Marvel is finally cashing in on fan works, only they've put so many restrictions on what fans can make that no one is going to want to bother. They announced a...
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Category: Comics & Digital Comics
Storyboard Lets You Turn a Video Clip Into a Comic Strip
Google is putting a lot of research time into computer vision concepts ("the better to see you with, my dear," said the wolf). Earlier this month they released three...
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Hoopla Adds Marvel Graphic Novels and Comics
Hoopla offers a subscription service to libraries where a library can pay based on how many titles are used by patrons. It's a "pay-per-use" type of service which includes...
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Japan’s Digital Manga Market Grew by 28% Last Year
Last week I reported that the Japanese book publishing industry's revenues dropped around 4% in 2016, but the news was slightly better for manga publishers. Anime News Network reports that...
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Comixology Adds Harlequin Manga Titles to Comixology Unlimited
Comixology announced on Tuesday that it was adding twenty Harlequin manga titles to its $6 a month unlimited reading service, which launched in May 2016. Romance publisher Harlequin has been publishing manga through...
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Guest Post: How the Graphic Novel Got its Misleading Moniker
From Jan. 26 to 29, hundreds of thousands of people will convene in the French town of Angoulême to celebrate a very specific form of storytelling. The French call...
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Netflix for Comics: Where to Find Unlimited Comics Now That Scribd Has Dropped Out
What with Scribd having removed digital comics from its subscription service in early December, many comics readers are looking for their next source for a binge-reading session. Sure, they could simply...
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Scribd Pulls Digital Comics From Its Subscription Reading Service
A reader has tipped me to the news that Scribd has quietly removed digital comics from its subscription reading service. Ten thousand comics had been added in February 2015...
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Amazon Has Put Hundreds of Marvel Comics on Sale
Amazon is holding a year-end blowout sale on Marvel comic titles. They've put over 350 titles on sale, and we're not just talking about single issues. The retailer has...
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Comixology Debuts Exclusive Original Line of Comics
Comixology followed in the footsteps of its corporate parent on Tuesday when it announced a Comixology Originals, its line of exclusive digital-only comics for the Kindle and Comixology. The Amazon subsidiary...
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Guest Post: You’re Wrong About Digital Comics – Here’s What You’re Missing
by Adam Murray My concentration blurred around the edges as I dashed off the school bus towards a pile of mail near the front door. Rapture came once a week,...
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What’s the Point of ShapeReader’s Tactile Comic Books for Blind Readers?
Today I'd like to revisit a story I linked to last week in a morning coffee post and ask a few questions about it. As Forbes reported a little over...
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Comixology Unlimited is a Fountain of Graphic Novels and Digital Comics for just $6 a Month
It was around this time last year that I predicted that Comixology would launch an all-you-read subscription comic book service. Today that service launched. Comixology announced on Tuesday that...
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Latest Kindle for PC Update Adds Support for Comics, Kids eBooks
Amazon may be imperiously demanding that we update the Kindle for PC, but that cloud has a silver lining. Amazon hasn't formally announced what is in the 1.14.1 update,...
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Fnac Buys a Stake in Comic Book Platform Izneo
The French media retailer Fnac announced on Thursday that it had acquired 50% of Izneo, France's leading graphic novel platform. Launched in 2010, Izneo has a catalog of 14,000 mostly French-language titles and...
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