Digital Comics

David Hine's Strange Embrace has quietly become a classic horror comic. The eerie tale of a delivery whose weekly trip to a house full of dysfunctional shut ins reveals secret after secret and descends into madness, sexual obssession and death, it's been published in various editions from Image, Active Images and even Atomeka since 2003. And now you can get the ULTIMATE version of the story via Sequential, the graphic novel app for iPads. This version is in the original black and white (at one point it was colored and though it looked great B&W fits the mood better). It also includes an intro by Paul Gravett, back matter and even AN AUDIO COMMENTARY FOR EACH PAGE. YOU heard that right. Sequential is aiming to make the "criterion collection" of digital graphic novels and they are doing a fine job of it.

Split Lip is a long running—and critically acclaimed— horror comics anthology (ANOTHER)began online in 2006 and ventured into print in 2009. It's the creation...

You can't spell "horror comics" without EC—these finely drawn masterpieces of the macabre set a standard for illustrated chills that were so unsettling, they nearly...

While digital comics have changed the medium for good, individual comics apps haven't really taken off as much as you might think. But there...

Marvel collected editions are already available on iVerse, and some other digital platforms, and now, Kobo, the Canadian-based device that also offers apps for Mac, Android, and desktop. Marvel periodicals continues to be exclusive at Comixology and their own Marvel Unlimited All-you-can-ead service, but the GNs are everywhere. What did we tell you about attempts to diversify digital distribution?

  We all know that Amazon’s acquisition of Comixology changed the digital comics landscape. While the benefits that Amazon can bring for Comixology are evident,...

The latest comics themed Humble Bundle is Valiant Comics themed and it has SIX DAYS to go. The bundle includes some 120 comics and charity proceeds on the pay-what-you-want model go to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Hero Initiative, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). For a mere $15 you can get entirely caught up on Valiant's excellent offerings here is the chance.

This infographic is also an ad for WEBTOONS, a portal short serialized digital comics that are native on mobile platforms. The site is run by NAVER, the Google of South Korea. Despite the proprietary nature there is still some interesting info on the graph including projected worldwide size of the digital comics market...no idea where that came from, but webtoons are an established entertainment format in South Korea, seemingly more than in the US.

Dynamite is launching their own digital comics store today.  The comics will DRM-Free, which makes DRM-free the new (and welcome) trend in digital.  And...

It begins. We've been hearing a ton o' rumors about comics companies jumping aboard iVerse—probably the second largest dedicated digital comics platform—in the wake of...

If you look at the history of digital music, the combination of a standardized format, moderate pricing (compared to CDs) and DRM-free files were...

With a line up of publishers yet unknown, Comixology has announced that from now on publishers will be able to choose a DRM-free option...