The Latest From comiXology Submit – 5/08/13

Posted on May 8th, 2013 - 16:19 PM by

Craving some awesome indie-comic action this week? You know comiXology has you covered! From award-winning creator-owned comics to the latest and greatest of the small press it’s all available here thanks to comiXology Submit and this week we’re delivering even more of the comics you crave, from some of the freshest creators around. With seven brand spank’n new titles ready to rock your reading list this week and over 100 recently added comic books and graphic novels waiting to be discovered, we’re pretty sure we’ve got your next favorite comic somewhere in the mix, all that’s missing is you!

So what are you waiting for? Check out the new titles below then join the fun over on TwitterFacebook and Google Plus today!

30 Días con Camilo
Written by Juampa Camarda
Drawn by Juampa Camarda
Language: Spanish
Age Rating: 17+
Page: 37, SRP: $0.99

Camilo es un personaje creado por Juan Pablo Camarda y fue publicado a lo largo de todo el mes de julio del 2009 en el blog colectivo “El Librito”.

Bikini Cowboy
Written by Fresherluke
Drawn by Fresherluke
Language: English
Age Rating: 9+
Pages: 377, SRP: $5.99

Set in the 1800′s american frontier, a woman wearing nothing but a hat, surfboard and Bikini by the name of Whisky Jill must protect a young boy with innate abilities that his original captors seek to exploit.Together they go on a spiritual journey that shows both the light and dark sides of humanity, as well as attain enlightenment.

City of Mith #1
Written by Larry Ridlen, Apollo Villa-Real
Drawn by Chandar Wilson
Language: English
Age Rating: 12+
Pages: 30, SRP: $2.99

What would you do if you woke up from a coma with amnesia and everyone around you had superhuman powers… except you? Welcome to the life of Detective Mith.

Dead Horse Vol. 1: Dead Birds
Written by Eric Grissom
Drawn by Phil Sloan
Language: English
Age Rating: 15+
Pages: 184, SRP: $9.99

Collects Deadhorse: Dead Birds #1-6 and includes character sketches, pinups, deleted pages, and more.William Pike is a reclusive shut in who comes into possession of a powerful key and becomes the target of an evil industrialist. When Pike learns the key may help solve the mystery behind his father’s death, he embarks on a journey into the farthest reaches of Alaska while being pursued by a man in a plastic ape mask.

Death to the Sky Pirates! #1
Written by David Lee Smith
Drawn by David Lee Smith
Language: English
Age Rating: 12+
Pages: 24, SRP: $0.99

The sky pirates are ambushed by Britannia and Germania forces.

The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West #1
Written by Tom Hutchison
Drawn by Alisson Borges
Language: English
Age Rating: 12+
Pages: 44, SRP: $1.99

Take a trip over the rainbow to Oz as you’ve never seen it before. Dorothy “Gale” is a tough as nails cow-girl trapped in our wild-west version of the land of Oz. Follow Gale, Toto the horse of course, and a host of familiar companions as they make their way to the Emerald City on a quest to find the Wizard who claims to have the power to send Gale back to Kansas. Issue #1 of the hit mini-series which launched this fan favorite comic book title!

Lloyd and the Bear #1
Written by Gibson
Drawn by Gibson
Language: English
Age Rating: 9+
Pages: 28, SRP: $1.99

Lloyd and his teddy bear are kidnapped by an alien race and end up in outer space and that all happens in only the first few pages! You won’t believe what happens next!

The Man Called A-X #3: Self Discovery
Written by Marv Wolfman
Drawn by Shawn McManus
Language: English
Age Rating: 15+
Pages: 22, SRP: $0.99

Tensions rise between the families in the inner circle; A-8 has imprisoned Liz Watkins to lure The Man Called A-X into a trap. A-X finally views the information that could hold his very name, but first he must find Liz before she’s murdered.

