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 old business models, probed the borders of traditional comics subject-matter and opened new possibilities for the medium.
In this slide show at FastCoCreate, some of the year’s most notable achievements–the comics that best exemplified the evolution of the art form and the transition of the industry.
[originally presented at FastCoCreate, December 12, 2012.]
Rob Salkowitz writes, speaks and consults on the social implications of digital media and the digital generation. Author of 
