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Exclusive: Oxicomics And The HTML 5 Comics Reader

Friends of 3 Million Years Oxicomics have something a little bit new…

For a while Oxicomics have been working a way to produce comics using HTML 5. These can work on iOS, Android and on Windows browsers (including IE9, Firefox and Chrome)

In addition to this you can get the following features:

  • Full Page and Panel-by-Panel reading modes
  • Supported touch gestures (where applicable) like Swipe,Pinch and Tap
  • Share to Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, StumbleUpon and all other social networks supported by AddThis

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I was lucky enough to get more information from Oxicomics CEO Morton F Thomson about the scheme:

The HTML5 Comic Reader has taken a lot of time and effort to develop and was supposed to be finished ages ago, together with a complete self-publishing platform and e-commerce site for selling digital comics. However, things don’t always turn out the way they are supposed to. So here we are, 5 months after our original launch-date, with one piece of the puzzle ready.

Right now, we have an excellent HTML5 based comics reader that will run on iOS and Android devices as well as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and IE9 on any computer running Windows, OSX or Linux. It supports touch-gestures (where applicable) as well as panel-by-panel reading mode for small screen devices.

What we don’t have – at least not yet – is a complete self-publishing platform with the e-commerce site to go with it. We have invested a lot of time and effort into this too – but unfortunately, at the end of the day, our efforts had to be discarded, and we have had to start over. We have been fortunate enough at Oxicomics to get a few developers to pitch in for free to help us develop such a system – which in turn also means that developing something like that takes time – free is after all free, and they are doing it on their spare time.

In the meantime we have decided to let as many people who want to use our reader for their comics – for free – that’s the least we can do. We originally started Oxicomics to enable storytellers to tell their story – and now, finally, we are in a position to do this. All it takes, is a little effort on your part – we have already done the hard part.

We are currently making the final changes to the HTML5 Comics Reader to enable you to start using it on your own website – for as many comics as you want. We will release an authoring tool that will create a JSON file you will have to place on your own website, together with the images that makes up the comic(s). This authoring tool allows you to create panel-by-panel mode for your comic, as well as creating everything you need to get going. You will then create an encrypted URL (to the JSON file on your server) that you will pass to the HTML5 Comics Reader each time you want to launch the reader – and the rest is taken care of.

This approach will be free for all foreseeable future.

If enough people are interested, we will look into completing that self-publishing platform and e-commerce site as well – including native apps for reading comics off-line on iOS and Android devices. Anyone who feels they have something they can contribute to this project – PLEASE get in touch with me. The same goes if you want to use the HTML5 Comics Reader for your comic.

 

This is something I am very interested in – and may well take advantage of too. Please feedback below in the comments and to Oxicomics of your thoughts and suggestions.

The new comiXology Webstore Is In Public Beta

Comixology have made some changes to their online store, which allows more sharing and searching. It’s still pretty slick – I wonder if you will be able to embed comics in the future?

We need your feedback! Check out the public beta of our new digital comics webstore and tell us what you think!

Yep – even though in the past three months we’ve launched more than 140 retailer storefronts, upgraded to a whole new 3.0 Comics by comiXology app on iOS, been preloaded on the Kindle Fire and been a Top Grossing iPad app every week the last few months (and #11 Top Grossing overall for 2011!) – we are not resting on our laurels!

The new webstore sports many eagerly-awaited features, including:

  • HTML-based shopping
  • Simple link sharing
  • Direct linking to all comics
  • Gifting a cart (not live yet, but coming!)
  • Yes, you can use the site on your iPad!

While we like the idea of moving away from Flash entirely, we honestly have not found a way that can handle our Guided View technology with the level of quality that you’ve come to expect.

That said, if you are on a mobile device that doesn’t support Flash, like the iPad, don’t fret! Purchases made on the webstore will be available on your mobile apps. You can download them for iOS, Android and, of course, find us on Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

Please help us make the new digital comics webstore the best it can be. Check out the newstore.comiXology.com and then use the Feedback link to send your thoughts! Let’s make this the best digital webstore and reader ever!

Best,

David Steinberger
Co-founder and CEO
ComiXology

DriveThruComics: Godlike, Pilot Season & More

DriveThruComics, the online comics store, have released their latest comics available for purchase and some for free!

