Ace Universe and Leftfield Media team up for Awesome Con
Cast members from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, including Simu Liu, are coming to Awesome Con, as two convention entities team up.
Zestworld launches new subscription comics platform with $9.37 million in funding
Comics superstars and major tech investors teamed up and raised a lot of money for this subscription based comics platform.
Vault Comics gets investors including Metallica, UTA and Jeff Ubben
UTA, Jeff Ubben, Crush, Rick Matros and Black Squirrel Partners are investing in Vault Comics, which has shown triple digit growth every year.
Three new comics ventures: Sandstorm, Secret Stash Press and Timebomb
Kevin Smith has his own imprint at Dark horse, among other news notes.
Image and BOOM top Diamond’s January sales charts
The Saga saga continued with many books in the top 10, as we enter the Image/Boom/Viz era of Diamond sales charts.
Comings and Goings: Abernathy, Lee and more
DC handed out a bunch of promotions over the last few weeks. including elevating Ben Abernathy to Executive Editor.
Comixology CEO David Steinberger leaves for new Amazon position
Steinberger is leaving his position as CEO of Comixology to lead a new Amazon-wide initiative, and two long time execs will take over running the division.
New Substack app makes reading your comics newsletter collection easier
A new standalone app will make finding and reading comics newsletters easier.
New partners: Vault and Lunar; Zoop and 3W/3M
Vault Comics will now be distributed by Lunar; and 3 World/3 Moons will offer printed projects via crowdfunding platform Zoop.
ComicsPRO 2022: Lots of news from Boom and elsewhere
Boom announced new titles and talked about its 200% market share increase during the pandemic, and teased some big names
The first week for Amazon’s new Comixology storefront and app wasn’t pretty
Longtime comiXology users met the changes to the platform with a resounding mixture of anger and confusion.
Kickstarter exec on the blockchain controversy: “We’ve learned a hell of a lot in...
Kickstarter COO Sean Leow talks about why they are looking at moving to the blockchain, and addresses creator backlash.
