British indie publisher Orang Utan Comics Studio have made their move into the realm of digital publishing with the launch of their highly anticipated sci-fi action/adventure series Young Gods for free online. The Young Gods series, which sees a team… Read More ›
Digital Comics
Including web comics and titles release for tablets.
Tube Surfing: 28 October 2008
• Voting is now open for the 2008 podcast awards (www.podcastawards.com) and comics podcast Geek Syndicate has been nominated in the best entertainment category, which is great nes — the team there have done a brilliant job of promoting British… Read More ›
Temple Digital Showcase launched
The first edition of British Amateur Press Association group The Temple’s digital showcase is now available online from their web site to download as a free PDF. The 36 page magazine contains contributions from 10 members, including the likes of… Read More ›
Holden and Ewing’s Eye Candy Project Now on Sale
Paul Holden and Al Ewing’s Eye Candy comic – the world’s first comic for kids for the iphone (mentioned earlier this week) – is now on sale from the Apple Store. The first issue of the digital comic features the… Read More ›
EyeCandy iPhone Kids Comic
… an idea which speaks for itself from Paul J. Holden after his content problems with Murderdrome, so let’s let him do the talking about his new iphone app, EyeCandy, available from the iApps Store soon for 99 cents. •… Read More ›
End of the Road for Flick and Jube
Simon Mackie’s ace Flick and Jube web comic, published over on DrunkDuck (along with several more of his comics such as Dr Ballard The Golem Rises and Bikini Blow Up, is finally complete. “Now to try and find a publisher,”… Read More ›
ROK Comics Now Free
Marking a major change in its distribution model almost all the comics on the comics-to-mobile service ROK Comics (www.rokcomics.com) are now Free To View on the web. After experimenting with various sales techniques since its launch last year, ROK Comics… Read More ›
New Chernobyl-inspired Game goes on sale
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, a nifty looking First Person Shooter inspired by the 2007 Shadow of Chernobyl release, should now be on sale in your local games shops from Koch Media — and we liked the imagery so much we decided… Read More ›
Elephantmen Joins Clickwheel
ipod comic publisher Clickwheel has announced a new addition to its premium roster with the arrival of top British creator Richard Starkings’ Elephantmen. True to its Sci-Fi themes, Elephantmen and Starkings are eager to help Clickwheel, which is owned by… Read More ›
Complicated Chrome Comic from McCloud
(with thanks to Leon Hewitt): This comic by Understanding Comics author Scott McCloud certainly won’t be for everyone, but it’s great to see comics being used in a way to explain the workings of a new product — in this… Read More ›
The Return of Garth
Earlier this month, after a long gestation period, adventure hero Garth returned to British newspaper The Mirror – albeit, for now, only on the publication’s web site. Now, in an exclusive interview for downthetubes, artist Huw-J of Hayena Studios talks… Read More ›
Mission:Impossible Mobile Comic in Development
Mobile comic creator and Singapore-based marketing and brand development company Omnitoons has announced that they are co-developing “Manga-styled” mobile comics that will be based on Paramount Pictures’ films, in partnership with Paramount Digital Entertainment. The new mobile comics will be… Read More ›
More Comics on iphone
Owners of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices have been downloading millions of games, utilities, books, and tools from Apple’s recently launched iTunes App Store. Now, starting later this year millions of iPhone/iPod Touch owners will have the opportunity to… Read More ›
Temple APA Seeks Contributors
The Temple APA, one of Britain’s longest-running amateur comics communities (which has several professional-standard creators in its midst!) is looking for writers and artists to contribute to the new digital version of the Temple. The new version will be a… Read More ›
MGM Options British online comic for TV series
Seizing an opportunity to leverage the current wave of popularity and notoriety surrounding the new digital graphic novel sensation The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, MGM Domestic Television Distribution has acquired an option to develop the Factory Publishing property created,… Read More ›
Garth Returns!
Sneaked onto the Daily Mirror web site with very little publicity is something pretty momentous for British comics fans — the return of the adventure strip Garth! Artist Huw-J called us earlier last week to tell us of its long-awaited… Read More ›
Eleventh Hour Vol 1 hits WOWIO!
Eleventh Hour Volume 1, the latest installment in the Eagle Award Nominated anthology series produced by Orang Utan Comics Studio and published by AAM/Markosia has joined the digital revolution in comics this week. The full 80-page trade paperback is now… Read More ›
Digital Publisher Relaunches
US publisher Platinum Studios has announced the global relaunch of the ad-funded e-book distribution service WOWIO (www.WOWIO.com), which was recently acquired by the company that also runs the web comics portal DrunkDuck.com. WOWIO was founded with the vision of giving… Read More ›
New Online Kids Comic Launches
A Birmingham-based company has launched Taymai Comic+, a new online comic which its makers hope will enable which enable the owners of new and existing characters to build fan bases by using the internet. Described as the first ever internet… Read More ›
Online Comic Creator Tools
I posted this list of Online Comic Creator Tools on the ROK Comics Creator Forum some time ago, but I think it may well be of interest to folks here… I’ve been having a dig around on the Internet and… Read More ›