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:
It was during their Mickey Mouse discussion that Disney began to really stress their commitment to digital comic books, going as far as stating that their goal was to have everything published in both print and digital from now on. In the end of November, Disney will be releasing the “Epic Mickey” graphic novel on the Apple App Store with the first issue (of six) being available for free. The remaining issues will be available as a bundle for $8.99.
http://www.disney.co.uk/digicomics/catalog/
That’s what’s available NOW in the UK and Italy.
There’s already a Disney DigiComics page in the Apple app store, since February 2010. Most comics are $0.99!
Also, Peter David is writing the Epic Mickey prequel, which will not be day-and-date, it will be digital first, then printed later!
Hi, Im an admin for a group called Forgotten Pictures (Post 1,Comment 3), and wed love to have this added to the group!