Amazon-owned digital comics publisher Comixology has its own Comixology Originals line through the Kindle App, with which they have signed an exclusive print publishing deal with Dark Horse Comics. But it seems, from recent correspondence with Comixology Originals creators may not be as comprehensive as it once was. Jeff DiBartolomeo, General Manager and Chief Technology […]
Lee Loughridge is best known as a comic book colourist, and currently joining the continuity between One Hand and Six Fingers at Image Comics. But as of next week, he debuts as a comic book writer for a new Comixology Originals series Mindstate drawn by Mack Chater and colours by, well, Lee Loughridge, lettering and […]
Dstlry is launching Spectregraph #1 in their April 2024 solicits and solicitations by James Tynion IV and Christian Ward, as well as pushing The Blood Brothers Mother #1 by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso for May. Spectregraph #1 BY JAMES TYNION IV AND CHRISTIAN WARD NEW SERIES DEBUT FROM MODERN MASTERS OF HORROR JAMES TYNION IV AND CHRISTIAN WARD. For years, the […]
Next week sees the release of the conclusion, the fifth and final issue of Scott Hoffman's post-apocalyptic comic series Wag, being digitally published by Comixology Originals on Amazon and Kindle and with subscription services Comixology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited and Prime. Wag is the second comic series from newcomer Scott Hoffman (aka Babydaddy of Scissor Sisters […]
Dstrly has announced a number of new hires, including Bryce Gold, formerly of Comixology Originals and Kickstarter Comics Head for six months. Bryce Gold took over from Chip Mosher after he left Comixology to found Dstlry and Gold has now been hired by Dstlry. Gold's Kickstarter gig had been advertised for $120-$140K, so one might […]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on former Comixology founder David Steinberger and former Comixology PR head Chip Mosher launching their beta v0.1 digital comics reader at dstlry.co, under the name White Dog with the digital debut of The Devil's Cut, for one dollar for just one day. But Jock, one of the founders, got it mixed […]
When I first reported the news that former Comixology founder David Steinberger and former Head of Content of Comixology Originals, Chip Mosher were up to something at Thought Bubble, I ran the rumour they were starting up a Comixology Killer. Well, a) it turned out to be the print comics publisher Dstlry, and b) Amazon […]
Amazon has messaged North American people still using the Comixology app, that it will be closing in December, and that all users will be migrated to using the Kindle app. Here is the letter that readers received earlier today. Hello, Comics fans, We're writing to let you know about upcoming changes to the way that […]
Previously, Bleeding Cool debuted the character designs for Scott Hoffman's first comic series Nostalgia. We've now got a look at a musical playlist curated by Hoffman (aka Babydaddy of the band Scissor Sisters) for his new monthly comic Wag. The first issue launched last month on the 5th of September, and issue two is also […]
Duck And Cover is the new ComiXology Originals story written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Rafael Albuquerque and to be printed by Dark Horse Comics, probably next year. The first digital issue is out, and we have a video of just how Albuquerque created the cover, and just uploaded it to TikTok… And here's a […]
John D. Roberts is the co-founder of Comixology, who exited the company after 12 years, after its purchase and more recent forest destruction by Amazon. After a stint at Amazon Advertsing, he has been footloose and fancy free for a couple of years. Which is how he found himself in the offices of US Representative […]
Scott Hoffman is to make his comic book writing debut with a new digital comic book series, Nostalgia, drawn by Danijel Žeželj and to be published in five weekly chapters digitally on Comixology Originals, beginning this week. It's currently topping the Amazon comics new release chart and the 19th best-selling comic on Kindle overall. And will, […]
Dark Horse Comics will bring the following ComiXology Originals series to print for the first time, in 2024. Retroverse, the horror sci-fi series written by Cullen Bunn with art by John Bivens, Blood Oath, the dark vampire crime story co-written by novelist by Rob Hart and Alex Segura with art by Joe Eisma, New America, […]
The current Punisher series by Jason Aaron, Jesus Saiz and Paul Azaceta has been a rather remarkable one, set as it is amongst Marvel and Disney turmoil over how to handle the character as some of the worst elements took the imagery to themselves, while others used it for rather inappropriate means. Now, with the publication […]
That's the sound of a very heavy shoe dropping. Not long after Comixology, the digital comics publisher/distributor bought by Amazon fired much of their staff, and reduced services, the Marvel Comics app which is operated by Comixology, is itself shutting down on the 2nd of June. And from the 2nd of May, the ability to […]
Just in time for the launch of their digital comics reading and purchase app, GlobalComix has announced new publishers joining their service, including Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, Archie Comics, TOKYOPOP, NBM Graphic Novels, "And…Action!" Entertainment, and more. And they come with bullet points. The GlobalComix App for iOS and Android will feature: Over 40k+ books in catalog […]
Kenny Meyers and Travis Schmeisser are both comic book readers working in the tech industry looking to replicate the offering that Comixology used to give to digital comic book readers, before the Amazon absorption, but do it even better. That is the Omnibus App. They intend to launch an iOS App iPad first, to be […]
Former Program Manager at Amazon and Comixology, Scott McGovern, has previously been very frank about the circumstances behind the mass firings at Amazon and Comixology in January earlier this year. Now he is prepared to be just as candid, or more so, about the omnishambles that went down over the merging of digital comics publisher […]
Former Program Manager at Amazon and Comixology, Scott McGovern, has previously been very frank about the circumstances behind the mass firings at Amazon and Comixology in January earlier this year. Now he is prepared to be just as candid, or more so, about the omnishambles that went down over the merging of digital comics publisher […]
Former Program Manager at Amazon and Comixology, Scott McGovern, has previously been very frank about the circumstances behind the mass firings at Amazon and Comixology in January earlier this year. Now he is prepared to be just as candid, or more so, about the omnishambles that went down over the merging of Comixology with its […]