Moth City #2
Written by Tim Gibson
Drawn by Tim Gibson
Language: English
Age Rating: 15+
Pages: 210, SRP: $1.99

“The perfect distillation of a classic and mythic era of comics.” Greg Broadmore
McCaw chases the bio-weapon and the man who stole it through the crumbling streets of Moth City, his daughter does strange things to a corpse, and Major Hong levels an ultimatum at the Governor when the plot thickens in this exciting installment of Moth City.

Nowhere Man Vol. 1.1: You Don’t Know Jack
Written by Jerome S Walford
Drawn by Jerome S Walford
Language: English
Age Rating: 15+
Pages: 37, SRP: $4.99

Haunted by his father’s death, NYPD detective, Jack Maguire tries to prove himself by passionately pursuing a lead in a tough case for his department. His action places his life at risk, but Jack has a few tricks on hand.

Our Super Mom #1: One of those days
Written by Scott Allan Bachmann
Drawn by Scott D.M. Simmons
Language: English
Age Rating: 9+
Pages: 23, SRP: $0.99

Liza Lang-Ramiro retired from being the hero Paragon to raise her children. Her husband Leon is a famous novelist. Daughter Gail is in elementary school. Son Markie is in Kindergarten. It’s all fairly normal until the kids show signs of gifted abilities.

Poop Office #1
Written by Ben Pooped
Drawn by Ben Pooped
Language: English
Age Rating: All Ages
Pages: 23, SRP: $2.99

Do you have a crappy job? Poopert sure does! He works at Poop Office, an office staffed entirely by poop! Find out what the job interview was like. Learn what happens when Fecelia burns popcorn in the kitchen microwave. And get ready for a visit from Dumperly’s new baby!Exclusively available digitally in COLOR and HIGH RESOLUTION! Includes Poop Office 0 and 1-11, Shorts 1-24, and the Poop Office Fumetti, a photo comic featuring real (dog) poop!

Silly Kingdom #1: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday
Written by Steven Shanahan
Drawn by Katie Shanahan
Language: English
Age Rating: 9+
Pages: 44, SRP: $0.99

It’s the grumpy old kingdom-wizard’s 211th birthday. Normally this would be no big deal (as no one likes him), but THIS generation of young royals will change all that by throwing him a special surprise party. However, when the birthday boy discovers their plot, things take a turn for the explosive, in this fantasy-comedy suitable for all readers.


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Alternative Comics & ComiXology Announce Digital Distribution Agreement

Posted on May 8th, 2013 - 15:33 PM by

For Immediate Release:

ALTERNATIVE COMICS & COMIXOLOGY
ANNOUNCE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Key titles from creators Sam Henderson, Steve Cerio and Karl Stevens released today!

May 8, 2013 – Cupertino, CA / New York, NY – ComiXology and Alternative Comics announced today that the long-time independent publisher Alternative Comics has entered into an all-new digital distribution agreement with comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across the iPhoneiPad, AndroidKindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.

Independent comic fans will be reading Alternative Comics in an all new dynamic way with comiXology’s cinematic Guided View™ technology. iPad with Retina display users will experience every fine detail of indie comics with comiXology’s high definition format dubbed CMX-HD!

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To celebrate the announcement, Alternative Comics is releasing five titles on the comiXology platform from independent comic luminaries, including Karl Stevens’s Failure, Steve Cerio’s Pie, Sam Henderson’s Magic Whistle series including the Humor Can Be Funny collection and 2012’s twelfth issue of the long running humor comic.

“Alternative Comics has an extensive, hilarious and thought-provoking catalog of work by tremendous independent creators and we’re excited to be able to share these stories worldwide on comiXology,” said comiXology’s co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “Now fans and newcomers alike will be able to get access to these great titles and experience them in a whole new way with our Guided View reading technology.”

“Making Alternative Comics available digitally on comiXology is a big step for us that we are truly excited to take,” said Alternative Comics General Manager Marc Arsenault. “Bringing high-quality independently created comics to a larger readership has always been our mission and having our extensive back list and all of our new books available through comiXology will give a whole new generation of comic fans access to our catalog.”