Free Product of the Week

Free weekly productGodlike Issue #1
by Tall Tales Publishing

What’s left of the human race fights for survival on a post-apocalyptic Earth that has been decimated by petty and spiteful gods!

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Featured TitleGo, Dork. Go!
by Dork Storm Press

The Collected Dork Tower, Volume VIII

The newest Dork Tower collection is in! Collecting comic strips from the fan-favorite web site,dorktower.com, as well as Dragon Magazine, Comics Buyer’s Guide and Scrye Magazine, it’s a geeky googleplex of gigantic laughs!

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Featured TitleThe Mushroom Murders: Deaths Corridor
by Creator’s Edge Press

Delaware City was a peaceful little port town until its citizens started getting slaughtered! At the scene of each crime, all that is left is a small pile of ash and one creepy little mushroom. The police bring in two expendable detectives, Sterling Silversmith and Emerald Johnson, who are in way over their heads as they try to stop any more deaths! With ancient mysteries, demons hungering for human flesh, and an unexpected love story, the Mushroom Murders takes everything creepy and mystic about mushrooms and explodes it into an original, fast-paced, and character-driven five-issue limited series!

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Featured TitleEcho Callaway and the Knights of Lionskeep- Chapter 1
by Samsara Comics

Chapter 1 of a brand new fantasy epic for all ages. Echo Callaway and her friends Hiro and Sati live in a small town in western Maine, trying their best to navigate the lives of typical teenagers. Its only after a seemingly innocuous gift reveals an amazing possibility that they discover their world to be larger than they had ever imagined. In this oversized first chapter, the three manage to stumble into a predicament that is both wonderfully strange… and very dangerous.

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Pick of the Week

Pick of the WeekPilot Season: Theory of Everything #1
by Top Cow

PILOT SEASON RETURNS! TAKE CONTROL!Charles Witten is a brilliant scientist capable of inventing devices that will change our world. Unfortunately, most of the scientific community thinks he’s a crackpot. As does the government, until? a precision team of heist men rob a bank in Switzerland using what appears to be Witten’s dimension hopping technology. Technology that Witten designed, but never completed?Writer/director DAN CASEY and artist THOMAS NACHLIK (LAST MORTAL) deliver fast-paced, action-packed science fiction that will keep you guessing.

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Read Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors #1 For Free Online

The first volume of Gladstone’s School For World Conquerors is available in print and digitally.

To celebrate this the first issue has been posted for free online over at Tumblr.

You can read this from the beginning (read from bottom to top) here

You can get the trade over at Comixology here or at Graphicly!

 


‘Thrill Electric’ Is Coming

This is something I am really looking forward to!

Thanks to Downthetubes.net for the information

Channel 4 Education has announced details of its launch of The Thrill Electric – a 10-part enhanced comic series written by Leah Moore andJohn Reppion, designed by Emma Vieceli, illustrated by the all-female comic book studio Windflower and produced by Hat Trick Productions.

It’s a story in the Victorian era that demonstrates the extraordinary parallels between the telegraph age and the internet age.

“Teenagers may be surprised to hear that online gaming, personal messaging, cyber-bullying and online profiles are all an invention of the Victorian telegraph, not the internet,” says executive producer Jonathan Davenport. “By setting our story in the sprawling metropolis of Victorian Manchester, we are taking the concerns and issues of young people today and playing them out in an atmospheric setting that will seem both exciting and strangely familiar to our readers.”

Working with the very best names in the British comic’s industry and award-winning digital agency Littleloud, The Thrill Electric tells the story of Emily Bagley, a sassy and intelligent young woman who breaks with tradition and becomes a telegraph worker. In addition, there’s a whole host of characters to follow through the series as they tackle issues of sexual identity at a time when it was illegal to be gay; trying your best to better yourself in the face of peer pressure from gangs; the dangers of creating a false impression of who you are online; and female issues of body image and sexual inequality. And for eagle eyed readers, there’s a secret storyline hidden in the code.

The Thrill Electric is written by comic writing duo Leah Moore and John Reppion, designed by Manga aficionado Emma Vieceli, drawn by the Windflower team and produced by Tracy Beaker and Young Dracula’s Mia Jupp.

“When we discovered that the Telegraph system in the Nineteenth Century was to all intents and purposes a Victorian Internet, it really caught our imaginations,” says Leah Moore.  “A young woman could, with the right skills, join a predominantly male workforce and become part of the rapidly growing online international community.

