Digital Comics

Filipino comics artist/self-publisher Gerry Alanguilan (Elmer), was supposed to deliver an address at a symposium called "Future of the Book" but he was forced to bow out, so instead he posted his speech for all of us to read. While reading the whole thing is the best way to approach it, the gist can be conveyed. Although Alanguilan is basically married to the idea of print publishing, he thinks it can exist with digital:

Mark Waid has reconstructed his controversial Harvey night speech and made what he was getting at much clearer:

“Yes, Professor Waid, you hippie freak, sharing is all well and good, but how does that pay my bills?”

Everyone's talking digital comics, and they're going to get a thorough investigation in October as part of a one-day ICv2 Comics & Digital Conference,...

ComiXology app for iPads, iPhones and Ipods. IDW has a bunch of storefronts via iVerse, while Dark Horse mostly sells comics through their own standalone apps. New Image comics are selling for $1.99, which is about industry standard. Initial offerings include CHEW, YOUNGBLOOD, and SAVAGE DRAGON. In case you're wondering what to get first, Chris Sims has a good guide to what to download.

ROBOT 13, the stylish steampunk fantasy comic by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford, has just become one of the first independently produced comics to push past the 100,000 download mark on iTunes and Android, according to a press release from e-distributor Robot Comics. The app is free on both platforms, so it hasn't been a cash cow for the creators -- however, there are three print issues available and the first has sold out. Nonetheless, it's an impressive feat for a relatively unknown indie comic. The downloadable version has many bells and whistles, says Robot Comics.

Studios and the digital comics provider Graphic.ly have announced an exclusive agreement, Graphic.ly's Micah Baldwin explains in a newsletter: We are excited that Archaia has decided to work with us exclusively! Over the past couple of months, PJ and I have had a lot of conversations about the benefits of presenting Archaia's books digitally to a community of passionate fans. We will be able to do interesting and innovative things around story lines, creators and characters.

by special correspondent Bruce Lidl Techland Presents: Comics and Digital Piracy A “hastily thrown together” panel on the last day of the Con made for...

by special Beat correspondent Bruce Lidl Late Thursday afternoon, as Comic-Con began to really hit its stride, as the shift from panel and show floor...

If you are not going to the Big Show or want to get a head start on the activities, here's an interesting-sounding event, Meltdown's...

Hope and Tintin, Anime Expo's diminished manga presence, and what is Marvel thinking of NEXT for their digital publishing?

Another digital comics deal, as Toykopop has signed with digital newsstand Zinio to sell a selection of their GNs. The line-up includes mostly OEL, such as Earthlight, The Dreaming and Van Von Hunter, and manhwa -- The Tarot Cafe -- although a few manga titles will be available soon. Books will sell for $5.99, cheaper than the print version but more than a comic book. Zinio is a virtual newsstand which sells proprietary downloads for Macs and PCs. According to Caleb Goellner, they use flash, which might be problematic for Apple devices.

While we've been ranting and complaining and what not it has been an epochal week in digital comics publishing with so much crap going...