Here’s a full list of the Alternative Comics titles debuting today across the comiXology platform:

Failure GN by Karl Stevens
Humor Can Be Funny (Magic Whistle) GN by Sam Henderson
Magic Whistle #7 by Sam Henderson
Magic Whistle #12 by Sam Henderson
Pie #1 by Steven Cerio

Future digital releases from Alternative Comics include their first day-and-date release Alternative Comics #4, coming June 26, 2013. The all-ages graphic novel Peanut Butter & Jeremy’s Best Book Ever, by 2012 Eisner Award winning creator James Kochalka (Dragon Puncher, Johnny Boo), is also scheduled to debut digitally this year.

Alternative Comics is an independent comic book publisher with an extensive back catalog of humor, satirical and original creator-owned titles. Jeff Mason ran the company from 1993 until 2008, and it was re-launched in June 2012 by industry veteran Marc Arsenault.

About comiXology
Founded in 2007, comiXology revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping comiXology become one of iTunes’ top 10-grossing iPad apps in 2011 and 2012.  Its new comiXology Submit platform enables independent comics creators to efficiently self-publish and immediately profit from their work.  Offering the broadest library of comic book content from the top 75 publishers, plus leading and emerging independent creators, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. The privately held company is based in Gotham City. For more information visit www.comixology.com.

About Alternative Comics
Alternative Comics is an independent publisher of creator-owned graphic novels and comic books based in Cupertino, California. The company was founded by Jeff Mason in Gainesville, Florida in 1993. Alternative Comics’ creators and books have been nominated for and won multiple comics and publishing industry awards. Alternative Comics’ publications are distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors, Inc. and Last Gasp.


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Amelia Cole and the Half-Price Sale!

Posted on May 7th, 2013 - 12:47 PM by

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The Hidden War is on the Horizon and it’s the perfect time to catch-up on Monkeybrain Comics smash-hit series Amelia Cole and The Unkown World!

Amelia Cole lives in two worlds — literally. One runs on magic, the other built on technology. When the barriers between those worlds start to break down, Amelia and her aunt Dani must take extreme action. It’s the start of whole new world in adventure, magic, and excitement as Amelia Cole steps forward to do what she knows it right, even when the consequences might be wrong. Written by Eisner and Harvey award winners Adam P. Knave & D.J. Kirkbride, drawn by Nick Brokenshire, and lettered by Rachel Deering.

Join the fight before Amelia Cole and The Hidden War hits comiXology tomorrow with half-price issues from now until 11pm EST Thursday!


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ComiXology New Releases For the Week of April May 6th, 2013

Posted on May 6th, 2013 - 16:35 PM by

Get ready, the often tentative yet never disappointing comiXology release list is here! We’ve got a lot of new digital comics heading your way with major releases on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and even Saturday this week! That’s right everyday is new comics day at comiXology! With more new Digital Firsts releases each week as well as Same Day as Print and classic back issues for everybody! Be sure to let us know what you’re most looking forward to on TwitterFacebook or even Google Plus.

New Digital First Comics for Monday, May 6th

Digital First

DC Comics

Adventures of Superman #2

New and Noteworthy Back Catalogue

Archie

Sonic The Hedgehog Mini Series #0 – 3
Sonic The Hedgehog #59 – 75

New Digital First Comics for Tuesday, May 7th

Digital First

DC Comics

Injustice #17

New and Noteworthy Back Catalogue

Marvel

Avengers #125
Daredevil #105 – 107
Darkhawk #1 – 9
Incredible Hulk #449
Marvel Feature #12
Spider-Man #6 -14
Spider-Man Team-up #7
Thuderbolts #1 – 5
Thunderbolts Annual 1997 #1

