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Who Reads Comics On ComiXology The World Over?
Bleeding Cool has long been interested in how ComiXology sells comics around the world, with our ComiXology All Over The World columns But now we get to see it in graphical detail. China and India are stronger than I might have thought, and Brazil is definitely ramping up And Nigeria and Egypt join South Africa in[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Superheroes Strike Back And Parker Takes China
Timothy Carson writes: According to ComiXology, sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, Marvel and DC are gunning for The Walking Dead's glory While the zombie saga remains immensely popular in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden, it lost favor in many markets it conquered just last week Marvel's Superior Spider-Man[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – The Walking Dead's Back, Tell A Friend…
According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, the 119th issue of The Walking Dead did Michael Jackson proud and Thriller'd its way back to the top of the charts across the globe, overtaking all of North America and the majority of Europe Australia, Russia, and China were the only markets[...]
ComiXology All Over The Word – Prepare for the Age of Ultron
 Timothy Carson writes: Holy Age of Ultron, Batman! According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, Age of Ultron dominated charts worldwide, even overtaking the entirety of the top ten in numerous markets The charts in Canada, Mexico, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Sweden were only comprised of several issues[...]
Instinct, Or Doing It All Backwards
Mark Bertolini writes for Bleeding Cool: My name is Mark Bertolini, and I'm a comic book writer with several titles to my name (my output can be found here at Comixology: http://www.comixology.com/search?search=Mark+Bertolini), and my most recent release is Scum of the Earth from Action Lab/Danger Zone (http://www.comixology.com/Scum-of-the-Earth/comics-series/12418)[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Forever Evil Vs. Saga
According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, Forever Evil and the Saga series battled for supremacy across the globe Well, there goes my fantasy of becoming the next Ms Cleo. Broken dreams aside, Forever Evil and Saga were pretty much neck-and-neck, the former reaching the summit in the United States, Canada,[...]
Twenty-One Christmassy Thoughts About Twenty-One Comics – Avengers, Forever Evil, Origin II, Justice League, Saviors, Robotech/Voltron, Doctor Who, Action Bible, Alter Ego, Hide, Sir Roland, Winter City, Trench Coat Samurai, Synergy, 1001 Nights, The Bunker, Chainmail, Monsters Of The Silver Age, Rocket Robinson, Strange Symmetry And Slumdroid
Digital first comics, also available today, but from ComiXology. And we start with the most Christmassy of them all By actually being the Bible in comic book form. The Action Bible by Doug Mauss and Sergio Cariello, features hundreds of pages of comics for $10, it's definitely the bargain of the day Although, of course, its not[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Ding Dong the Walking Dead Are…Dead…
According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, Saga debuts with a vengeance, taking the top spot in major markets across the globe after nearly disappearing from the charts last week The Walking Dead isn't going down without a fight, though; the graphic novel remained in a close second in the[...]
Marvel To Start Hiring Front End Developers For New Digital Solutions
Bleeding Cool has previously reported on Marvel's upcoming plans to combine all their digital services, Marvel Unlimited subscription, Marvel AR content, digital comic sales, into one app/website and in practice reduce their reliance on third party support, such as ComiXology, who process all of Marvel's direct digital sales It's yet to be announced, but we[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – The Walking Dead Remains Indomitable…
Tim Carson writes: According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, The Walking Dead continued its reign of supremacy across the charts worldwide for a third week in a row, conquering all of North America, including dethroning Saga #16 in Canada The Walking Dead also dominated in Europe, reaching number one in[...]
How Long Will Pretty Deadly #2 Stay On Apple's ComiXology App?
Or buy it direct from Image or Comixology through their website and not the App. But buy it Just because. These are the few panels from the scene we could run without getting NSFW'd… Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios, is published by Image Comics tomorrow. Tonight, Orbital Comics had a signing with Emma[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Walk Like A (Dead) Man…
Timothy Carson reports; According to ComiXology sales this week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, the 116th issue of The Walking Dead graphic novel continues to dominate the charts worldwide, remaining at number one for a second straight week throughout North America – the United States, Canada, and Mexico – and across Europe as well –[...]
Marvel Comics Rumoured To Undergo Massive Digital Transition
You are urged to work out which is which, by reading what I write and acting accordingly. The biggest story coming out of the recent Marvel Summit is that Marvel are planning a very big change for the way they sell digital comic books. I was initially told by a solid source that Marvel were going to[...]
Comics Save The Apes – Panels For Primates Is Coming To ComiXology
Now, two anthologies of the digital project edited by Troy Wilson have been collected for sale on ComiXology via Monkeybrain starting November 25th (the second is an all-ages collection, both are available for pre-order now) and the cause can reach a wider audience. Not only that, but contributing writers and artists are a remarkable line-up of[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – These Dead Were Made For Walking…
According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, The Walking Dead proves that the zombie apocalypse cannot be contained The latest issue of the long-running series debuted at the top of charts across the globe, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and nearly every market in Europe The Walking Dead[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Forever Evil Knows How To Make An Entrance…
ComiXology All Over The World – Forever Evil Knows How To Make An Entrance… By Timothy Carson According to iOS in-app purchase charts, the third issue of the Forever Evil series cut to the front of the line, triumphing over Saga #15 and Amazing X-Men in numerous countries; the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and Japan[...]
Avatar Press Goes Same Day As Print On Comixology
Starting 11/6, Avatar Press will be available on Comixology the same day as print That means for digital readers, you won't have to wait to get your fix of Kieron Gillen, Jonathan Hickman or Christos Gage. The first three same-day-as-print releases are: Absolution: Rubicon #5 The final explosive issue! The Polymath is beaten… John Dusk has saved the[...]
Opinions and Aspirations
Publicity (thank you BC) and marketing help, but it is still an uphill battle, given the preference to go after and review the latest big name cape and tights story. My comiXology Submit series, Order & Chaos, just released the final issue of its three issue series on October 23 Reaching out to review sites for[...]
Sex Criminals #2 Still Under Review At Apple
The story so far. Earlier last year, a bunch of comics, including Saga #12, were not digitally distribute by ComiXology on Apple iOS devices Then it was revealed that this was ComiXology's doings not Apple's So they were all made available again Until Apple actually looked at them and said they weren't The Boys: Herogasm, Black[...]
Creating Comics The ComiXology Way
Roberts (ComiXology co-founder), Reilly Brown (Power Play), Daniel Govar (Grimm Portand Wu), and Chris Sheridan (Motorcycle Samurai). It started with some announcements like a major sale on The Walking Dead, all 114 issues for $99.99 And another big announcement: ComiXology is now carrying DC Comics graphic novels such as The Killing Joke, Watchman,… You can also,[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – The Walking Dead Dominates (Again)…
Timothy Carson writes; According to ComiXology sales last week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, the world can't seem to get enough of zombies and apocalypses How morbid The Walking Dead #115 debuted at numero uno in almost every European country, except for Ireland and the United Kingdom Uncanny X-Men claimed top spot in the UK[...]
ComiXology Shares Results From Reader Survey – Updated
Mike Hogan writes for Bleeding Cool: Right in time for New York Comic Con, comiXology has released partial results from their recent reader survey. Released through an infographic (found below), the more interesting statistics showcase customer spending habits The survey shows the average spend per reader is $100 per year Depending on individual comic cost, this only[...]
Avatar Press Goes Digitally Exclusive With ComiXology
Avatar Press, publisher of Garth Ennis' groundbreaking horror series, Crossed, announced an exclusive digital distribution agreement with comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels that have seen over 200 million downloads to date The multi-year exclusive agreement covers Avatar Press' English Language single-issue catalog. To mark the release,[...]