The day they released the Marvel app for the iPad, they sent out a mass email explaining that retailers shouldn't worry
about the digital comics cutting into their business.
We want to thank Chip Mosher for taking the time to chat with
us about digital comics and BOOM!
Waid doesn't just write comics, he thinks hard about making them, and Thrillbent is both a place to read comics and a place to talk
about the digital comics model.
In the beginning, when people talked
about digital comics, there were the two models of streaming and downloading and it was an open question which would prevail.
Really anyone and everyone who shares our goal has been extremely supportive, so it's the best network to get the word out
about digital comics.
Cory Doctorow says ownership is key: I'm paraphrasing here, but Doctorow, who has been right about a lot of things, has some things to say
about digital comics in a video shot at New York Comic Con, including his opinion that readers should be able to buy digital comics and keep them: «You know, you buy the comic, and... [Read more...]
There will always be a market for them (as those Newsarama polls
about digital comics that always make me want to scream at my monitor when I read the comments by the people who will NEVER EVER EVER BUY A DIGITAL COMIC prove), regardless of these gimmicks.
tinyurl.com/ComicsNewsletter Amazon's free newsletter
about digital comic books.
David, I'm glad you're talking
about digital comics, as they've been something I've been researching and talking about to my friends often.
Viz is the largest U.S. manga publisher, and when it came time to think
about digital comics, they decided to go it alone, developing first an iPad app, then a website, then apps for the iPhone, Android devices, and Kindle Fire.
Creators Johanna Draper Carlson talks to Alex de Campi
about digital comics and her serialized comic Valentine: «We want everything now, thank you, and in convenient digital form and not for some rip - off price, so give it to us, or we'll steal it.
The other worst thing
about digital comics is the fact that they're digital, which means a majority of the current US comics readership will simply not engage with them until they're in print.
That made me think
about the digital comics market as a whole, and how these exclusives would affect the other big digital distributor, iVerse.
So much has been said
about digital comics being the future of the industry, and this new release might be the best evidence of that to date.
And I don't think
about digital comics day in, day out, you clown.
Thinking
about digital comics digital comics digital comics day in and day out has given you a distorted perspective.
Top of the news pile is an upcoming event — on Wednesday 18th April I'll be speaking
about digital comics at the British Library as part of their «Digital Conversation» series.
You know what's great
about digital comics?
I have a lot of questions
about digital comics (and I guess comics in general) that I don't know the answers to, but am willing to go with my gut on.
Wow, I sure have been talking
about digital comics a lot lately, haven't I?
And Dan Berry and I had a lovely chat
about digital comics (and my career and teaching and... stuff) for his podcast, Make It Then Tell Everybody.
First of all, I just want to clarify — usually when people talk
about digital comics these days they're referring to the app - based comics such as those provided by Comixology or Graphicly, as opposed to web comics, which are internet web site based comics such as Penny Arcade or PVP.
When we talk
about digital comics we're really talking about comics created specifically for digital reading and not comics that only take advantage of digital distribution.
I had this same sort of conversation
about digital comics, where people believe that the cost of producing the actual object the work is on is vastly more expensive than it is.
Dan and I have been kicking around ideas and having discussions
about digital comics and storytelling for a while so we figured why not just move it all online and share what we're doing?
Crisis On Infinite Midlives hasn't been around all that long in the greater scheme of things, but almost since our first day, we've been skeptical
about digital comics, at least in the formats and forms of distribution in which they currently exist.
The most common question that came up last week was «What
about digital comics?
Mike Jasper (IM&L's writer) and I also did a podcast with Webcomic Beacon last month all
about digital comics and formatting, and CBR's Robot 6 named us Digital Creators of the Year with VALENTINE «s Alex de Campi, which was quite the honor!
I'm optimistic
about digital comics because I think they have some CHANCE to fix that problem.
Andrew Bayer is a friend of mine, and he had a few things to say
about digital comics pricing, specifically with regard to Marvel's iPad app.