New Digital First Comics for Wednesday, May 8th

Digital First

DC Comics

Arrow #31

Alterna

Noctua #1

Archaia

Siegfried Vol. 2: The Valkarie #1
Strange Attractors Vol. 1 GN

Asylum

Fearless Dawn’s Strange Battle Tales Vol. 1
Trenchcoats, Cigarettes And Shotguns Vol. 1

Dynamite

Warriors: Jailbreak #2 – 4

IDW

Transformers: Monstrosity #6

Kid Beowulf

Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath #3

Blind Ferret

Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law: The Blade Itself #2

Monkeybrain

Amelia Cole and the Hidden War #1
Artful Daggers #3

Th3rd World

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones #5

Same-Day-As-Print

Abrams

Legends of the Blues GN
Will & Whit GN
Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce GN

Alternative

Failure

Andrews McMeel

My Dog: The Paradox: A Lovable Discourse about Man’s Best Friend

Archie

Mega Man #25
Jughead Double Digest #192
Archie and Friends Double Digest #27
Life With Archie #29
Archie Marries Betty #29
Archie Marries Veronica #29
Jinx Vol. 2: Little Miss Steps

Aspen

Legend of the Shadow Clan #4
Executive Assistant: Assassins #10

BOOM! Studios

Bravest Warriors #8
Supurbia #7

DC Comics

Batman #20
Batman & Robin #20
Constantine #3
Deathstroke #20
Demon Knights #20
Green Lantern Corps #20
Justice League of America #3
Katana #4
Suicide Squad #20
Superboy #20
Team 7 #8
Ravagers, The #12
Threshold #5

Dynamite

Warlord Of Mars #24
Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris #25
Dark Shadows #16
Vampirella #29
Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: The Fall And Rise Of Anna Kharkhova – Part 3 #6
Damsels: Mermaids #1 – Digital Exclusives Edition #1
Grimm #1 – Digital Exclusives Edition #1
Red Sonja: Annual #4
Jim Butchers Dresden Files Ghoul Goblin #4

IDW

Star Trek #20
Fever Ridge: A Tale of MacArthur’s Jungle War #3
Transformers: Regeneration One #91
Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #4

Image

Chin Music #1
Comeback GN
Prophet #35
Storm Dogs #5
Thief Of Thieves Vol. 2 Collected Edition
Walking Dead #110
Witchblade #166

Marvel

Castle: A Calm Before Storm #5
Avengers #11
Avengers Arena #9
AVX Companion Book Collected Edition
Deadpool #9
Fearless Defenders #4
Secret Avengers #4
Thor: God Of Thunder #8
Uncanny Avengers #8
Uncanny X-Force #4
Wolverine #3
Alpha: Big Time #4
Astonishing X-Men #62
Avengers Assemble #15au
Avenging Spider-Man #20
Iron Man #258.2
Ultimate Comics Ultimates #24

Papercutz

Benny Breakiron Vol. 1: The Red Taxis

Red 5

Atomic Robo Free Comic Book Day 2013

Teshkeel

The 99 #31
The 99 (Arabic Version) #31

Top Shelf

We Can Fix It GN

Valiant

Archer & Armstrong (2012) #0
Harbinger (2012) #12

Zenescope

Robyn Hood Wanted #1

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Big Dog Ink.

The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West Vol. 1

Flying Whities

Moth City #2

Forward Comix

Nowhere Man Vol. 1.1: You Don’t Know Jack

Frankenstein’s Daughter

Deadhorse Vol. 1 #1

Fresherluke

Bikini Cowboy Vol. 1

juampa camarda

30 días con Camilo

Lloyd and the Bear

Lloyd and the Bear Vol.1 #1

Mass Transit Comics

Death to the Sky Pirates Vol. 1 #1

Naked Grape Comics

Poop Office #1

Ruxunn

City of Mith #1

Scottcomics

Our Super Mom Vol. 1 #1

Shanahanigans

Silly Kingdom Vol. 1 #1

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The ComiXologist Episode #130 – “Are We Booming Something?”

