An Easy Comics Job You Can Bid On
Do you REALLY want to work in comics? Have a got a deal for you. There's a job posted over at eLance (a portal where you bid on jobs, lowest bidder frequently winning) that gets you into digital comics production:
Continue ReadingDC’s Rood Talks About Digital Sales
Over at CBR, Kiel Phigley had a chat with John Rood, DC's Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development, about DC's digital sales and it's worth taking a closer look at. The biggest question, which is still utterly unanswered, is how many copies these digital comics are selling. The second biggest question is where these sales are coming from and Rood does get into that, just a little:
Continue ReadingDark Horse Goes Simultaneous Print and Digital Release – The Trend Continues
In the latest announcement of its kind, Dark Horse announced today that as of December 14, 2011 it will be releasing all its comics simultaneously in both digital and print. (Remember, just say no to the "day and date" phrase.) Over at Robot 6, Brigid Alverson did a little digging and found out this simultaneous release extends to original graphic novels and trade editions, with a price point from $2.99 to $7.99.
Continue ReadingDC’s Kindle Problem
We all know DC signed a deal to give Amazon digital exclusivity to 100 graphic novels (and it kind of blew up in their face). You were probably thinking that you could read one of those DC digital graphic novels, like Watchmen, on any device that runs a Kindle app. (Bleeding Cool has a tweet of Warner Bros. saying just that.) It turns out, this is not the case. As DC's Hank Kanalz says, "You can't do that today but that’s the intention going forward. Like other other Amazon digital editions, readers will be able to read their graphic novels on any device."
Continue ReadingDigital Comics Frequently Cost More Than Print
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDid you ever notice it’s more expensive to buy new digital comics, than it is to buy new print ones? The big trend from DC and Marvel is to put the same cover price on both the digital and print editions when they come out. DC will knock it down $1 [...]
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween: Dracula the Unconquered
BY JEN VAUGHN - Comic writer, podcast host and serial blogger at his own website, The Invincible Super Blog, and Comics Alliance, Chris Sims sat down to have a chat with me about his upcoming Dracula comic to be fully released on Monday, October 31st, also known as Halloween. Six delicious pages are up as a preview now.
Continue ReadingNYCC Announcements: Vertigo Goes Simultaneous Print/Digital Release – Or – Get Used To It
Over on the Vertigo blog, we find an announcement that Vertigo's titles are starting to be released simultaneously in both print and digital ("day and date" is an insipid phrase; let's all stop using it).
Continue ReadingComiXology 3.0 launches
In advance of DC's move to simultaneous digital and print release, comiXology has released version 3.0 of its software, which it says is a major improvement in many areas.
Continue ReadingFutureComics: ComiXology launches retailer digital storefronts
ComiXology's digital storefront for physical comics shops went live yesterday, but not without some bumps. The release has been accelerated in order to get ready in time for DC's digital day-and-date rollout next week, and some retailers have voiced concerns about the contract, including the fact that retailers cannot use customer data, while comiXology can, use of store logos and so on. The terms have already been emended a bit from the version posted at Bleeding Cool, which was leaked on a private retailer forum, so we won't run it here. Although the basic agreement is that the stores are affiliates of comiXology, selling digital comics via their own sites, this is not entirely a comfortable idea for many retailers. Despite all the worries, about 100 stores have signed on for the launch, according to the PR, below.
Continue ReadingComics, comics shops and digital
Is the comics shop a typewriter or a ball point pen?
Continue ReadingOne year later, Apple welcomes LGBT graphic novels
Only a year ago, Tom Bouden's gay-themed adpatation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was fighting rejection on Apple's mobile platforms, leading to cries of a double standard where sex and violence were concerned. But now LGBT publisher Northwest Press is claiming victory by having Teleny and Camille, Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super-Tranny, and Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven's Comics all approved by Apple. All are now available via the iBooks app.
Continue ReadingSDCC Viz Announces VizManga.com Multiplatform Digital Comics Site
Manga publisher Viz has just announced VizManga.com, a digital comics site which immediately went live during the con. Viz's wide variety of manga titles are now available there in an array of digital formats, with first chapters available free, and first volumes available at 40% off for the first month.
Continue ReadingDigital Issues, Part 1 – The Apps
Comics and the iPad were made for each other. The screen, although slightly smaller than a comic page, works nicely to display comics. Panels look great on it's glossy screen, even with the backlight turned down. Even the iPad with the smallest capacity can hold 20 longboxes worth of comics, no problem, and that's just what I can carry with me. Comics folks are classically unwilling to accept change (why do you think no one ever dies in comics?) but it's time. Comics are going digital and we should embrace that, so here's a quick look at some of the best digital comics readers for the iPad.
Continue ReadingDigital Is The New Direct Market
If all you do is read the headline and the excerpt, I want you to remember this phrase: "Digital is the new Direct Market." Not "digital is the new newsstand". Direct Market. Let me explain with some history.
Continue Reading2010 Sales chart wrap-up: What digital comics are selling?
As we did yesterday for the print charts, David Brothers data mines comiXology's year end-charts. There isn't that much to go on (only a top 10 in a few categories) but some trends do emerge, including, as with GNs, a preponderance of creator-owned work.
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