Comics & Digital Comics

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

29 December, 2017 // 2 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 to bother. They announced a new platform in a press release [Read More ...]

Storyboard Lets You Turn a Video Clip Into a Comic Strip

26 December, 2017 // 1 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 they released three new apps including the smart [Read More ...]

Hoopla Adds Marvel Graphic Novels and Comics

9 December, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 movies, ebooks, and now [Read More ...]

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

20 March, 2017 // 3 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 News Network reports that manga [Read More ...]

Comixology Adds Harlequin Manga Titles to Comixology Unlimited

15 February, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

Guest Post: How the Graphic Novel Got its Misleading Moniker

3 February, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 it “bandes dessinées,” or [Read More ...]

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

3 January, 2017 // 12 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, they could [Read More ...]

Scribd Pulls Digital Comics From Its Subscription Reading Service

2 January, 2017 // 15 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 in February 2015 when Scribd was still in [Read More ...]

Amazon Has Put Hundreds of Marvel Comics on Sale

21 December, 2016 // 1 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. The retailer has put whole collections and [Read More ...]

Comixology Debuts Exclusive Original Line of Comics

4 October, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

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

22 August, 2016 // 7 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 once a week, and there it was: the new Fantastic Four [Read More ...]

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

9 August, 2016 // 1 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 a little over a month ago (and NY Magazine and HypoAllergenic [Read More ...]

Comixology Unlimited is a Fountain of Graphic Novels and Digital Comics for just $6 a Month

24 May, 2016 // 5 Comments

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 it [Read More ...]

Latest Kindle for PC Update Adds Support for Comics, Kids eBooks

13 February, 2016 // 8 Comments

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, but Teleread has noticed, and [Read More ...]

Fnac Buys a Stake in Comic Book Platform Izneo

1 February, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

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