“There is a strong resonance between the story in The Thrill Electric and the team helping to create it – lots of talented women working in a male dominated industry but rising to the surface despite that.”

The Thrill Electric tells its story in the form of an enhanced comic with layered panels and atmospheric animations and comes packed full of contextual issue-led information threaded throughout the story.

“Littleloud created the technical framework and animations, with a view to explore and push what comics can be in the digital age,” explains Darren Garrett, the agency’s Creative Director, “and how they can connect with new audiences. The technical framework we’ve built is all about exploring those possibilities and giving writers and artists tools to do this.”

Commissioning editor, Jo Twist, says, “After reading comics on the iPad, I really wanted us to transform the way you could read them online, and what the team have done is a joy to experience. This is the first use of Unity player in comics and the innovative way the narrative is combined with real historical fact, the illustration and the animations with contemporary music makes this something quite unique.”

• The Thrill Electric will be released weekly from 27th October 2011 and experienced via a bespoke comic reader available online at this address www.thethrillelectric.com and on iPod and iPhone devices. 

Boom! Studios: ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Free Online Digital Comic Book Prequel

July 13, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – A free online digital comic book prequel to Twentieth Century Fox’s epic motion picture RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, will debut in time for the picture’s release in theaters across the world on August 5. The comic, whose story is set before the events detailed in the film, presents an epic tale of two apes brutally taken from the wild and driven into a life of captivity and experimentation – a journey that will alter the fate of the world forever.

Acclaimed PLANET OF THE APES comic series writer Daryl Gregory and sensational artists Damian Couceiro (HAWKS OF OUTREMER) and Tony Parker (DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?) set the stage for… RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, the first live-action film in the history of movies to star and be told from the point of view of a sentient animal — a character with human-like qualities, who can strategize, organize and ultimately lead a revolution, and with whom audiences will experience a real emotional bond. The film was impossible to make until the technology, invented for Avatar and now advanced to a new dimension, caught up to the idea behind the movie.

A new free five page RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES digital comic book story debuts onhttp://www.apescomics.com July 13th and each Wednesday afterwards until the final 10 page epic conclusion on August 3rd, two days before the film’s release!

“It’s incredibly exciting to be a part of a new dynasty with one of the most beloved franchises of all time,” says BOOM! Studios Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ross Richie. “We’re proud to be working closely with Fox to tell a prelude story in the fantastic and story-rich world of the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. From what I’ve already read I can tell you that the online prelude will be exploding with enough excitement and surprises to whet the appetites of Apes fans new and old. Prepare for the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES with the free online prelude!”

In April BOOM! Studios announced they were publishing an all new ongoing PLANET OF THE APES comics series set in the original classic 1968 movie continuity. Subsequently, a flurry of fan interest caused a complete sell-out of PLANET OF THE APES #1, sending the seminal issue into second print even before hitting store shelves!

About Fox Filmed Entertainment
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Fox International Productions.

About BOOM! Studios
Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent, including Mark Waid’s series IRREDEEMABLE, Stan Lee’s SOLDIER ZERO, THE TRAVELER, and STARBORN (the first new series in print from the industry icon in 20 years), new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker as well as 20th Century Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and DIE HARD, Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, and The Henson Company’s FARSCAPE. BOOM!’s recently rebranded all-ages imprint, KABOOM! will see publication of PEANUTS, SPACE WARPED, Roger Langridge’s SNARKED!, Scholastic’s WORDGIRL, as well as continuing to publish fan-favorite Disney Afternoon series DARKWING DUCK, CHIP ‘N’ DALE RESCUE RANGERS, DUCKTALES along with Disney standards MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE, and WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES.

Thor Digital Comics With Burger King!

Comics Alliance are reporting that, along with the usual toys you get with your kids meals, you can get codes to read Thor Comics Online!
The comics are scripted by Brian J. L. Glass, co-creator of Image Comics’ The Mice Templar. Glass is no stranger to Thor: he wrote the five-part limited series Thor: First Thunder comic earlier this year. Art is by Ig Guara (Marvel Adventures The Avengers and the various Pet Avengers limited series). It’s well-written and gorgeously designed: although it’s aimed at younger readers, this is definitely a comic for any Thor fan young or old.

