Digital Comics

There's a pretty lively discussion of Comixology's Submit program going on in the comments of this post. And while SUbmit seems to be...

The excited combustion of the Amazon/Comixology announcement has cooled off and now people are just wondering when the first effects of this blockbuster deal will be seen. While many people have been fretting about the survival of Comixology Submit—their upload it yourself, share the profits platform for indie comics—it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that Amazon would be averse to since they are also big on upload it yourself portals. When I first wrote about his deal, I linked to Ryan Estrada's take on Submit, which was that it wasn't ahuge money maker for him. However I received an alternate view of Submit from Graham Johnson, co-creator of Of Stars and Sword (above)and a member of Serious Turtle Studios.

People are STILL talking about Amazon's announced plans to acquire Comixology, although it has settled into the wait and see mode for now, as...

by Rob Salkowitz Is Amazon’s acquisition of comiXology the beginning of the end, or just the end of the beginning, of digital comics’ golden age? It...

The great digital hope has been acquired by one of the giant fire breathing kaiju of the digital era. Will they trample tiny cottages beneath their feet or become a lovable behemoth? Ask me in a year. In the meantime... First off, will you be able to read your comics? A story at the Guardian indicates yes...but...

The Beat just participated in a conference call with Comixology CEO David Steinberger and Amazon's vp of digital content David Naggar, and while details...

It's common wisdom that reading short bursts of information online subtly changes the way you process paper-based written information, but here's a nice comforting...

Every so often a comic arrests you on the spot, and you're drawn wholly into a new world, style, and story. It happens sometimes...

A year or two ago I spoke to the creative team of The Only Living Boy about their project, a successful Kickstarter which led...

Marvel announced some improvements to its AR app at SWSXi yesterday, including finally adding the audio components it talked about last year. It also has improved the panel flow and the AR extras will now be available in all digital comics. They also announced an Ultimate Spider-Man Infinite comic, to be aimed at younger readers. Ultimate Infinite Spider-Man -- that sounds pretty indestructible.

Comixology has been very busy at SXSW Interactive, giving away a ton of free graphic novels and gift cards to Amazon. They've just announced a new promotion making the top 100 books from the Submit program available for only $10, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the program.

In a letter to users this morning, ComiXology announced they have suffered a security breach, as stated in a letter that went out to...