Tag: Future Comics

As digital comics have become a cornerstone of comics reading, several companies have offered their own version of a technology which allows the panels to transition for digital reading. Comixology has "Guided View," Marvel has its Unlimited technology; iVerse offers uView. The iVerse systems can be applied by users to comics viewed through their platforms, and Comixology also allows publishers to adapt their own comics. Yugoslavian software developer Zoran Bosnjak writes to inform us of a new open source software that allows you to apply this kind of technology to any comic. It's called Comic Smart Panels Creator & Viewer (available for Windows for now) which allows fluid panel animations and scaling for any kind of comic. Balloon sequence can also be defined, as seen with the Thrillbent comics and other "ecomics" platforms.

NOTE: the below is me spitballing at 3 in the morning just to get some dialog going. I invite your comments and corrections. I've had this news item floating around for ages and kept...

The New York Times has been dabbling in "future comics" type stuff over the past year orzo, and they se Lille Carré up to bat and she hits a home run with The Bloody Footprint an inquiry into memory and and identity that cleverly uses the scroll and gif panels for an effect distanced enough for memory and sharp enough for contemplation.

Has anyone come up with a definite name for those "swipe" comics? Many use comiXology's Guided View, but there are other methods. Anyway, they are increasingly popular, and learning how to make them is...

Emily Carroll's digital horror comics have become the gold standard of the genre. Since His Face is Red in 2010 and Margot's Room two years ago, Carroll has worked in print comics (an upcoming...

Launched last year at San Diego Comic-Con, Madefire aims to be both a publishers and platform for developing next level motion comics/future comics/whatever you want to call them. And now, in traditional start-up...

Oh yeah but speaking on indie comics and arts festival., this weekend THE PROJECTS kicks off in Portland, but it isn't so much a bazaar of indie comics as a maker festival: THE PROJECTS is...

I've mentioned Jen Lee's THUNDERPAW: IN THE ASHES OF FIRE MOUNTAIN before as a "Future comic" -- the panels are animated gifs, a technique that is still being explored for its storytelling possibilities. Since...

It's been a while since we looked at one of those motiony-comicky-giffy-dealies that take comics and extend them in a browsable movable way. Here's one from the Netherlands. It's actually an animated book trailer for De Vriend (Friend) by Dutch thriller author Charles den Tex. It was animated and illustrated by Aimee de Jongh and it was coded by Submarine, using a technique called "Skrollr" which unfolds as you scroll through it. (Pro tip: you can also use the down button.)

And just like that, Yahoo head Marissa Mayer become the most important person in comics. As you may have heard, Yahoo is planning to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, a move that aims to make the recently moribund internet giant a bit more relevant to the social media world.

As a prelude to Kieron Gillen's actual recounting of the consequences from Marvel's Avengers Vs X-Men event, let's take a quick look at some of the dangling stories/ideas/moments which may or may not be...

A very special comics "experience" -- the new xkcd: Click and Drag is an actually a vast, draggable world of in-jokes and wonder. There's even a guide to the comic strip. It's immersive and amazing.