Pearls of Digital Comics: AFTERLIFT (Chip Zdarsky, Comixology Originals)

Comixology had seven years, when it was in 2014 acquired by Amazon.In May 2016 it launched service Comixology Unlimited as the second biggest subscription service for american comic books (biggest is Marvel Unlimited). And after another two years the company started Comixology Originals, digital first comic books which are available for subscribers on the date of release.

First Comixology original comic book was Harvey Kurtzman's Marley's Ghost where they finished Kurtzman´s unfinished project and it received Eisner Awards 2018 for Best Digital Comics. Then in June 2018 started the first wave of Comixology Originals with four titles and in July they announced another seven titles. In 2019 they released more than 20 new Comixology Originals titles. One of the best was AFTERLIFT by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo.

Pearls of Digital Comics: Adventures of Superman vol. 2

Year 2011 was the breaking point for digital comics and specifically DC digital comics. First issue of New 52, Justice League #1, was the first DC issue which was released the same day in print and digitally. For 3.99$, which ose one dollar extra from regular price, you had a special bagged issue with redeemable digital code (after a few months Marvel made its first issue with free redeemable digital code). This option had only some titles but it was quite popular at the beginning. And in this year DC started digital first series tied to Batman Arkham games (very first by Paul Dini). In the beginning of 2012 then they started a few digital series and after while there was new digital issue every day (best-selling series was Smallville Season 11, but very strong sales were also Legends of Dark Knight vol. 2 and Injustice: Gods Among Us). One of these titles were Adventures of Superman vol. 2.

Pearls of Digital Comics:Jessica Jones: Blind Spot

This is a series of articles about the best titles in the history of digital comics. And this is the first article about Marvel comics on this site. House of Ideas had two big digital first initiatives - Infinite Comics and Marvel Digital Originals. This six digital chapter title started the later. It was then printed in three oversized printed issues and one TPB.

Private detective Jessica Jones was created by Brian Michael Bendis in the Marvel Max comic book Alias. Since she was a member of New and Mighty Avengers and Defenders, she had two series of her own TV Show and she married Luke Cage after being pregnant with him. Digital First series Jessica Jones: Blind Spot is starting here.

Pearls of Digital Comics: Arrowverse tie-ins

I want to look at the best things from the history of digital comics. I’m starting with Arrowverse tie-ins because this has probably most known trade paperbacks (even in Slovakia we have them, in czech translation). But this series of articles (as all this blog) will be not only about DC, I want to write abot Marvel Infinite comics and Comixology Originals later

First Arrowverse tie-in came even before the first Arrowverse TV show started. Arrow Special Edition #1 was released for guests of San Diego Comic Con in July 2012, then distributed to comics shops. It was preview of first episode plis few pages from New 52’ s Green Arrow (vol.5) #1. It wasn’t digital and you can read digitally in the first TPB of Arrow 2012 series.