The new Comixology Original Nikola Tesla tells the story of a man ahead of his time. Highlighting Tesla’s many innovations and designs, this biography from Giovanni Scarduelli and Sergio Rossi also outlines his failures, battles with fellow inventors, and eventual fall from grace.
REVIEW: Socrates is a Dense, But Riveting Look at the Philosopher’s Trial
Socrates chronicles the philosopher’s trial in 399 BC and his eventual demise. Why did Athens, the seat of democracy, condemn a man widely regarded as one of its ‘greatest citizens’?
REVIEW: Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream is a Rudimentary Introduction to the Literary Icon
Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream charts the early life of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, from her days as a youngster yearning for escape to her romance with Percy Bysshe Shelley and her eventual inspiration to write Frankenstein.
Ch-Ch-Changes! A Roundtable on Comixology’s New Look
Change is hard. But when it’s the largest platform for digital comics, it can be even harder. The long-awaited Comixology full integration with Amazon Marketplace arrived last week, removing the dedicated Comixology storefront. Now, all purchases go through Amazon’s main site, and work similarly to Kindle purchases. The main Comixology app also got a new…
Previously on Comics: Eat Shit, Jeff Bezos Part 2: The Reckoning
Well, it’s February 21st, and in the good ol’ US of A it’s Presidents’ Day, which means some of us (myself included) have the day off, and I will be spending it catching up on everything I haven’t done for all of February. So, a quick update on the Kickstarter moving to crypto thing. Kickstarter…
INTERVIEW: Ask for Mercy: A World of Disquiet Brings Richard Starkings and Abigail Jill Harding’s Monster Hunters to Apocalypse 2020
In season one of the fantasy horror comic, Ask For Mercy, mild-mannered real estate agent Mercy discovered there was far more to her potential when she is snatched into World War II to hunt Nazis and other monsters in The Key To Forever. In season two, The Heart of the Earth, the intrepid team of…
Previously On Comics: Red Flags Aren’t Festive
Hello Readers! I am the newest rookie at our Previously desk and I’m very excited to be here. But you’re not here for me, you’re here for a recap of what went on last week so let’s get down to it. Vault Comics Hires Rebecca “Tay” Taylor as Managing Editor, Creates Open Submission portal for…
Digital Reading and Reading Digitally
You are a digital reader. You’re probably reading this on a smartphone, tablet, or computer screen, but even if you were to read this off of a piece of paper, you’d still be a digital reader, because this essay was digitally mediated: typed into a word processing program before it was uploaded onto the website…
Previously On Comics: Freedom and Accessibility
Before we begin: I don’t even need to write about it. Just…look at it. It’s beautiful.
Delegates and Sci-Fi Civil Unrest
Delegates #1-4 Tina Cesa Ward and Bin Lee (Writers), Sabrina Deigert and Felipe Cunha (Artists), Leigh Walls and Doug Gabark (Colourists) ComiXology February 7, 2018 Delegates is an ongoing series that focuses on issues of what it means to be human. The series, created by Tina Cesa Ward and Bin Lee, focuses on the fictional…
How Long Is Your Pull List (Do You Have One At All?)
The humble pull list–the act of asking one’s comic shop to hold a copy of an unpublished comic for one’s own potential purchase. We began discussing them last week when we asked how our number heard of a pull list, who explained it, and in how much financial detail. This week, question two!
Amazon to Acquire comiXology
If you’re visiting the comiXology website today, you’ll see a “Message from the CEO” rotating on in the banner. After seven years of business, the message from David Steinberger announces that comiXology will become part of the Amazon family. The message also states that they will retain its identity as an Amazon subsidiary so they can continue…