Tag: Thrillbent

Read about the origins of the digital comics format, its rise in popularity, and why infinite comics have faded away.

Writer Mark Waid launched the digital comics site Thrillbent four years ago as a proof of concept for digital comics and since then it's...

The fairly recent innovation of layered comics used by Thrillbent, Marvel Infinite and others is still a mystery to most, even though I'm convinced it's going...

Educator Christina Blanch had made quite a name for herself with her MOOCs covering gender and social issues in comics. But she's also a very talented writer, and her Thrillbent series The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood has gotten a lot of positive attention. And this October it's coming to print, courtesy of Dynamite. With a Franceso Francavilla cover so you know its good.

By Matt O'Keefe Over ten years in the making, Mark Waid and Barry Kitson's Empire is finally back. Volume 2 just debuted as on Thrillbent...

We round out this Kickstarter Power Hour with a Thrillbent series which'll be coming to print if it makes the Kickstarter goal. Written by...

Over at Thrillbent, the webcomics portal he devised two years ago, Mark Waid has announcedThrillbent 3.0, which includes an iPad app that will allow users to sync their website purchases, see where theyleft off, and other up-to-date functions. In addition to the free comics Thrillbent has always offered, Waid is adding what he calls a “Hulu Plus” level that includes new content for a monthly subscription of $3.99, which is, as Waid points out, is the price of one comic. For this you get:

_________ By Matt O'Keefe One of Thrillbent’s first launches, The Endling is a story in which characters of the present interact with humanity a billion years of evolution later....

________ By Matt O'Keefe Not only has Mark Waid been pioneering digital comics over the past few years; he’s also broken new ground in mainstream comics....

The other day I was prepping for a talk on marketing at an NYU publishing class, and reached out to the Twitosphere to ask what were "the notable comics marketing success stories over the last year" and the Twitosphere responded with a bunch of smart and savvy suggestions:

Thrillbent have today launched their digital comics store, through which fans can buy collected editions of various Thrillbent comics DRM-free. The company, co-founded by...

Mark Waid's webcomic portal Thrillbent recently underwent a makeover and now has comics you can embed directly on your site, which is a great...