Random thought - how
about digital comics for sale on XBLA / PSN?
Not exact matches
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about painting, drawing, sketching, illustration, comics, cartoons, webcomics, art history, concept art, gallery art, digital art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci - fi and fantasy illustration, paleo art, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics and anything
about painting, drawing, sketching, illustration,
comics, cartoons, webcomics, art history, concept art, gallery art,
digital art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci - fi and fantasy illustration, paleo art, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics and anything else.
Sonic Forces comes out in less than a month worldwide, so here's Part 1 of the
digital comic series and details
about the soundtrack albums to help you wait!
This is the place to talk
about all other MGS - related stuff; such as the
comics /
digital graphic novel, the Ac!d series, collectibles, and so forth.
Then there's the «art» section, which offers production sketches and paintings, and storyboards for just
about the entire film — which makes for an interesting
digital comic book.
Below, he talks
about why Archie
Comics has been so active on the
digital comics front, how he thinks
digital comics will affect traditional retailers, and how the company will continue to push the boundaries of good ol' Riverdale.
Make sure to come back Friday when we'll talk with In Maps & Legends creators Mike Jasper and Niki Smith
about their
digital - only
comic.
If
comics is to survive the financial turmoil we are all suffering under, it doesn't matter if it's paper comics or digital, trade paperbacks or floppies, it's about «ARE THE COMICS ANY FUCKING GOOD?&
comics is to survive the financial turmoil we are all suffering under, it doesn't matter if it's paper
comics or digital, trade paperbacks or floppies, it's about «ARE THE COMICS ANY FUCKING GOOD?&
comics or
digital, trade paperbacks or floppies, it's
about «ARE THE
COMICS ANY FUCKING GOOD?&
COMICS ANY FUCKING GOOD?»
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly
about her early involvement with comiXology Submit, the new
digital comics platform for independent creators, Becky Cloonan finally reveals details
about her new minicomic Demeter, which she teased in January.
Now when creators can start making enough money off of
digital - only
comics to think
about them in more abstract ways, we may see some really interesting products show up.
TFAW.com: What did you think when you first heard
about the possibility of reading
comics in a
digital format?
Next up: Ralph Tedesco of Zenescope talks
about whether they're considering
digital - only
comics on 1/21.
Their affiliate program has drawn some of the sting of transition away from retailers, giving them a way to recoup some revenues from
digital comics and showing that the publishers do care
about maintaining a viable brick - and - mortar channel for the foreseeable future.
New iPad in hand, Augie takes it for a test
comics - reading spin and finds much to be excited
about with the best
digital comics reading experience he's ever had.
There's something very nice
about reading this particular title on a
digital device since both the subject and appearance of the
comic align with its medium.
You still need to buy a
comic book to get the enhanced experience, and you need the
digital app on your device (powered by Aurasma) to see the panels jump off the page, strip the art down to the original penciled layouts, or hear the creators talk
about key plot points through video or audio clips.
When he sat down to talk to me
about Comic Con's importance to the future of entertainment, he explained that
digital distribution was the single largest growth segment in the industry.
With the series» announcement debuting at Emerald City
Comic Con 2013 and «Frost» # 0 already available via comiXology for free, CBR News spoke with Jerwa and Trautmann
about the upcoming series, how the experience with «Shooters» tied in to the story, the challenges and advantages of Monkeybrain's
digital - only formula and bringing the genre of grounded military fantasy back to
comics.
Marvel can say whatever it wants
about Infinite Comics, but you can sense where its priorities lie: While the company's producing eight Infinite series, it still has more than 60 ongoing
comic books that aren't exclusively
digital.
After thanking their Patron - sponsored books of The Ten - Year Turnaround, Removed, and How to Drive Your Next Car Deal, Sheridan and Jim discussed news
about a new app making waves in Croatia, a surge in creativity for
digital comics, changes in Amazon's pre-order policy, how KU free runs may not be as lucrative as you think, and why rented books could become a big deal.