The first 22-page installment, “Valor,” follows Thor, god of mischief Loki and the warrior goddess Sif on a quest of challenge to restore Loki’s honor after he insults a blacksmith who possesses a valuable treasure. Thor’s team versus the blacksmith’s trio compete in a scavenger hunt across Asgard’s wild regions. It’s a race that will reveal not only the prizes, but true valor, skill, and wits when Thor, Sif and Loki are trapped in a forest of despair that threatens to doom their quest from the very beginning.
The adventure stresses brotherhood and teamwork – even Loki has a selfless part to play in saving his comrades, but this isn’t merely a simple story of “stand together.” Glass deftly fills in valuable back story of the rivalry between Thor and Loki, and the Thunder God’s persistent attempts to save his half-brother from the path of evil. Like the Burger King Thor toys, it’s ideal for those who enjoy both heroes and heroines: Sif has a significant role to play. Despite her failing prey to the same traps as Thor and Loki, she’s no damsel in distress but a bold and swift warrior born. Loki, however, has an ulterior secret motive — when doesn’t he?

Burger King’s digital Thor comic (available through June 19, 2011) could have been a light and insignificant throwaway story, but this is a fine tale in the veins of the best Marvel Adventures comic books. It’s a solid prequel to the movie and a great introduction to Marvel’s Asgardian gods and their mythos. A BK Kids Meal, a Thor toy, and an access code to an online Thor comic? I’m so there, Burger King.

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/02/thor-digital-comics-burger-king/#ixzz1LEPHlEiZ

Read the entire Eisner Nominated Afrodisiac online for FREE!

This just in from AdHouse Books:

The creators and publisher of Afrodisiac were very excited to learn of their Eisner nomination for Best Humor Publication. Unfortunately, the book is currently between printings. To ensure that every possible Eisner Award voter has all of the necessary information to cast their ballot in a responsible and educated manner, we have decided to put the entire book online for FREE.

So, please take a moment or two to give Afrodisiac a read. We hope you will find the experience amusing, profound, and ultimately life-changing (link to vote coming soon!). Be sure to tell your friends and family about this experience so that they may share in your joy and good fortune. And look for a new printing this Fall. — Your pals in comics, Brian, Jim and Chris

Read it here

DriveThruComics: Podcasts, Artifacts and Vatican Assassin


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Marvel Digital: Women of Marvel, Iron Man Vs Whiplash…

Marvel have released this weeks set of comics available from their Digital Unlimited series.

They have the digital exclusive of the Women of Marvel:

WOMEN OF MARVEL DIGITAL #5

WOMEN OF MARVEL DIGITAL #5

It’s the simple life in the Savage Land for Shanna: T-Rexes, survival of the fittest, and a hunky husband named Ka-Zar. But when modernity literally crash-lands into her time-warped home, will the She-Devil succumb to the temptations of the industrial age? Find out in this twisted excursion from Mary HK Choi (LADY DEADPOOL) and Nuno Plati (AVENGERS FAIRY TALES)!

The full list for this week is as follows:

MMM_Monday

November 22, 2010
X-MEN FOREVER #19
AGENTS OF ATLAS #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #626
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #135
DEADPOOL #15

November 23, 2010
NEW AVENGERS #62
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #33
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #7
DOCTOR VOODOO: AVENGER OF THE SUPERNATURAL #5
INCREDIBLE HULKS #607

November 24, 2010
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #4
DARK X-MEN #4
NEW MUTANTS #10
S.W.O.R.D. #5
UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #2

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November 25, 2010
NOVA #30
VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #4
DEADPOOL #16
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #137
IRON MAN VS. WHIPLASH #1

MMM_friday_02

November 26, 2010
TORCH #4
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #8
FANTASTIC FOUR #576
INCREDIBLE HULKS #608
IRON MAN VS. WHIPLASH #2

Drive Thru Comics: Mirabilis, Top Cow & Valentine

Online comics distributor DriveThruComics have released their latest batch of comics:

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by Fantasy Cutouts

The epic opening installment of an exciting new ongoing graphic novel adventure. The first 8 issues collect the entire Mirabilis: Winter season into one 200-page comics blockbuster, the first of four fabulous seasons that will build into an essential modern classic. Start collecting now with the FREE first issue!

The dawn of a new century. A mysterious green comet appears in the sky. As the comet draws ever nearer, strange events start to become part of everyday life. The Year of Wonders has begun.

