Comics & Digital Comics Archives

Pokemon Manga Titles Now Available Through OverDrive

12 June, 201912 June, 2019Comics & Digital Comics, OverdriveLeave a comment

Overdrive announced on Tuesday that Pokemon digital graphic novels are now available for libraries to purchase through Overdrive. Patrons and students of participating public libraries and schools...

Marvel Comics Now Available via OverDrive Marketplace

26 February, 201926 February, 2019Comics & Digital Comics, OverdriveLeave a comment

Overdrive announced on Monday that it had expanded the availability of its comics selection. With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in a few weeks and Black Panther & Into the Spider-Verse winning...

DC Comics Now Available in Kindle Unlimited, Prime Reading, and Comixology Unlimited

8 January, 20198 January, 2019Comics & Digital Comics, Comixology, Kindle (platform)4 Comments

The Warner Brothers-owned comic book publisher DC is jumping in to the subscription market with both feet. DC announced today that they will be distributing titles...

Marvel’s New Fan-Made Comics Platform Comes with Terms That Would Ban Most Marvel Titles

29 December, 201729 December, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, Self-Pub2 Comments

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...

Storyboard Lets You Turn a Video Clip Into a Comic Strip

26 December, 201726 December, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, content creation, GoogleOne Comment

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...

Hoopla Adds Marvel Graphic Novels and Comics

9 December, 20179 December, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, Digital LibraryLeave a comment

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...

Japan’s Digital Manga Market Grew by 28% Last Year

20 March, 20174 April, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, ebook sales3 Comments

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...

Comixology Adds Harlequin Manga Titles to Comixology Unlimited

15 February, 201715 February, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, Comixology, Streaming eBooksLeave a comment

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...

Guest Post: How the Graphic Novel Got its Misleading Moniker

3 February, 20173 February, 2017Comics & Digital ComicsLeave a comment

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....

Netflix for Comics: Where to Find Unlimited Comics Now That Scribd Has Dropped Out

3 January, 20174 July, 2018Comics & Digital Comics, Comixology, Tips and Tricks12 Comments

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,...

Scribd Pulls Digital Comics From Its Subscription Reading Service

2 January, 20174 January, 2017Comics & Digital Comics, Streaming eBooks15 Comments

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...

Amazon Has Put Hundreds of Marvel Comics on Sale

21 December, 201625 December, 2016Comics & Digital Comics, ComixologyOne Comment

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....

Comixology Debuts Exclusive Original Line of Comics

4 October, 20164 October, 2016Comics & Digital Comics, ComixologyLeave a comment

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....

Guest Post: You’re Wrong About Digital Comics – Here’s What You’re Missing

22 August, 201623 August, 2016Comics & Digital Comics8 Comments

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...

What’s the Point of ShapeReader’s Tactile Comic Books for Blind Readers?

9 August, 20169 August, 2016Comics & Digital ComicsOne Comment

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...