2012 was the year digital-direct comics went mainstream. Entirely bypassing the tried-and-true supply chain of print distribution, brick-and-mortar retailers and the collectors market, these stand-alone tablet apps, self-published originals, studio efforts, and digital exclusives sold through platforms like comiXology and iVerse disrupted … Continue reading
Latin America is in the midst of a storyteller uprising. When you combine a relatively youthful population with the world’s fastest rate of new Internet and mobile connectivity over the last decade and the world’s highest rate of entrepreneurship per … Continue reading
Today iVerse Media announced an exclusive deal with Marvel Entertainment to distribute foreign-language digital comics and graphic novels. This is potentially a big deal at the corporate top-end of the industry, where Marvel’s superhero franchises command massive attention and dollars. … Continue reading
Following this year’s Comic-Con, I rated iVerse Media’s announcement of its Comics Accelerator crowdfunding platform the most potentially exciting digital comics move of the summer. Now according to Todd Allen’s piece at Publishers Weekly, the company is moving forward with … Continue reading
Here are a few cool things that caught my eye in the last week: Interesting new digital comics project called Aces Weekly, featuring top-drawer talent like David Lloyd, Kyle Baker, Phil Hester and Mark Wheatley. I talked to Mark about … Continue reading
Panel Nine Publishing just launched Infinity, a free publication on digital comics distributed exclusively via Apple’s Newsstand for iPad. The first issue features a roundup of the last few months of notable news on the digital scene, including coverage of … Continue reading
comiXology co-founders David Steinberger and John Roberts discuss digital comics at Comic-Con On Friday at Comic-Con, I moderated a panel called “Are Digital Comics Expanding the Market?” with David Steinberger and John Roberts of comiXology, Mike Richardson of Dark Horse, … Continue reading
Rob Salkowitz writes, speaks and consults on the social implications of digital media and the digital generation. Author of Young World Rising and Generation Blend, Rob is Director of Strategy and Content for MediaPlant, LLC in Seattle and teaches at the University of Washington. Full bio.
