Fans… MEET YOUR MAKERS ComiXology Partners with The Hero Initiative for “The Blank Page Project” Charity Event at Comic-Con International 2013 A two-hour charity event celebrating creators that all fans are invited to join! Watch LIVE as creators fill a gigantic comic page to be auctioned off at a later date Hosted by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, comiXology and The Hero Initiative July 1st, 2013 – New York, NY – ComiXology’s Meet Your Makers summer extravaganza continues with “The Blank Page Project” charity event. The Hero Initiative partners with comiXology and creators Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner to host
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ComiXology Announces Their First Summer Event!
ComiXology Announces Their First Summer Event! Fans… MEET YOUR MAKERS! A celebration of comic creators and the creation of comics June 26, 2013 – New York, NY – This summer, fans… Meet Your Makers – comiXology’s first summer event celebrating comic creators and the creation of comics. Each week from now until Comic-Con International ’13, comiXology will reveal a new aspect of the Meet Your Makers event celebrating the people behind your favorite comics and the act of creating comics. “Without comic creators there wouldn’t be any comics to enjoy, so all of us at comiXology wanted to use the
Continue readingComic Book Legal Defense Fund Releases Authoritative Manga Guide for Librarians and Educators with Dark Horse!
JUNE 26 (New York, NY)—This summer, Dark Horse is proud to publish CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, an authoritative yet accessible handbook designed to help librarians, educators, and parents navigate the vast and popular field of manga. Prepared by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the freedom to read, CBLDF Presents Manga provides what you really need to know about manga from those who really know it! The book will premiere at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 27–July 2, and at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, July 4–7. Made
Continue readingComiXology Makes Kindle Fire & Kindle Fire HD App Available Across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, & the U.K.
ComiXology Makes Kindle Fire & Kindle Fire HD App Available Across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, & the U.K. Partners with DC Entertainment to further expand offering across markets June 25, 2013 – New York, NY – In conjunction with the launch of the expansion of the Amazon Appstore, comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, has expanded their application to new markets today. In addition, comiXology has partnered with DC Entertainment to make its monthly periodical comic books available through comiXology’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD apps, which will now also be distributed in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK
Continue readingDark Horse Launches On Apple’s iBookstore
MILWAUKIE, OR, JUNE 25—With today’s announcement that Dark Horse graphic novels are available on the iBookstore (iTunes.com/DarkHorseComics), Dark Horse is now one of the most widely distributed comics publishers digitally. Dark Horse digital graphic novels are now available for purchase on the iBookstore, featuring over two hundred top titles, including Mass Effect, Hellboy, Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,Serenity, Sin City, and more. Plus, iBooks users can put Star Wars comics on their bookshelf next to all of their favorite Star Wars novels. Through Apple’s iOS devices, readers are guaranteed a comics-reading experience unlike any other. “I’m thrilled that Dark Horse graphic novels are going to be available on the iBookstore,”
Continue readingKevin Smith Originals You Didn’t Even Know Were On ComiXology
For immediate release… sort of: KEVIN SMITH’S ORIGINAL GRAPHITTI DESIGNS COMICS ARE ALREADY ON COMIXOLOGY! April 20th(ish), 2013 – NYC, NY/LA, CA /That Shady Looking Van With All The Smoke Coming out of it – Just in time for Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (okay, maybe not just in time as we found ourselves a little preoccupied this past April 20th when the books actually did come out) comiXology is pleased to announce a digital distribution deal with Graphitti Designs and View Askew to distribute Kevin Smith’s original Clerks comics through comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across the iPhone, iPad,Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
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ComiXology en Français! ComiXology Takes Next Step In Global Expansion With Todays’ Debut of Over 400 French Language Titles from 14 French Publishers June 19th, 2013 – Paris, France / New York, NY – ComiXology has taken its next step in global expansion today with the debut of over 400 French language titles from 14 of the top French publishers of bandes dessinées, comics, graphic novels and manga. The publisher’s included in this launch – Aelement Comics, Akileos, Ankama, Éditions Ça et Là, Éditions Delcourt, Glénat Éditions, I Can Fly, Indeez Urban Éditions, Los Brignolès Éditions, Panini Comics, Sandawe, Soleil Productions, Wanga Comics
Continue readingBecky Cloonan Debuts “Demeter” on ComiXology
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEMETER BY BECKY CLOONANTO DEBUT ON COMIXOLOGY Newest work by best-selling comiXology Submit author available Wednesday, June 19th June 19, 2013 – New York, NY – Today, comiXology announced that Becky Cloonan’s highly- anticipated comic Demeter will debut Wednesday, June 19th on comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. Cloonan’s new, self-published comic book will be available through comiXology Submit, comiXology’s portal for comic creators that makes their independent works available on comiXology’s buy once, read anywhere digital comics platform, and instantly accessible to a worldwide audience of fans. An award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, Cloonan made history in 2012 for becoming
Continue readingJolley Resurrects “Bloodhound” With “Crowbar Medicine”
JOLLEY RESURRECTS BLOODHOUND AT DARK HORSE WITH CROWBAR MEDICINE! Milwaukie, OR, JUNE 19—Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the beloved series Bloodhound, from writer Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and artist Leonard Kirk (X-Factor)! Previously published by DC, Bloodhound begins a new five-issue series, Crowbar Medicine, that will take our hero, Travis Clevenger, to new intensities the Big Two would have never allowed—establishing Clev as the next Dark Horse superhero. Travis Clevenger may not have superpowers, but he can put a beatdown on anyone who does! Consulting with the FBI in exchange for release from prison, Clev is getting his life together when an out-of-control
Continue readingSDCC: Dark Horse Announces SDCC Exclusives Store!
Dark Horse sent over a press release regarding their 2013 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives. Because of the huge graphic, I’m going to post it after the jump. After reading what they’ve got, I’m most jazzed about the Game of Thrones Stark Replica Shield, but that exclusive cover for Star Wars #7 is pretty darn cool, too. Be sure to hit up booth #2615 to get your favorite exclusives from Dark Horse!
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