The digital manga magazine Shonen Jump went to simultaneous publication with Japan in January, and now the magazine has reached another milestone: It is available for iPad and iPad Mini via the Apple Newsstand. This offers readers three ways to buy the magazine: On the Viz Manga website, for 99 cents per issue or $25.99 per year, or via the Newsstand for $2.99 per month … [Read more...] about Viz Brings Shonen Jump to Apple Newsstand
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Dark Horse Adds Two Classic Series to Digital Manga Service
At this weekend's SakuraCon, editor Carl Gustav Horn opened the Dark Horse panel with the announcement that it is adding two popular, long-running series to its digital service: Oh My Goddess and Blade of the Immortal. Both will debut in digital format in April. Oh My Goddess, which has been running in Japan since 1988, is the story of a college student who unwittingly … [Read more...] about Dark Horse Adds Two Classic Series to Digital Manga Service
Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin Start Pay-What-You-Want Comic
"When I told Marcos I was thinking about a comic set in a futuristic U.S. that no longer uses the internet, his first suggestion was that we should make the story exclusively available online," writes Brian K. Vaughan in the afterword to the first issue of The Private Eye. "This is what it's like collaborating with Marcos Martin." Not only did they decide to create a digital … [Read more...] about Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin Start Pay-What-You-Want Comic
Top 5 Digital Manga Websites: Feed Your Reader and Stay Legit
A few days ago, as Michael noted, JManga announced it is shutting down. The significance for many users was grave: Since JManga was a streaming site, most of the users will lose access to the manga that they paid for when the site goes dark on May 30. It's unfortunate, as JManga offered a lot of quirky, interesting books that probably wouldn't succeed in print. There's still … [Read more...] about Top 5 Digital Manga Websites: Feed Your Reader and Stay Legit
Marvel’s Project Gamma Brings Adaptive Music to Digital Comics
Project Gamma adds sound to the comics experience—but it's not a single soundtrack, nor is it simple sound effects. It is "a unique, immersive experience that brings fully adaptive music and sound together with digital comics to create an entirely new audio-visual event," according to the Marvel website. Unlike your standard audio comic, where a single soundtrack plays when … [Read more...] about Marvel’s Project Gamma Brings Adaptive Music to Digital Comics
SxSW: Marvel Announces Weekly Infinite Comics, Free #1s
Marvel Comics had some big announcements at its panel Sunday at South by Southwest. The list starts with weekly digital Infinite Comics, featuring four 13-issue story arcs over the course of the next year; the release of 700 free first issues for a short time; Project Gamma, technology that will enhance comics with sound; online videos about the company, including documentaries … [Read more...] about SxSW: Marvel Announces Weekly Infinite Comics, Free #1s
Marvel Brings Its Unlimited Service to iOS; Android to Follow
Last December, I noted that Marvel had quietly released a beta version of its Digital Comics Unlimited service for tablets, and today they made it a real thing with an iOS app and the promise that an Android version is on the way as well. They also rebranded the service as simply "Marvel Unlimited." That's a good description: Unlike the other Marvel app (and comiXology, … [Read more...] about Marvel Brings Its Unlimited Service to iOS; Android to Follow
ECCC: Dark Horse Announces New Mass Effect Comic
One of the big announcements to come out of this past weekend's Emerald City Comic Con is that Dark Horse will publish Mass Effect: Foundation, a new series based on the BioWare game Mass Effect. Although Dark Horse has published several Mass Effect miniseries, this will be the first ongoing comics series set in the world of the game. In terms of content, it will tie in … [Read more...] about ECCC: Dark Horse Announces New Mass Effect Comic
Viz Signs On to iVerse’s Digital Comics Service for Libraries
The pioneering digital comics service iVerse Media will launch Comics Plus: Library Edition, a digital comics service for libraries, in April, and their prospects just got a lot brighter with the news that Viz Media, the largest manga publisher in the U.S., will be part of it. Viz will provide a number of titles, including Cross Game, a baseball/coming of age story; Dawn of … [Read more...] about Viz Signs On to iVerse’s Digital Comics Service for Libraries
Interview: Kevin Hamric Talks About Viz Digital Manga
Viz, the largest manga publisher in the U.S., has been aggressively pursuing a digital strategy ever since launching its own iPad app in November 2011. Unlike most other comics publishers, Viz decided to go it alone, using its own branded app rather than joining comiXology; currently, the Viz app is available for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire as well as on the web, and Viz … [Read more...] about Interview: Kevin Hamric Talks About Viz Digital Manga