Now that it has been a couple of years since digital comics can be readily accessible (thanks iPad!), a number of companies have started offering digital first series and digital exclusive titles. Arcana Comics has announced it is getting in on digital comics firsts, with a number of books available on comiXology.
The comiXology exclusives include:
TITLE: THE EVIL TREE Issue 1
DESCRIPTION: In a colonial village outside of NYC, Misha and her fiance, Daren, seek an escape from the fast pace of the city. As they settle in, Misha becomes withdrawn, suffering from bad dreams and depression. When Daren brings his friends to the house to “shake out the cobwebs,” little does he know he is setting into motion events started hundreds of years ago with the original occupants of the house, the Willam Family. Not only did the ill-fated Willam family die in the house one cold winter, but the house has developed a history of female occupants committing suicide. The friends must solve the mystery of the house before the Willam Family ghosts pick them off one by one.
TITLE: PIXIES Issue 1
DESCRIPTION: Joe Beck is an auto mechanic with the worst luck in the world. Joe’s been a walking disaster plagued with comedic situations where simply nothing goes right. Since the age of sixteen, Joe’s never won a bet, has been stung more times than George W. has with late night comics and his allergies have introduced him to every hospital employee within a sixty-mile radius. In Annie Hall, Woody Allen divides everyone into the Horrible and the Miserable. Joe unfortunately falls into both categories. He must now defeat the Pixies Curse in order to get back the girl of his dreams.
TITLE: The Inventor Issue 1
DESCRIPTION: During a time when inventors were known as wizards and corporations considered their kingdoms, emerged an extraordinary league of gentlemen who shaped the modern world with their minds, money, and machines. At the eye of the storm stood Nikola TESLA, a mystic inventor whose genius bordered on insanity as he blurred the lines between magic and science.
TITLE: The Inventor Issue 2
DESCRIPTION: During a time when inventors were known as wizards and corporations considered their kingdoms, emerged an extraordinary league of gentlemen who shaped the modern world with their minds, money, and machines. At the eye of the storm stood Nikola TESLA, a mystic inventor whose genius bordered on insanity as he blurred the lines between magic and science.
I really like this idea, especially for the smaller publishers, as it gives them a chance to compete easier than at the comic book shop where owners may not necessarily stock books that are not from the top five publishers. The fact that some of these titles will appear later in print as collected volumes gives the publisher a chance go gauge interest in how many units will eventually sell.
via Arcana Comics
