Just in time for the holiday travel season, we have a ton of great digital comics deals. Load up your e-reader now, and you'll be good until the holiday gift cards come in. Indie publisher Top Shelf is having a big digital sale across all platforms—that's comiXology, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Comics Plus. The sale includes steep markdowns on two of the most acclaimed books of … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for November 15, 2013—Updated!
Marvel
New Ms. Marvel Will Be Muslim Teen from New Jersey
Marvel turned a lot of heads this week with the announcement that its newest superhero will be a 16-year-old Muslim girl, Kamala Khan. Kamala is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, lives in Jersey City—and can change her shape at will; with her newly awakened powers, she is taking the name Ms. Marvel. The Ms. Marvel character has been around since 1968, and Khan is not the … [Read more...] about New Ms. Marvel Will Be Muslim Teen from New Jersey
Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013
ComiXology brings on the vampires this weekend with a sale on True Blood, the comic based on the HBO show: Graphic novels are $4.99, single issues are 99 cents, through Sunday evening. You'll have to act fast to take advantage of their other weekend sale, the Marvel vs. sale (Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers, Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher, etc.), as it ends this … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013
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
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
ComiXology Passes 200 Million Downloads
Crains New York broke the news this week, in a profile of comiXology and its CEO David Steinberger, that the company has now passed the 200 million download mark. It was just about a year ago that they were at 100 million downloads, so that means they have downloaded 100 million comics in the past year or, if you do a bit of rounding, roughly 2 million comics per week. Now, … [Read more...] about ComiXology Passes 200 Million Downloads
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
Marvel NOW Uses Digital to Get New Readers On Board
Last October, Marvel Comics launched its Marvel NOW initiative, which was designed to lure in new readers by offering new titles featuring classic characters (Uncanny Avengers, Indestructible Hulk) and resetting the numbering of several ongoing series, with each new issue #1 being designed to be a good jumping-on point. Now they are doing it again, and this time they are … [Read more...] about Marvel NOW Uses Digital to Get New Readers On Board
Marvel Beefs Up Marvel Unlimited App—and Adds Something Extra
On Monday, Marvel released an update for its Marvel Unlimited iOS and Android apps that addresses the two biggest complaints people have had about it: Not being able to download enough comics and not being able to find comics in the first place. And for fans who want something tangible to go with their digital comics, they have just launched Marvel Unlimited Plus. Marvel … [Read more...] about Marvel Beefs Up Marvel Unlimited App—and Adds Something Extra