Spectra Magazine recently named NIGHT OWLS and DEADLY among the top 10 best non-superhero comics for the iPad (other titles mentioned include Vertigo’s Y The Last Man and a Boom!’s excellent adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). Check out the rest of this very detailed list and sweep up all the titles on the Comixology site — less paper, less hoarding, more satisfaction.

Dan DiDio is planning to see print and digital crosspromotions, with download codes for the digital copy printed inside the print copy of various comics and collections.

This is going to be one of the ways to go, to cross promote digital and print – they can both work hand in hand without upsetting the balance!

The strange things about this are twofold.

1- Why these three options? These issues a pretty much half way through Garth Ennis’s run in the series. Why not start at #1 onwards? New readers won’t be very inclined to read these!

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Discussing the effect of digital comics on the general market, everyone seemed more optimistic. Steinberger talked about going around to the various conventions and trade shows earlier in the year to allay people’s fears of digital comics. What he’s noticed is the opposite. He’s heard stories of someone going to a local comic shop and buying every Walking Dead trade because they’d read part of it on their site.

Chip Mosher seemed to think the market would ultimately decide whether digital comics had a future or not. Right now, everyone is trying a bunch of different things and seeing what works. He didn’t think that was a bad approach necessarily, but it would take awhile to coalesce.

Mosher also went on an interesting tangent on comics reading. Best estimates right now have regular month-to-month comics readers at around 300,000. Comics aren’t sold in the corner drug store or 7-11 anymore, so they’re not as ubiquitous. Aside from television, there aren’t that many examples of serialized stories these days. Serialized novels are fairly rare, aside from Stephen King’s more recent experiments. So new comics readers frequently don’t have a frame of reference.

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Next week Zuda are releasing Blood Hunter #1, which I assume will be free!

The Night Owls (along with our other illustrious issues) are back on sale this week from Zuda via the PSP, DC Comics and Comics apps:

THE HAMMER #2
Sam Little, Gabe Ostley, Robert Berry, Steve Steiner
Calvin’s got a little vendetta to settle with Bones Charlie: woe to anyone stupid enough to stand in his way.

Price: 99¢

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HIGH MOON #8
David Gallaher, Steve Ellis, Scott O. Brown
Tristan and Macgregor encounter Fergus and join forces to foil the diabolical plans Deidre has for the Indian reservation.

Price: 99¢

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THE NIGHT OWLS #4
Peter Timony, Bobby Timony
The Navajo Reservation, Summer of 1916. Ernie Baxter finds he’s chosen a poor time to visit – he’s enlisted to help Ikshu, his love interest’s brother, fight the terrifying Big Owl. Does Ernie stand a chance – especially without his glasses?!

Price: 99¢

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STREET CODE #3
Emmy Award Winner, Dean Haspiel
Danger lurks everywhere in the streets of Carroll Gardens–even if that danger is mostly vehicular. Jack encounters his ex-girlfriend’s ex-best friend.

Price: 99¢

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PSP Comics have released their latest digital comics at the PSP Comics Store:

Here are this week’s highlights:

• The magnificent 2004-vintage Captain America continues with the action packed 3-issue Time’s Arrow arc (#43-#45), featuring World War II flashbacks with Cap, Bucky, the Black Widow and the Human Torch. Best of all, we get the return of Batroc the Leaper! The series continues with Old Friends and Enemies featuring an old ally, Prince Namor.
• IDW’s Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy is a 5-part story based on the smash hit video game series. While Christopher Belmont celebrates his nuptials, dark forces conspire to raise Count Dracula from his unholy slumber.
• Haven is a brand new title from the Markosia stable, featuring a new kind of kick-ass heroine who single-handedly takes on the minions of the underworld. The Dante family line has been in the fires of an ancient war between humanity and the nine circles of hell for generations. As a self-proclaimed “Aristocracy”, the circles have now set their sights on the one chosen to fight the raging war …Haven Irena Dante. But soon after the tragic death of her mother, Haven endures the vile theft of her innocence and disappears. No one has seen or heard from her in two years. Until now…To find out more about this fascinating series, keep tuned to www.playstationcomics.com for an in-depth interview with writer Lenny Ramirez. Lenny is a regular contributor to our Digital Comics forum discussions, along with many other creators – why not join them?
• Second issues of Starcraft, Jeff Smith’s award-winning Bone, his stark sci-fi series RASL, Zuda’sThe Hammer and Markosia’s brilliant Raising Amy are now available.

Here is the complete list, in alphabetical order:

2000AD Prog #1695 2000AD
The Authority #8 DC Comics
Bone #2 Cartoon Books
Captain America (2004) #43-#48 Marvel
Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy #1-#5 IDW
DMZ #20 DC Comics
Ex Machina #7 DC Comics
Fables #22 DC Comics
Gen13 #28 DC Comics
Green Lantern: No Fear #4 DC Comics
The Hammer #2 DC Comics
Haven #1-#4 Markosia
High Moon #8 DC Comics
Jonah Hex #20 DC Comics
Kane & Lynch #1 DC Comics
The Lexian Chronicles #12 Markosia
Mickey Mouse and the River of Time #1 & #2 Disney Digicomics
Monsters, Inc Disney Digicomics
Night Owls #4 DC Comics
Planetary #9 DC Comics
Raising Amy #2 Markosia
RASL #2 Cartoon Books
Sonic Universe #5 & #6 Archie Comics
Starcraft #2 DC Comics
Stormwatch PHD #20 DC Comics
Street Code #3 DC Comics
Superduck #16 Disney Digicomics
Transformers #9 IDW
Welcome to Tranquility #1 DC Comics
Wildcats #8 DC Comics
Y: The Last Man DC Comics

DC Comics have released a list of what is available from the Comixology, DC and PSP comics apps this week over all their imprints:

DC Comics:

DC Universe Issues On Sale September 1st via comiXology and the DC Comics App:

• ALL STAR SUPERMAN #11
• BATMAN #635 – Under The Red Hood, Part 1
• BATMAN #636 – Under The Red Hood, Part 2
• BATMAN #672 – Black Glove, Part 4
• GREEN ARROW #4
• GREEN ARROW #5
• GREEN LANTERN #4
• JLA #7
• JONAH HEX #20
• NIGHTWING – Two-Page Origin
• SUPERMAN/BATMAN #26

On Sale September 1st via Sony PlayStation Comics:

• GREEN LANTERN #4
• JONAH HEX #20

Vertigo Issues On Sale September 1st via comiXology and the DC Comics App:

• AMERICAN SPLENDOR #1
• AMERICAN SPLENDOR #2
• DMZ #20
• FABLES #22
• SANDMAN #11
• Y: THE LAST MAN #5

On Sale September 1st via Sony PlayStation Comics:

• DMZ #20
• FABELS #22
• Y: THE LAST MAN #5

WildStorm Issues On Sale September 1st via comiXology and the DC Comics App:

• EX MACHINA #7
• GEARS OF WAR #1
• GEARS OF WAR #2
• SUPERNATURAL: Rising Son #3
• WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #1

On Sale September 1st via Sony PlayStation Comics:

• AUTHORITY: World’s End #8
• EX MACHINA #7
• GEN13: World’s End #28
• KANE & LYNCH #1
• PLANETARY #9
• STARCRAFT #2
• STORMWATCH: World’s End #20
• WILDCATS: World’s End #8

What will I be getting?

• All Star Superman #11
• Nightwing Origin

No news from Zuda, as to what their releases will be yet!