Are Digital Comics Really In Trouble?
The ICV2 conference, or at least the accounts of it I’ve heard, have been a little light on the digital comics side of things...
Madefire Gets Another $6.5M in Funding and Launches Virtual Reality Comics App
You remember Madefire? They do the "Motion Book" not-quite-animated comics (I highly recommend Milk for the Ugly) and power the in-house digital comics sites...
Comixology announces Originals, new line of original digital comics
At long last, ComiXology is kicking off a line of original digital comics. But rather than making it from whole cloth they're partnering with Boom!,...
Comings and goings: Steve Sunu leaves Stela
In an email sent out to comics folks, Steve Sunu, the PR contact for comics app Stela announced he was leaving. VP of Business...
A new episode of Barrier by Vaughn, Martin and Vicente is up
After some delays caused by work on the oversized Walking Dead special, a new chapter of Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente...
Weekend reading and preview: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer is a dark, thought provoking...
Fans of Vertigo Comics and Image Comics recent turn to intelligent SF, here's another comic you should be checking out: The Solar Grid by...
ComiXology announces more comics for Unlimited in August
ComixOlogy's Unlimited service was announced a few months ago and offers a lot of comics reading for a monthly subscription fee. As a sampling...
SDCC ’16: ComiXology Release Con-Exclusive Titles to their Unlimited Service
Not everything that happens to Comic-Con happens AT Comic-Con, as evidenced by the news announcement just passed across to The Beat by ComiXology's Chip...
Europe Comics and Cinebook come to ComiXology
If you've been craving more amazing Euro-comix in your life. Comixology just made that dream come true. Europe Comics, the collective of French language publishers, and the much-under appreciated Cinebooks, are debuting today on the Comixology platform. You can see the lineup below and there's some gold in there, both classic and contemporary, from Spirou to The Survivors to XIII.
Report: Digital Comic Sales down in 2015
Well here's a bit of a shocker: digital comics sales were down about 10% to $90 million in 2015, according to industry analysis site...
Edison Rex returns today
Chris Roberson writes on the return of his Monkeybrain title, Edison Rex with a long delayed issues #17 which can be purchased here:
Well, it's been...
LINE Webtoon rolls out Superhero Month with Stan Lee, Heroine Chic and more of...
LINE Webtoon's series of theme months continues with July's "Superheroes" launch. The mobile-based comics platform is rolling out several series including the second comic in the New Brooklyn superhero universe, the return of Heroine Chic, and the debut of The Badguys, winner of the Stan Lee/POW! Entertainment Superhero Comics Contest.
















