Publishers

Kind of lost in the scrum at New York Comic Con, even Disney was getting in on the digital comics bandwagon. At the ICv2 Comics and Digital conference, Dario Di Zanni had some pretty confidant things to say about the future of ebooks. Disney has been doing Digital Books for a while -- a subscription service for kids to read kids books on the web. With their growing comics publishing ventures -- not to mention the team-up with Marvel -- a close eye should be paid on what Disney is planning, and it sounds pretty ambitious:

Via Twitter, Marvel Associate Editor Nathan Cosby, who works out of the Mark Paniccia office on such books as the Shanower/Young Oz adaptations, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers and Marvel Adventures Spider-Man is leaving to do other stuff. He tweeted:

How they developed the Epic Mickey game and why Oswald the Rabbit is so important.

§ Hank Kanalz has been promoted to Senior VP-Digital of DC Comics, it was announced at this morning's DC Nation panel. He was formerly...

Announcements from today's Vertigo panel -- more at at Graphic Content.

And speaking of Hellboy, the new Mike Mignola strip in USA Today has just started. Nothing beats the original.

At yesterday's Dark Horse panel, more details of their digital initiative were announced. It will be proprietary, available on every web browser, and sold for iPad and iTunes. (However, Apple only accepts prices that end in .99 -- one of the controlling things that folks were complaining about on Thursday --- so it's not entirely clear how that will work. There will be 170 titles available at first, with some titles available day and date.

Continuing the return of some iconic licenses of the past -- the big lizard has previously been published by both Marvel and Dark Horse, Godzilla is coming back from IDW!

Announced only via tweet from retailer Chris Butcher at this morning's Diamond retailer's breakfast. Dark Horse is announcing exclusive in-store downloads for those buying their digital comics, which will be priced at $1.49, according to Milton Griepp yesterday.

PR: Oni Press is in New York for NYCC 2010! Oct 8th – 10th we’ll be strutting our stuff at booth #2331. Come by and check out our eclectic library of titles including the con premieres of:

Dark Horse has a battalion of signings and creators and two exclusives: a limited edition Hawaiian Print Domo and a limited printing Xerxes Lithograph! Get 'em while you can!

Wow, this is going to be a VERY crowded schedule! There are a ton of things to do throughout New York Comic-Con and no matter what you choose, you're sure to get a little cultural edification, whether it's comics of Kirby Krackle. There are so many events and parties we had to slit this into two. We'll have Saturday's line-up later on.