Not exact matches
Dark Horse, which is currently offering 50 # 1 issues as a free download, is unique among
comics publishers in that they have their own digital service; they don't sell their
comics via the multi-comic platforms comiXology or iVerse's ComicsPlus (although they do make their
books available via e-book platforms
such as Kindle).
When the service launches on July 23rd, Diamond Digital will offer over four thousand
comic books and graphic novels from
such publishers as IDW, Image, Boom Studios, Archie, Top Shelf, and Hermes Ape, with more soon to be added.
The specificity of many
comics to the medium of the printed
book, and to particular dimensions, is one angle of critique of digital comics from creators such as Art Spiegelman (see, Brian Heater, «Art Spiegelman and the Future of the Book», Publisher's Weekly, 11 October 20
book, and to particular dimensions, is one angle of critique of digital
comics from creators
such as Art Spiegelman (see, Brian Heater, «Art Spiegelman and the Future of the
Book», Publisher's Weekly, 11 October 20
Book»,
Publisher's Weekly, 11 October 2011).
As showcased on Kindle Fire, KF8 enables
publishers to create great - looking
books in categories that require rich formatting and design
such as children's picture
books,
comics and graphic novels, technical and engineering
books, and cookbooks.
This will be particularly useful to authors and
publishers of graphic - rich content
such as
comic books, children's picture
books, and recipe
books.
Conventions Calvin Reid surveys the
comics scene at the Frankfurt
Book Fair and comes up with some gems, such as a short interview with NBM Publisher Terry Nantier about comics he was hoping to acquire that week, and the news that comiXology is the top iPad book app in France, and among the top five in several other countries, despite having no foreign - language cont
Book Fair and comes up with some gems,
such as a short interview with NBM
Publisher Terry Nantier about
comics he was hoping to acquire that week, and the news that comiXology is the top iPad
book app in France, and among the top five in several other countries, despite having no foreign - language cont
book app in France, and among the top five in several other countries, despite having no foreign - language content.