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 - 14:41 PM by

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Jake & Slim chat with Allison Strejlau of Regular Show about new books, some Golden Oldies, and talk and Next Show to Turn into a Comic Tweets of DOOM!!

Setlist goes something like this:

 


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The Invincible Iron Man Weekend Sale

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 - 13:28 PM by

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The Marvel  Motion Picture Event of the summer is here! This weekend it’s all about Iron Man as Iron Man 3 blasts into theaters and to celebrate we’re having a weekend long sale on over 50 issues of The Invincible Iron Man right now!

We’re talking modern day classics like Extremis and World’s Most Wanted plus epic crossover tie-ins from Civil War and Dark Reign! It’s a great time to be an Iron Fan! So suit up on half-price comics before you head out to wait in line at the movie theater, just remember to turn your phone off before the trailers start, your comic will be waiting for you.

 

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The ComiXologist #129 – An Interview With Sean E. Williams On Fairest

Posted on May 1st, 2013 - 10:19 AM by

Slim sat down LIVE in person with Sean E. Williams at C2E2 this past weekend to talk about trade-waiting, Fabletown, standing desks, and what he’s reading!

Setlist goes something like this:

  • (00:50) – DO NOT TRADE WAIT on Fairest
  • (02:25) – Drafting ahead
  • (02:45) – Fabletown
  • (04:30) – From Hollywood to Comics
  • (05:15) – Standing Desks
  • (07:15) – Artful Daggers
  • (09:15) – What is Sean reading right now?


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ComiXology New Releases For the Week of April 29th, 2013

Posted on April 30th, 2013 - 14:47 PM by

Get ready, the often tentative yet never disappointing comiXology release list is here! We’ve got a lot of new digital comics heading your way with major releases on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and even Saturday this week! That’s right everyday is new comics day at comiXology! With more new Digital Firsts releases each week as well as Same Day as Print and classic back issues for everybody! Be sure to let us know what you’re most looking forward to on TwitterFacebook or even Google Plus.

New Digital First Comics for Monday, April 29th

Digital First

DC Comics

Adventures of Superman #1

New and Noteworthy Back Catalogue

Archie

Sonic the Hedgehog #41 – 54

New Digital First Comics for Tuesday, April 30th

Digital First

DC Comics

Injustice #16

Image

G-Man: Coming Home #5

New and Noteworthy Back Catalogue

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #47
Avengers Annual #7
Captain Marvel #25 – 33
Iron Man #55
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
Warlock #9 – 15
Captain America #328
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #9
X-Factor: Quick & The Dead #1

New Digital Comics for Wednesday, May 1st

Digital First

Alterna

Huck Finn’s Adventures in Underland #1

Archaia

Space: 1999 – Classics Remastered #9

Asylum

Zombie Terrors Vol. 1 GN
Fearless Dawn / Asylum Press Sampler Free Comic Book 2013

DC Comics

Arrow #30

Kid Beowulf

Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath #2

Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic #4

Monkeybrain

Masks and Mobsters #7
Skybreaker #2

Red 5

Seven Percent #3

NBM

Persia Blues #3

Zenescope

Family Pets #1

Same-Day-As-Print

Action Lab

Double Jumpers #4

Archie

Archie #643
Sonic the Hedgehog #248
Sonic Super Special Magazine #7
Archie Double Digest #239

Aspen

Charismagic Vol. 2 #1
Fathom Vol. 4 #9

BOOM! Studios

Polarity #2
Suicide Risk #1
The Hypernaturals #11
Garfield #13

DC Comics

Action Comics #20
Animal Man #20
Aquaman #19
Batwing #20
Detective Comics #20
Dial H #12
Earth 2 #12
Green Arrow #20
Movement, The #1
Phantom Stranger #8
Stormwatch #20
Swamp Thing #20
Worlds’ Finest #12

Dynamite Entertainment

Bionic Man #19
Sherlock Holmes Liverpool Demon #4
Red Sonja Unchained #2
Army Of Darkness #13
The Spider #11
Miss Fury #2: Digital Exclusive Edition #2
Black Bat #1: Digital Exclusive Edition #1
Vampirella Strikes #5

