as Square Enix has been having a bad year. They were projecting … [Read more...] about Square Enix To Shut Down Digital Manga Stores in U.S. and France
Archie Comics Goes Same Day as Print on Google Play
Archie Comics just added a new platform to their digital offerings—and they are celebrating with some bargains. You can already get Archie comics via comiXology, Comics Plus, the Archie app, and the Nook store, and the graphic novels are available via Kindle and iBooks as well. Now, both single-issue comics and graphic novels are available via Google Play. Archie launched … [Read more...] about Archie Comics Goes Same Day as Print on Google Play
Kindle Comic Creator Makes Comics Into E-Books
Amazon launched its new Kindle Comic Creator (KC2) last week with a minimum of fanfare, but it could be a game-changer. The software allows users to upload comics, graphic novels, and manga in a variety of formats—PDF, jpg, tiff, png and ppm—and quickly convert them to Kindle e-books. They can also import EPUB and KF8 files that are created in accordance with the Kindle … [Read more...] about Kindle Comic Creator Makes Comics Into E-Books
Digital Dredd: Jumping onto 2000AD with Prog 1824
The most daunting thing about comics these days, it seems, is the continuity: Where's the starting point for a comic that has been running since 1947? Marvel and DC have both made efforts in this direction in the past few years, with DC's New 52 and Marvel's Marvel Now touted as jumping-on points. The UK comic 2000AD has been around since 1977, and it wasn't easy to find in … [Read more...] about Digital Dredd: Jumping onto 2000AD with Prog 1824
Apple Boots Saga #12 and 1,500 French Comics from App Store
Writer Brian K. Vaughan released a statement today saying that the 12th issue of his science fiction series Saga, illustrated by Fiona Staples, will not be available via comics iOS apps such as comiXology because of "two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex" that did not make it past Apple's content reviewers. The comic will be available digitally from the comiXology and Image … [Read more...] about Apple Boots Saga #12 and 1,500 French Comics from App Store
Ed Chavez on Vertical’s Digital Manga Strategy
Vertical publishes some of the most interesting manga available in English, but they have not had a digital program—until now: They recently announced that they will make three series available as e-books: The astronaut-school story Twin Spica, the science fiction story 7 Billion Needles (based on Hal Clement's novel Needle), and the soap opera about competing wine … [Read more...] about Ed Chavez on Vertical’s Digital Manga Strategy