It’s been a bumper week for must-read digital comics thank to the San Diego Comic Con, but here are some of our favourites for you to enjoy in the Sunday Digest, including Top Shelf’s Monster on the Hill, PJ Holden and Si Spurrier’s Numbercruncher and Erik Evensen’s The Beast of Wolfe’s Bay.
Today at Comic-Con International 2013 UDON Entertainment, publisher of fan-favorite licensed and original comic books, graphic novels & art books, announced a distribution agreement with ComiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels that have seen over 180 million downloads to date.
Last Breath is a Kickstarter funded comic featuring the story of a man trapped 238,900 miles from home with oxygen running short while his planet–and possibly his family–is being torn to shreds before his very eyes. The Kickstarter launched this week with the goal of $5,000 to fund its completion and printing and you can visit the page here.
Back in February we interviewed the guys behind the awesomely titled The Legend of Spacelord Mo Fo – Pat McNamara and David G Williams – well today we’re pleased to announce that Angel Phoenix Media have acquired the Spacelord and set to bring him a whole new part of the galaxy!
A huge congratulations to Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover the Eisner award winners of Best Digital Comic for the outstanding Bandette, published by Monkeybrain Comics.
And also well done to Becky Cloonan who’s self published, The Mire won for Best Single Issue (or One Shot)
Click here for a full list of the Eisner Award Winners 2013
Anounced to day at SDCC digital comics giant ComiXology have surpassed 180 million downloads of comic books and graphic novels worldwide. What’s more, the rate of downloads has dramatically risen since last autumn, when ComiXology crossed the 100 million download threshold.
One year on from their debut line up launch at Comic Con 2012, MonkeyBrain Comics have released five new titles this week, but how do they compare to that first class?
As part of their Comic Con coverage, Image Comics have released this cryptic teaser about a certain title from Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint – what could it all mean?!
This morning in the midst of Comic-Con International 2013 Seven Seas Entertainment, publisher of New York Times bestselling manga, announced a distribution agreement with ComiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels.
As you’ll know from reading our in-depth interview with founder Chris Roberson, MonkeyBrain Comics launched on July 2, 2012 with six titles and a simple dream: to make good comics. Twelve months and more than two dozen new titles later, they are well on their way to making that dream a reality, with new digital releases on ComiXology every week, and print collections coming out from publishers like IDW, Image, and Dark Horse. This week they are set to launch not one, but FIVE new titles and we’ve got a fantastic sneak peak at all of them!