Fantagraphics

3 New Stories GN

IDW

Mars Attacks #10
The Colonized #2
Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #2
Joe Palooka #6
Transformers: Spotlight – Hoist One-Shot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics #10

Image

68 Jungle Jim #2
The Activity #12
Bedlam Vol. 1 GN
Blackacre #6
Blackacre GN
Epic Kill #10
G-Man Vol. 3: Coming Home GN
Graveyard Of Empires GN
Great Pacific Vol. 1 GN
Invincible Universe #2
Mice Templar IV Legend #2
Savage Dragon #187
Snapshot #4
Super Dinosaur #19
Ten Grand #1

Marvel

Age Of Ultron #7
All-New X-Men #11
Indestructible Hulk #7
Iron Man #9
Superior Spider-Man #9
X-Men Legacy #10
Hawkeye #10
Iron Man #258.1
Iron Man: The Coming Of The Melter! #1
Red She-Hulk #65
Thanos Rising #2
Ultimate Comics X-Men #26
Winter Soldier #18
X-Factor #255

Oni Press

Wasteland #44

Top Cow

Artifacts #27
Son Of Merlin #4

Valiant

Harbinger Wars #2
Shadowman (2012) #0

Vertigo

Fairest #15

The Latest From ComiXology Submit

215 Ink

Flutter Vol. 1 #1

Dead Universe Publishing

Apes “N” Capes #1

Demon Press

Speechless

Hartstrike Comics

Emo Puppy Vol. 1

Holy Cow Comics

Holy Cow Comics Vol. 1: Featuring the Mighty Wotizzit?! #1

Jon Lock Comics

Afterlife Inc. Vol. 1

Little Lemming Books

Lazarus Lemming Vol. 1

Rashad Doucet Productions

Henna Hanson Must Save Prom Vol. 1

Sequential Geek

No West to Cross #1

Sixgun Comics

Gutter Magic #1

Spilt Ink

RevolveЯ Quarterly Vol. 1 #1

Story Studios

Johnny Saturn Vol. 1

Wonderworx

The Man Called A-X Vol. 2 #2

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What’s On Tap From ComiXology Submit This Week: 4/30

Posted on April 30th, 2013 - 10:57 AM by

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Looking for sensational indie-comics to add your digital comics collection? Look no further than the latest from comiXology Submit! We’ve got a fresh slew of new and creative independent comics coming your way tomorrow. Check out the list below and get ready the next batch of releases from comiXology Submit!

215 Ink

Flutter Vol. 1 #1

Dead Universe Publishing

Apes “N” Capes #1

Demon Press

Speechless

Hartstrike Comics

Emo Puppy Vol. 1

Holy Cow Comics

Holy Cow Comics Vol. 1: Featuring the Mighty Wotizzit?! #1

Jon Lock Comics

Afterlife Inc. Vol. 1

Little Lemming Books

Lazarus Lemming Vol. 1

Rashad Doucet Productions

Henna Hanson Must Save Prom Vol. 1

Sequential Geek

No West to Cross #1

Sixgun Comics

Gutter Magic #1

Spilt Ink

RevolveЯ Quarterly Vol. 1 #1

Story Studios

Johnny Saturn Vol. 1

Wonderworx

The Man Called A-X Vol. 2 #2


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The ComiXologist #128 – An Interview with Tim Gibson

Posted on April 29th, 2013 - 09:55 AM by

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Jake & Slim sat down LIVE via satellite with Tim Gibson about Moth City, digital firsts, web comics, film inspirations, and what he’s reading!

Setlist goes something like this:

  • (00:50) – Why digital first?
  • (03:13) – Unity
  • (03:23) – Moving towards a web comic first
  • (05:51) – Justify a print run first
  • (08:15) – Film inspirations
  • (10:15) – Funding for comics
  • (14:15) – What is Tim reading right now?


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