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Mark Waid Demos New Digital Comics Concept

February 22nd, 2012 · digital comics

I don’t cover digital comics as much as I should, but I do like to keep an eye out for new ideas.

Mark Waid posted this video yesterday on InMediaRes. In case you’re not familiar with Mark, for some time now he has been leading a team of artists in developing new digital comic ideas.

The demo below is one example. As you can see, it’s designed to work with a landscape view, not the portrait view of most paper comics. [Read more →]

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In a computer very near you, a short time ago…

July 24th, 2011 · digital comics

Dark Horse Digital Comics announced on Friday that they’ve released the first Star Wars digital comics. 50 titles are available on launch. They also plan to release a mix of new and backlist titles each week from a variety of series.

Most single issue titles are priced at $2, with a handful priced at $1 as well as several free issues to whet your appetite. On a related note, the Star Wars novels also went digital a few weeks back; they’re published by Random house and should be available in most ebookstores.

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