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Posts Tagged ‘Comixology’

Trying Out Some Good Free Comics
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Trying Out Some Good Free Comics

If you still have yet to try reading some comics using the Comixology service — which lets you read on the web, but also through iPhone/iPad apps — let me point you to the two digital trade releases of The Unknown, which are currently free downloads, in remembrance of the recent passing of the book’s [...]


This article was posted on September 27, 2011 under the category Comics, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , ,

 

Thoughts on Digital Comics
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Let me point you to this terrific post by Dustin Harbin on the problem with digital comics, which pretty much echoes everything I’ve been thinking and saying here over the past year.  It comes down to these two points: 7) A big part of the reason that the digital iteration is so expensive is that [...]


This article was posted on September 2, 2011 under the category Comics, and covers the following topics: , , , ,

 

Comic Creator Ben Templesmith Gets Own App
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Comic Creator Ben Templesmith Gets Own App

So far we’ve seen quite a few comic publishers get their own Comixology-powered apps, but as far as I know, Templesmith Comics (for iPad and iPhone) is the first one that is creator-specific. As the name suggests, the app sells all of the creator-owned series that prolific artist Ben Templesmith has produced for IDW. Not [...]


This article was posted on January 28, 2011 under the category Comics, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , ,

 

Dark Horse Comics Heading to iPad/iPhone with Cheaper Comics
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Dark Horse Comics Heading to iPad/iPhone with Cheaper Comics

Wired.com’s Underwire blog takes a look at the upcoming digital comics service from Dark Horse Comics, which will include an iPad/iPhone app. The important thing to note here is that unlike the other big comic publishers that often have their own apps but based on the Comixology platform, Dark Horse is producing its own app. [...]


This article was posted on December 12, 2010 under the category Comics, News, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , ,

 

The Problem with Vertigo
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Can someone please explain to me what the hell DC Comics is thinking when it comes to the promotion of its Vertigo imprint? Vertigo is the home for creator-owned mature series over at DC, and its currently on a roll with a good number of great regular series (DMZ, iZombie, Northlanders, Sweet Tooth), as well [...]


This article was posted on September 27, 2010 under the category Comics, and covers the following topics: , , , , , ,

 

Let’s Get Non-Physical
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Some more interesting musings by Warren Ellis in regards to digital comics, this time using the success of his free-to-read online web comic FREAKANGELS as an example. Now combine this with iPad delivery, and you have a strong case for comic creators making the move to digital-mostly, with maybe the additions of printed collections for [...]


This article was posted on September 27, 2010 under the category Uncategorized, and covers the following topics: , , , , , , , , ,

 

Graphic.ly Reading Comics
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So far your main option for buying and reading comics on the iPad as been the Comixology app, and its suite of publisher-specific spinoffs (Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios, Image Comics, etc.) As Warren Ellis pointed out yesterday, there’s a new challenger out — something we definitely need, competition is good — in the form of [...]


This article was posted on September 15, 2010 under the category Comics, Reviews, and covers the following topics: , , , , , ,