People wake up to find a world of marvels outside their window. There’s a troll under London Bridge. Mermaids are swimming up the Mississippi. There’s a dragon trying to hatch the Taj Mahal. And every rainbow ends in a pot of gold.

Fantasy is part of the everyday world and nothing will be the same again. But fantasy is a coin with two sides, and there are also age-old nightmares waiting in the darkness to become real again.

Jack Ember is an investigator for the Royal Mythological Society. Estelle Meadowvane is the aristocratic young amateur astronomer who discovered the green comet. Their missions carry them across a world transformed by magic. On the way they’ll encounter perils and marvels, friends and foes, loyalty and betrayal. It’s a year that will change their lives forever.

The odds are stacked against Jack and Estelle. Ranged against them are witches, pterodactyls, vampires, automata, sea monsters, two-thousand-year-old sorcerers, giant babies and murderous plants. But luckily this is the one year when anyone can achieve the impossible. You just have to try a little harder.

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When one of the worst blizzards in modern history descends upon New York City, the blinding snow and wind are the least of the city’s problems. For hidden in the weather is a growing army of ravenous vampires, and humanity’s only hope lies with Vlad Tepes…

Impaler Vol 1-05
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When one of the worst blizzards in modern history descends upon New York City, the blinding snow and wind are the least of the city’s problems. For hidden in the weather is a growing army of ravenous vampires, and humanity’s only hope lies with Vlad Tepes…

Impaler Vol 1-04
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When one of the worst blizzards in modern history descends upon New York City, the blinding snow and wind are the least of the city’s problems. For hidden in the weather is a growing army of ravenous vampires, and humanity’s only hope lies with Vlad Tepes…

Wanted
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The most talked-about superhero series in ages is collected in all its blood-dripping glory! Mark Millar examines what happens when absolute power does corrupt absolutely, and everyman Wesley Gibson inherits incredible powers. Collects the entire series o…

Diety #6
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With enemies and protectors alike closing in from all sides, Jamie is finally brought into the battle.

WOWIO: Fame!, Valentine, Scramble

And here are the latest comic series available from WOWIO…..
FAME: Taylor Swift

Millions of fans, numerous Grammys, and a load of good press, Taylor Swift’s meteoric rise has given her the sweet taste of fame at a very young age. Her fans love her, radio and television adore her, and young men everywhere wish they could date her. Join us for a look at her life, from the very beginning all the way through today.


Breakneck 01

Ethan Shade was one of the most inept, third-string supervillains on Earth. But now he may be the last supervillain on Earth. During a month long war, the world’s superheroes banded together and wiped out the villains with the exception of Shade, who quickly went into hiding, fearing for his life. But he soon realized that no one was looking for him. No one was hunting him. No one seemed to know he even existed, and Shade was more than happy to let that continue.

He planned to take down one last bank, pick up a major score, and then leave the country. But the robbery doesn’t quite go as planned, and at the end, Shade had accidentally murdered a popular local superhero, and goes on the run, the target of the world’s largest manhunt.

Under the direction of the holographic version of his old mentor, the diabolical supervillain Doctor Winter, Shade tries to escape from the long arm of justice, but seeing as he’s pretty terrible at being a villain, things don’t go according to plan. As he races for his life, and accidentally compounds his crimes over and over again, Shade realizes that he’s at the center of a web of deception orchestrated by the world’s smartest evil genius, and must try to turn things around for himself before it’s too late.


SCRAMBLE!

SCRAMBLE! is the graphic novel (“comic book”) rendering of the independent movie, SCRAMBLE!

Rapunzel is the Air Traffic Controller for Central High School’s air team where students telepresently pilot giant scale World War II fighter planes in aerial combat.

Her boyfriend is an enemy spy. When Rapunzel discovers this and forgives her father for not trusting her with air team secrets she sees all her relationships more clearly and leads her school to victory.


FAME: Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart’s non-conformist style and choices of unique film roles mark her as a maverick in the industry. Through the fluke success of the Twilight Saga, Kristen has become a household name, but her definition of success is not pegged by box office numbers. Read more to learn why Kristen is suited for FAME.


Valentine: Fully Loaded (Volume One)

Meet Dana Valentine, a professional killer hired to take out a retired CIA Agent and retrieve a disc. What starts out as a routine job becomes a tumultuous series of events that takes Valentine through the political underworld of power, corruption and lies.

