DC Comics have released this weeks digital comics – the spotlight this week is Superman Unchained #1
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Here are this weeks digital comics available from DC Comics – the spotlight this week falls on Green Lantern #21
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Interesting news from DC where they have already been producing digital first titles like Arrow and Injustice!
Super Hero Worthy Digital Reading Enhancements Debut at Time Warner’s ‘Future of Storytelling’ Exhibition
New York, NY – June 4, 2013 – DC Entertainment, the most prolific digital comic book publisher, unveiled two new digital innovations today that will take its comics to the next level of interactivity. DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson and Co-Publisher Jim Lee unveiled DC2and DC2 Multiverseat the opening of Time Warner’s “The Future of Storytelling” exhibition at the Time Warner Medialabin New York.
DC2is a new initiative that layers dynamic artwork onto digital comic panels, adding a new level of dimension to digital storytelling. DC2 Multiverse technology allows readers to determine a specific story outcome by selecting individual characters, storylines and plot developments while reading the comic, meaning one chapter of a digital comic has dozens of possible story outcomes.
“Since we made the game changing decision to go Same-Day-Digital with the launch of DC COMICS – THE NEW 52, we very strategically built our digital business to have the broadest distribution and most extensive Digital-First content line-up, and now we’re at the forefront of innovation,” stated Nelson. “DC2and DC2 Multiverse leverages technology to make iconic characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Green Lantern even more relevant through highly interactive storytelling.”
DC2 will first appear in the highly-anticipated new Digital-First title BATMAN ’66, based on the popular 1960s television show, and the dynamic artwork features will bring the show’s action and retro attitude to life for comic readers. Readers will experience an expanded storytelling canvas as each comic panel tells a multi-dimensional story through layered artwork and sequences.
Digital-First title BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS, based on the upcoming video game from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, will be the first to showcase DC2 Multiverse. DC2 Multiverse features dynamic artwork, along with action sounds and the ability to integrate a soundtrack – all while allowing readers to determine the fate of each storyline and character, including Super Heroes and Super Villains, with multiple options and end results available in each comic chapter. Only with DC Comics’ compelling rogues gallery will fans be just as excited to see what happens to Black Mask as they are to follow Batman’s adventures.
“Digital comics have proven to be a driving force in attracting new readers, in fact, since the onset of Same-Day-Digital our print and digital sales have both risen by double and triple digits, respectively,” stated Lee. “With Digital-First titles we’ve created a successful formula of pairing comics with other media forms like TV shows and video games. Today’s announcements demonstrate how we can tie innovations that organically fit and enhance comics – for example with BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS you can choose the destiny of your character by playing the game and reading the comic.”
In addition to offering its Same-Day-Digital print line-up, DC Entertainment’s unparalleled line-up of Digital-First titles includes INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, ARROW, LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT, SMALLVILLE: SEASON 11, the BEYOND series, BATMAN: LIL’ GOTHAM and upcoming titles BATMAN ’66 and BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS. Additionally, last year DC Entertainment secured the most expansive digital distribution of all comic publishers by forging new deals with Kindle Store, iBookstore and Nook Store, in addition to its previous distribution on all comiXology platforms.
DC Comics have released this weeks comics available on iOS, Android or online. The spotlight this week is the new series – The Wake #1!
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DC Comics have released this weeks digital comics available to read online or on a iOS or Android device. The Spotlight this week is Green Lantern #20
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It’s always a great feeling when you find good comics in a place you weren’t suspecting. But as a reader, fan and journalist, I was surprised at how good the DC Comics digital titles are. But why? DC has put out great books, and continues to do so now with some of its New 52 line-up; I was also a big fan of the publisher’s previous digital-first endeavors with Zuda. Why then is it so surprising that the current crop of DC Digital is good? Then I figured it out.
First, a primer: Launched in early 2012, the DC Digital titles premiere online with weekly installments and are later collected in print. Originally consisting of just two series, Batman Beyond Unlimited and Smallville: Season 11 (both coincidentally continuations of canceled television shows), the line expanded in the fall with the anthology-style Legends of the Dark Knight, companions to the TV drama Arrow and the video game Injustice: Gods Amongst Us, and Batman: Li’l Gotham. The imprint’s most recent addition is an anthology called Adventures of Superman.
Content-wise, the DC Digital comics feature the same superhero characters as the core New 52 titles, but when reading the stories — and seeing the creators involved — it feels entirely different. It reminds me of how the then-fledgling Marvel Knights line felt within the auspices of Marvel in the late ’90s. Sure, digital imprints has DC stalwarts like Jimmy Palmoitti, Justin Gray, Jeff Lemire and Nicola Scott, but it also has Chris Samnee , Ben Templesmith, Riley Rossmo, Gabriel Hardman, Michael Avon Oeming, Jeff Parker, Chris Sprouse and others. Those are names who would be a surprising change to see on the cover of the primary DC books, but here they’re working for DC and doing great work. Sounds like a great talent pool for DC Comics to pull from, but why are they in DC Digital and not also in the main DC line?
Then I thought about why I was so surprised when I found out how good the books are. I received the press releases and read the interviews when the line launched last year, so it was floating in my head yet drowned out by the litany of books being released by DC, Marvel, Image and others. You might say I have a blind spot for reading these, but after talking with others in my field I found those journalists, bloggers and reviewers having similar feelings about the DC Digital books.
So what if it’s not a near-universal blind spot among comics news-gatherers to highlight this but something in the delivery? I’m not talking about the method to obtain these — digitally or in their latter print editions — but rather about the promotion of these by DC to a similar level as the print-specific titles. Marvel is in the middle of promoting its Infinite Comics format with the Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comics title, but that publisher too has been guilty of over-delivering on great digital comics while under-promoting those same efforts. In 2008, Marvel did a series of digital-first one-off stories including a great tale by Jason Aaron and Richard Isanove covering the Native American hero American Eagle, but those came and went with little fanfare and little promotion past the initial launch.
So turning back to look at DC Digital, I have to say that these stories are some of the best coming out of the company right now. Although produced and distributed relatively under the radar, they’re ideal books for comics fans who are looking for something different than what DC is currently offering as a line, or just for someone who wants great comics. Now if only the DC print line would learn some lessons from what’s going on at DC Digital.
DC Comics have released their digital comics available online, on iOS and Android devices!
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DC Comics and Comixology have a Green Arrow sale now on!
| Green Arrow Sale! Get Digital Comics for only $.99 each! |
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DC Comics have released this weeks digital comics available this week. They are available online on iOS and Android.The spotlight this week is Green Lantern Corps #20
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DC Comics have released their latest comics available this week on iOS, Android and on the web!
The spotlight this week is The Movement #1
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DC Comics have released this weeks digital comics available online, on iOS and Android. The spotlight this week is Batman Inc!
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DC Comics have released this weeks digital comics. The spotlight this week is the return of He-Man!
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DC Comics and Comixology have a 3-day sale on Justice League!
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Fresh off leaving Vertigo and joining the New DCU – Comixology have a 7-day sale on Hellblazer!
This sale covers:
- Jamie Delano Era
- Garth Ennis Era
- Paul Jenkins Era
- Warren Ellis Era
- Brian Azzarello Era
- Mike Carey Era
- Denise Mina Era
- Andy Diggle Era
- Peter Milligan Era
Thats 300 issues!
