Spider-Man is trying to horn in on everybody’s action, the latest is his team up with Top Chef, Eli Kirshtein. The two team in Spider-Man: A Meal to Die For, and Marvel sent us a sneak peek for you to check out. C.B. Cebulski, Marvel SVP of Creator & Content Development, added, “The more we explore the similarities between art and food worlds, the more we’ve discovered certain connections between chefs and comics, especially on a creative level. Upon hearing Eli was a comic fan, asking him to appear in a comic for us seemed like such a natural fit.…
Browsing: Digital Comics
I’ve had a number of inquiries of late as to what I’m comics I’m reading on my iPad. While the list of back issues continues to grow, there is also a growing number of Day-and-Date releases that are hitting the digital stores. Here then, is my rundown of digital comics worth checking out this week.
Press Release Zenescope Entertainment has announced to offer its comic book and graphic novel library for digital download on PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable). Best known for dark re-inventions of classic fairy tales and literature such as Grimm Fairy Tales and Return to Wonderland, Zenescope plans to roll out its titles over the next several months through PlayStation Network via its comic store on PlayStation® Store. Much of Zenescope’s digital line will be priced at 1.99USD/ 1.44EUR per issue with select books also being available for free download including the first issue of its flagship title Grimm Fairy Tales: Red Riding Hood. Zenescope…
Press Release GATOR BUTCH, the long-awaited comic project written by Kurt Belcher, illustrated by David Hollenbach and published by Septagon Studios has hit digital media platforms with a Truckload of Bonuses!
Devil’s Due has announced it is putting select titles on the Kindle App on iTunes and Android devices that will allows fans of the publisher to purchase and read comics digitally. All of the titles are compatible with Amazon’s Kindle for PC, Kindle for all Apple devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, and iPad), Kindle for Android, and Kindle for BlackBerry. Not recommended for the standard black and white Kindles – for devices with color screens only.
If you look in the Guinness World Record under “Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever”, you’ll find Batman: Arkham Asylum. Batman: Arkham City is the follow up game coming out this fall, and to tie the two games together, DC Comics has enlisted Pual Dini to pen a six-issue mini-series.
Press Release Imagine a future where readers and fans can visit their local comic shop to buy not just physical copies of new comics, but also digital editions that aren’t available anywhere else, and can be viewed in multiple platforms including iPhone, iPad, web, and others. That future is coming soon as Diamond Comic Distributors (DCD) — the world’s largest distributor of English-language comic books, graphic novels and related pop-culture merchandise — joins forces with iVerse Media — the pioneer of digital comics and creators of the popular ComicsPLUS reader — to empower 2,700+ brick and mortar comic shops to…
Writer Warren Ellis has a great quote over at Digital Spy, that puts a bit of perspective on the digital market. Granted, there are many other outlets other than the iPad, but save for the computer, other portable media devices haven’t taken off the way the iPad has. via Digital Spy
Press Release 12-Gauge Comics is proud to announce that it’s critically acclaimed line of books are exclusively available for download across Graphicly’s digital family of platforms. Immediately available are New York Times #1 bestselling author and 4-Time World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley’s action-series R.P.M., the gritty crime drama 25 TO LIFE, and breakout hit MAGUS. Country music sensation Trace Adkins’ LUKE MC BAIN, THE RIDE, BOONDOCK SAINTS, BODY BAGS and other 12-Gauge favorites will follow soon. To celebrate today’s announcement, MAGUS #1 is currently available for download free of charge, for a limited time.
Press Release On Monday, January 24, attendees of the 2011 Digital Book World conference gathered to witness the first annual Digital Innovation Awards. The conference chose the awards as its opening ceremonies event to honor creative endeavors in the field of digital publishing. Among the categories honored were Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reference, Children’s Literature and Comics.
Marvel announced its has gone Chrome – taking 1,600 comics online and optimized for the Google Chrome web browser. The comics you buy via the Marvel Comics App on iTunes will give you access to the comics on Chrome, making it easier for fans to read where and when they want. This is similar to what ComiXology has done with their web digital comic reader, but specific for Marvel.
Dark Horse Comics made quite the buzz last year when they announced they would sell digital comics cheaper than the competition, by keeping everything in house, and creating individual apps for their titles. Conan, Sin City, and a few others were launched, but since October, things have been pretty quiet. Turns out things aren’t going as planned according to a recent post on the Dark Horse blog. This past October at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse announced that we would be developing our own platform for digital comics distribution. We stated we would launch this exciting new initiative in…
Press Release Aquafadas announces that it will soon release Comic Composer, the application used by AveComics Productions (www.avecomics.com) to create digital comics.
Just over a year ago, Steve Jobs got up on stage and presented to the world the iPad. From the moment it was unveiled, I knew the way we consume comic books would be changed forever. By the time the god-device arrived in April, a slew of digital comic apps were ready, and my digital collection began to bloom. But as we approach the one year anniversary, it’s time to look ahead at ways the industry can attract more readers to the digital format and enhance the reading experience for those already on board.