Action-packed pages explore the dangerous world of a hit-woman for hire and the devastating psychological after-effects of her morally questionable profession. Can violence be a force for good? Will Valentine ever be able to leave the killing game behind and have a normal life? One thing’s for sure – Valentine will break more than your heart.

In the tradition of Modesty Blaise and La Femme Nikita, VALENTINE: FULLY LOADED collects the bestselling and out-of-print comic books completely revamped and re-edited, along with a brand-new full-color story, “Plan B For Blonde”.


Valentine: Red Rain (Volume Two)

Can an assassin ever quit the business? After abandoning her profession for a clean slate at life, Valentine is asking herself this very question. Moonlighting as a waitress for a restaurant owner with the Russian mob on his back, new problems abound for Valentine as she has to choose between her friends or her freedom.

In the tradition of Modesty Blaise and La Femme Nikita, these action-packed pages explore the dangerous world of a hit-woman for hire and the devastating psychological after-effects of her morally questionable profession. Can violence be a force for good? Will Valentine ever be able to leave the killing game behind and have a normal life? One thing’s for sure – Valentine will break more than your heart.


Valentine: The Killing Moon (Volume Three)

It’s time that’s become the biggest enemy for assassin Dana Valentine. After pissing off the wrong people, Valentine is at the mercy of a Russian mob outfit known as The Red Faction.

Injected with a deadly toxin that will releases into her bloodstream in less than 36 hours, Dana has only one shot at the antidote. But before she can fix her future, she must face a past she left behind long ago….

In the tradition of Modesty Blaise and La Femme Nikita, these action-packed pages explore the dangerous world of a hit-woman for hire and the devastating psychological after-effects of her morally questionable profession. Can violence be a force for good? Will Valentine ever be able to leave the killing game behind and have a normal life? One thing’s for sure – Valentine will break more than your heart.


Pilot Season: 39 Minutes #1

Robbing a bank is easy – it’s the getaway that’s hard. The bank’s surrounded by police officers, alarms are blaring, customers and employees are screaming, and the streets are blocked off. So what’s the solution? Kill everyone in town. Created and written by William Harms (Impaler) and debuting up-and-coming artist Jerry Lando along with a cover by Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire), 39 Minutes turns the heist story on its head.


Pilot Season: The Asset #1

Finding that someone special in the modern age isn’t easy; but online dating sites promise matches based on multi-faceted personality profiles. So what happens when you meet the woman of your dreams but she turns out to be more than what she seems? Madeline would be the perfect girlfriend if it wasn’t for the fact that she’s trying to get Doug killed. Created and written by Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik (Black Diamond) and debuting up-and-coming artist David Marquez (Syndrome) along with a cover by Jenny Frison (Angel), The Asset redefines the femme fatale for the digital age.


Pilot Season: Crosshair #1

After settling into the life of loving husband and devoted father in the suburbs, a former assassin for the CIA learns he’s been brainwashed to kill the President of the United States. To his horror, Justin Weller has discovered that in less than 48 hours something or someone will trigger his suppressed program and send him into deadly and irreversible action. Weller must discover his triggering mechanism and uncover who is behind the conspiracy that will pitch the world into chaos. Created and co-written by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri (X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia) and co-writer Jeff Katz (Booster Gold) with art by Allan Jefferson (War Machine), Crosshair introduces a new kind of action comic.


Pilot Season: Forever #1

Created by Matt Hawkins and written by screenwriter Brad Ingelsby with art by Thomas Nachlik with a cover by Bagus Hutomo of IFS, Pilot Season: Forever #1 focuses on a pharmaceutical company, Longevityâ„¢, and their development of a drug that extends human life and counters the debilitating effects of aging almost indefinitely.

DC Digital Store


DC Comics have announced their own online digital reading store in conjunction with Comixology:

The all new DC DIGITAL COMICS STORE gives you access to read and download digital comics in one simple location. The Store features current titles and classic backlist, with over 800 issues online and more added every week!! Even better, the DC DIGITAL COMICS STORE is powered by comiXology and fully compatible with our iPad and iPhone App, enabling you to read and manage your digital comics online or on your device at your convenience!

To celebrate the launch of The Store, some of your all-time favorite comics are making their digital debut, including BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS,100 BULLETS and PLANETARY!

One thing I noticed was that epic series Transmetropolitan and 100 Bullets are available on the online store, but not on the app (In the UK at least!)

