The Sunday Digest (24/3/13): The week’s top stories
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“Infinite comics are a different language, they are all about transitional story telling” Michael Avon Oeming on the secrets of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite comics and the potential of creator owned digital titles like Powers
Last week saw the release of a new series of Marvel Infinite Comics based around their intergalactic superheroes, Guardians of the Galaxy. The team behind the first issue, Drax the Destroyer, are the superstar team behind Powers, writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming. Keen to get the scoop on what it was like for such an established […]
Pipedream Pull List Extra: Nemo: Heart Of Ice (Top Shelf / Knockabout)
There’s no denying that Alan Moore is a visionary comics writer, his résumé speaks for itself. But in recent years as his work has taken a more avant grade and experimental approach, not always for the better. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, once his most well rounded book has descended into psychedelic insanity, perhaps as a reaction […]
“ComiXology’s Submit offers independent creators the opportunity to operate on an equal footing with the largest publishers” why MonkeyBrain’s Allison Baker thinks ComiXology Submit is the future for independent digital comics publishers
This week saw ComiXology launch the new ComiXology Submit service for indie comics creators with help from an awesome how to guide from indie stalwart Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler. Submit offers independent creators the chance to upload their comic book and graphic novels for approval at no cost. ComiXology then transforms the work intro their Guided […]
“Suddenly I could see a gun getting pulled and an already hairy situation turning into an exciting bit of doom and gloom” High Crimes creator Christopher Sebela on his inspirations for mountain top crime drama
How far would you go to earn a living? In the brilliant High Crimes from MonkeyBrain Comics lead characters Zan and Haskell go literally to the top of the world – Everest to be precise – in order to lower themselves to the bottom of the moral barrel as they attempt to swindle money out […]
Pipedream Pull List: Transformers Monstrosity (IDW Publishing)
Following in the metallic footsteps of last years Transformers: Autocracy from IDW Publishing comes another digital exclusive title in the form of Transformers: Monstrosity. Written by the same time of Chris Metzen and Flint Dille and with the stunning painted artwork of Livio Ramondelli it continues the story of the early days of the Autobots […]
Control your comic character’s destiny on your iPad with the new iOS game ‘Framed’ from Loveshack Entertainment
A group of game developers from the fantastically named Loveshack Entertainment have announced a rather intriguing iOS game that mixes our two favourite things – comics and iPads. The game is called ‘Framed‘ and looks like an old style comic book page – but no ordinary one. Your character works his way through the panels in order, […]
Marvel ‘re-evolve’ digital comics at SXSW – including new Marvel Infinite Comics and Project Gamma!
This weekend Marvel unveiled 3 exciting new initiatives at the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas as they look to ‘re’-evolve’ the world of digital comics – their words, not ours! by releasing them at SXSW’s Interactive event, which is primarily focused on technology and interactive web design, Marvel made a clear statement of intent […]
Pipedream Pull List: Digital Comics Double Bill with Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite (Marvel) and Atomic Robo: Two Fisted Tales
You wait for months for an exciting new digital comic to come along and then two come along at once with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite and a new Atomic Robo!
Pipedream Pull List: Verity Fair (Panel Nine)
The latest comic book to get the ‘Deluxe Digital Graphic Novel’ treatment from developers Panel Nine is Terry Wiley’s 2008 book Verity Fair. Telling the story of wannabe starlet Verity Bourneville (aka Tracey Perkins) and her various misadventures, from working in a fish shop to trying to make it as an actress. This is much more […]