It's time to compare and contrast the digital comics best-seller lists. What will we learn today? ComiXology 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #32 2. Justice League Dark #23 3. Superman Unchained #3 4. Avengers, vol. 5 #13 5. Superior Spider-Man #16 6. Batman and Robin #23: Nightwing 7. X-Men, vol. 4 #4 8. Wonder Woman #23 9. The Walking Dead #113 10. Trinity of Sin: … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers for August 25th 2013
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Digital Comic Review: Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted Infinite Comic #1
Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted Infinite Comic #1 is the first in a series of digital-first comics that Marvel is putting out over the next year. The plan is to do four weekly series of 13 comics each about iconic Marvel characters. The comics are set within the current continuity but are supposed to be accessible to new readers as well as longtime fans, and I doubt it's a … [Read more...] about Digital Comic Review: Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted Infinite Comic #1
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
Marvel and Comixology Amend the Quirks and Announce 700 Free Comics
Marvel and Comixology announced a few weeks ago that they were giving away 700 first issue comic books. The demand to download them completely overwhelmed the Comixology servers and the vast majority of customers were unable to download even a single digital edition. The two companies have ironed out all of the quirks and have re-introduced the free promotional … [Read more...] about Marvel and Comixology Amend the Quirks and Announce 700 Free Comics
Humans and Androids Team Up in Marvel’s Avengers A.I.
The newest Marvel Comics spinoff envisions a future world in which artificial intelligences take on a life of their own—and are able to spawn new, more powerful and complex AIs without human intervention. That's the world of Avengers A.I., a spinoff of Brian Michael Bendis's Age of Ultron that will launch in July with the creative team of writer Sam Humphries (Ultimate … [Read more...] about Humans and Androids Team Up in Marvel’s Avengers A.I.
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
Marvel Offers Free Guardians of the Galaxy Digital Comic
Marvel is offering four free digital comics to introduce readers to the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy, and they have two good reasons to do that: A new Guardians of the Galaxy series, written by Brian Michael Bendis, launched just last week, and there's a Guardians movie in the works for next year. The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in 1969, as a team of warriors … [Read more...] about Marvel Offers Free Guardians of the Galaxy Digital Comic
Marvel Offers Free Downloads, Shonen Jump Expands: Top Digital News for January 30
Buy it in print, get digital for free: Marvel has announced it will include digital codes in its Marvel NOW hardcover graphic novels that will allow the reader to download a free digital copy. They already do this with some of their monthly comics and other graphic novels, and apparently response so far has been good. Archaia pioneers digital variant cover: The publisher … [Read more...] about Marvel Offers Free Downloads, Shonen Jump Expands: Top Digital News for January 30