Marvel Digital: Enchantress and this weeks comics

Marvel have released a new batch of comics for their online Digital Unlimited site:

WOMEN OF MARVEL DIGITAL (ENCHANTRESS) #3

In this untold tale, the amorous-and amoral-Asgardian meets her match! Which mutant menace knocked the goddess fair off her pedestal? Only Eisner-winner John Layman (Chew) and the sensational Davide Gianfelice (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X; Greek Street) know…and we’re betting they’ll kiss and tell!
WOMEN OF MARVEL DIGITAL (BLACK CAT) #3

MMM_Monday

October 18, 2010
DARK REIGN: ELEKTRA #4
DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #5
DAREDEVIL NOIR #3
PUNISHER #8
THE TROJAN WAR #1

October 19, 2010
NOMAD: GIRL WITHOUT A WORLD #1
NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION #3
SECRET WARRIORS #6
TOMB OF DRACULA #2
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #3

October 20, 2010
CABLE #76
WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #14
WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #15
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #2

MMM_thursday

October 21, 2010
BLACK PANTHER #5
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #3
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #4
THE TROJAN WAR #2
WAR OF KINGS: ASCENSION #3

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October 22, 2010
HULK TEAM-UP #1
WAR OF KINGS #4
TOMB OF DRACULA #3
THE TROJAN WAR #3
DEATHLOK #1

WOWIO: Robots, Space and Martial Arts!

WOWIO have released some new comics series, which are available online or on your mobile device…

A Tale of Two Robots

A short story extravaganza! Three stories for your enjoyment. First, the story “Green” – a tale of hope where a robot searches for meaning in a vast wasteland.

Next, “The Tallest Robot” chronicles a lonely tall robot who is looking for friendship but finds only fear. Is he all alone in the world?

Lastly, the bonus story “Rag the Viking!” Mr. Ragnarsson works diligently (or so he thinks) in his cubicle every day. But his mind easily wanders to where his heart really desires to be…

Brighten your day with these three wonderful stories today!

Out of Orbit

“Out of Orbit” covers the first year of the highly popular science fiction and humor comic Marooned. With over 100 comic strips, illustrations by other comic artists, development artwork, bonus strips, and creator commentary the book is chock full of fun and adventure.

Jetta: Last Chances 01

The Toshigawa clan has long guarded and ruled Japan from the shadows. Now, one of the clan’s former members has become emperor of Japan and wants to destroy the remaining members of the Toshigawa clan, including his own daughter, Shianndrea! But before she can flee to America, she has to deal with the formidable Desai – and rumors that her sensei is a traitor! Issue 1 of 3.

Laluelle: Envisioned

The world of Laluelle is vast and filled with much to learn. “Laluelle: Envisioned” is the comprehensive guide filled with information about the series, the characters, and much more. Included in this oversized issue is the introduction comic to a new character, original script, mini-comics, and more.

Laluelles are a mystery to most. Who are they? What are their purposes? What can they do? Here is where we can learn about them and even about the many different types of spirits that threaten the world. The world needs saving and Laluelles are ready to take on the task.

Black Cathedral 01

Emmerich Kross is a Mage an immortal of immense magical powers. In reality however, he is none other than the infamous XXXX. A police detective and former US marine Jenna Drake starts to unwittingly make the connection; starting with a dual homicide in Metro City, and the slaughter of an entire village she witnessed in Iraq whilst serving in the Marines; she begins to see a sinister pattern emerge. Drake is in turn contacted by a fallen Angel ‘Blackthorn’ a female angel who once fell into Kross’s hands, and paid for it with the loss of her wings. Together they must hunt Kross, and his agents, and confront a power that a mere mortal and a handicapped angel could never hope to overcome; as they seek desperately to prevent the end of the world!

Jenna Drake and Blackthorn hunt Kross, and his agents, and confront a power that a mere mortal and a handicapped angel could never hope to overcome; as they seek desperately to prevent the end of the world!

Fera: Issue 01 When Worlds Collide

When an ancient world collides with a post apocalyptic Earth in the late 21st century, our would be heroes must set out on an epic journey of love, loss and adventure across their world and beyond in order to save their home and uncover the truth.

“When Worlds Collide” is the first issue of the online graphic novel “Fera: A tale of monsters. A tale of beasts.” – in this issue we meet the major cast and watch as the events unfold that will spur them on to their