There are a number of comic sites online quite legally republishing digital versions of comics now considered to be in the public domain, based on extensive research and sourcing original copies. One of them is the Digital Comics Museum – run by a team clearly determined to honour contested ownership when companies like Warner Bros. recently asserted rights over early appearances by the original Captain Marvel, first published by Fawcett
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British Library partners with Universities on Digital Comics PhD projects
The British Library is collaborating with university partners to award PhD funding for four new doctoral research projects, starting in October 2019, two on digital comics. As we previously reported, the projects will be co-supervised by the British Library, offering… Read More ›
Just Ask for Mercy – the comiXology Originals collection is out soon!
Out next month from comiXology is Ask for Mercy: The Key to Forever by British creators Richard Starkings and Abigail Harding – the first collection of the creator-owned series launched last year on the digital comics platform. An action-packed and artistically stunning dark… Read More ›
Digital Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide available now
An electronic version of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide – a resource widely recognized as the premier authority on comics collecting is now available exclusively through Heritage Auctions
Digital publisher ComicFlix looks beyond licensed comics, to consumer market
ComicFlix, a digital publisher that has developed a tech-based solution to convert films into graphics novels, is looking to expand into the consumer business, building on its initial titles available on Kindle which include of The Mask of Zorro, Sherlock… Read More ›
Time for an Aces (Weekly) New Year!
Publisher David Lloyd would like you to subscribe to Aces Weekly. The creators drawing strips for this digital publication would like you to subscribe, too. Check out some great teasers to tease you once more…
“Free Bundle” digital magazine offers new comics and more from Cabrera Brothers
Independent video game company Cabrera Brothers has recently released a digital webcomic strip featuring their upcoming comic book character, Dogeron “DOG” Kenan. “Dogeron ‘DOG’ Kenan” will be published online, with each new bi-monthly issue of the new and impressive-looking The Free Bundle digital… Read More ›
Super spy Velicity Jones heads back to Aces Weekly!
Aces Weekly Volume 37 begins today – and super spy Velicity Jones from Lee Robson, Bryan Coyle and Bolt-01 is back in action! Last of the year, but first in class, Aces Weekly leaves 2018 with the same mix of content this… Read More ›
ROK Comics action series “Team M.O.B.I.L.E.” returns – and this time around, it’s in print!
Working with Antarctic Press, digital comics publisher ROK Comics, now based in the United States, is back in action – delivering its flagship title Team M.O.B.I.L.E. to comic shops. The first of an initial three-issue mini series, based on a… Read More ›
Roy of the Rovers gets his own app
Good news for those of you who can’t get enough of Rebellion’s Roy of the Rovers reboot – there’s an app out now, too!
Inksgiving – Tapas Comics annual campaign to support creators – returns tomorrow
Inksgiving, a 48-hour event dedicated to giving love and support to your favourite comic creators on the Tapas digital comics platform, will take place from tomorrow, Tuesday 20th November, 12.00am PST and end on Wednesday 21st November 21, 11.59pm PST…. Read More ›
Don’t miss out on “Psycho Gran – The Book Club” in the latest Aces Weekly!
As if you needed reminding, Aces Weekly Volume 36 is now running, which includes the continuance of Bo Hampton‘s, intriguing “The Hornbook“, plus Robert Wells‘ acerbic view of his fellow man in, “Love Her Madly”. But one of the… Read More ›
Digital anthology 100% Biodegradable offers stonking final issue, and a terrific new collection
After a five-year rampage in which over one hundred bloodthirsty creators cut a bloody swath through 100% Biodegradable’s hallowed halls, leaving 750 pages of comic strip carnage in their wake, the final issue of the digital anthology is upon us!… Read More ›
First Collected Volume of Webcomic ‘Captain Fishbeard’ released this week
This week brings the release of Captain Fishbeard – Volume One, the culmination of the first 26 comics, published on WebToons and via CaptainFishbeard.com by cartoonist, Tom Sparke. Captain Fishbeard features the adventures of the ocean’s silliest fish-man and his weekly oddness… Read More ›
British Library offers opportunity to study for a PhD in British Digital Comics
The British Library has opened its new round of applications for funded collaborative PhD studentships, and this year there is an opportunity to study for a PhD in British Digital Comics. Academics at UK universities are being invited to submit… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Aces Week Volume 36… Are You Ready for Wikkaman?
The latest volume of digital anthology Aces Weekly published by David Lloyd is coming and not only includes new strips by Bo Hampton, David Leach and many more, but Rik Hoskin and Nick Taylor‘s tale “Wikkaman” comes with added musical… Read More ›
Comichaus and British Library Team Up to preserve digital comics
Creators and publishers in the UK can now use the Comichaus database site to not only submit their digital comics to the Comichaus app – but with one click they can also send a copy to the British Library for… Read More ›
Silent Killer: 32 Kills by Mike Garley, Andy Clift, out now from Comichaus
32 Kills , a new project by Mike Garley and Andy Clift, published by Comichaus is getting its launch at Thought Bubble this weekend, and is available on the publisher’s digital comics platform, available to read now on the Comichaus app. Co-created… Read More ›
Penultimate 100% Biodegradable headlines a “Funguys” epic from Ian Edginton and Alan Burrows
The penultimate edition of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable is out now on Comicsy and Drivethru, featuring 46 pages of sci-fi/horror for just 69p/$0.99. Editor David Hailwood will soon bow out on this great title, which has featured some terrific… Read More ›
Aces Weekly Volume 34 launches, offering a feast of comics talent (and dragons!)
The fab digital anthology Aces Weekly Volume 34 is out now, offering a 150-page plus Summer volume of episodic comics – and it couldn’t be hotter. Just £1 per week, in any currency, gets you this volume, plus all following… Read More ›