DC Thomson has just launched its revamp of The Beano, across all aspects of the title including the comic – still sold in all good newsagents- and digital world. Here’s the details in full from Beano Studios… however, there’s no information… Read More ›
Digital Comics
Looking Forward, Looking Back: ICv2 Interviews Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson on the Comics Business Past and Present
ICv2 – a web site geared more toward the business side of comic retailing – recently caught up with Dark Horse Comics founder and CEO Mike Richardson to get his reflections on 30 years in the comics industry. In Part… Read More ›
Europe Comics Invades London! (with help from Pat Mills, Posy Simmonds, Paul Gravett and others)
This month, Europe Comics will be travelling to London with various events scheduled all across the capital featuring a host of comic creators, including Pat Mills, Chris Riddell, Sarah McIntyre, Mike Medaglia and Posy Simmonds. Working in association with Comica London, they’ll be participating in… Read More ›
Call for Papers: special Digital Comics issue of “Networking Knowledge” planned
A Call for Papers has just been announced for Digital Comics, a special-themed issue of Networking Knowledge, the journal of the MeCCSAPostGraduate Network. MeCCSA is the subject association that represents all who teach or research in Higher Education in media, communications and cultural studies,… Read More ›
Egmont gives Charley’s War away for free!
To celebrate the launch of Egmont UK’s new Classic Comics website, they’re giving away digital editions of Part One of Charley’s War and Volume 1 of Roy of the Rovers for free for a limited time on the iTunes store… Read More ›
Egmont expands its digital collections with Misty, Battle and Scream stories
Egmont UK’s Classic Comics imprint was created to re-publish the wealth of classic comics in their archive. Four volumes of Roy the Rovers kicked off their e-comic publishing in June this year – and now they have announced the launch… Read More ›
Vampire Chiller joins ROK Comics
Check out this digital vampire comic by Rodrigo Diaz Ricci
New ways to order comics?
With 2000AD going digital, here’s another interesting use of new technology.
Is there such a thing as a free comic?
I’ve just been sent an email by wowio, an ad-based service offering downloadable e-books – including comics from UK publisher Markosia and others. It all sounds fine and dandy but the stumbling block came when I tried it out, only… Read More ›
New technology may be changing the human brain
Thought-provoking article in The Guardian yesterday (and even more thought-provoking responses from readers) about expert warnings about the potential impact of digital communication on how people think and learn: is technology changing our brains? Could digital comics be warping out… Read More ›