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
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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
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 20, 2013
Here's our weekly look at the best-selling comics on four different digital platforms. The lists are constantly being updated; this is a snapshot of what they were Sunday afternoon. ComiXology 1. Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3 #13 2. Hawkeye #13 3. Batman/Superman #4 4. Justice League of America #8 5. Avengers, vol. 5 #21 6. Superior Spider-Man #19 7. New Avengers, vol. 3 … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 20, 2013
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
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
DC Graphic Novels and Collections Come to ComiXology and Google Play
In the beginning, digital comics were weirdly segmented, because different platforms had different exclusives. As those contracts expire and folks realize there's plenty of money to be made in every channel, distribution is evening out. That's what's happening here: DC announced yesterday that its graphic novels and collected editions will be available via comiXology and … [Read more...] about DC Graphic Novels and Collections Come to ComiXology and Google Play
New York Comic Con Is Right Around the Corner
Why should San Diego have all the fun? This weekend, the East Coast gets its turn at a mega comic con, when New York Comic Con takes over the Javits Center. This is the last big comics convention of the year, so publishers are hustling. Here's some of what we're seeing. Guests: New York is still the headquarters of the Big Two, Marvel and DC, as well as a host of smaller … [Read more...] about New York Comic Con Is Right Around the Corner
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 6, 2013
Evil triumphs this week as the second issue of Forever Evil pops up on three charts, while the ponies run wild over at iBooks. ComiXology 1. Forever Evil #2 2. All New X-Men #17 3. All New X-Men Special #1 4. Earth 2 #15 5. Green Lantern #24 6. Mighty Avengers #2 7. Hunger #3 8. Detective Comics #24 9. Lazarus #4 10. Iron Man, vol. 5 #16 ComiXology's … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 6, 2013