{"id":1131,"date":"2012-01-29T00:07:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T04:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2012-01-29T00:07:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T04:07:32","slug":"digital-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/digital-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new issue of Knowledge Quest<\/em> (the official journal of the American Association of School Librarians)\u00a0\u00a0has an article on digital graphic novels, a format I haven’t though much about. There are web comics I follow (I love Unshelved<\/a><\/em>), and some of them have even gone to print editions, but that seems a little different than a graphic novel. When I’ve looked at heavily illustrated books on Kindle or Nook, I haven’t been impressed. But the author discussed a very cool platform for digital comics, called ComiXology, which you probably already know about if you are a big comics reader. But if you aren’t, this might just get you hooked.<\/p>\n

First, ComiXology started out as a tool for retailers, to help them promote print comic books, and they still have a commitment to working with retailers so they get revenue from sales of comics sold through them, so you can set up your order through this site<\/a> or buy through them and still be supporting your local comic book store. I think that’s pretty cool. Second, they have created not just a catalog but a space for a community of comics lovers to discuss and review comics, and it’s free to do so, without extraneous annoying advertisements. Presumably, if you are a member you’re there to discuss and buy comics so ComiXology’s own promotions won’t bother you, and there aren’t any others. They also have free comics,<\/a> a nice feature that the author of the article I read mentioned… one of them for this week is Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things #1<\/a>.<\/em> Third, they have some pretty great partnerships and relationships with comics publishers, including DC, Marvel, and BOOM! Studios, so there’s a wide variety of comics available and ways to access them, which I won’t go into except that there are apps, and you want more details you can read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What’s fun for me, in terms of promoting horror through a variety of media, is that if you start from ComiXology’s\u00a0home page<\/a> for digital comics, there’s a “Browse” tab with a drop down menu that allows you to search in a variety of ways, including series, publisher, creator, story arc, top rated, and GENRE. And one of the genres you can explore is horror. I didn’t wander around much there but just on the first page I saw 28 Days Later, 30 Days of Night,<\/em> and American Vampire<\/em>, all of which we’ve reviewed here. The newest issue of The Walking Dead <\/em>was a featured comic, too. There’s a lot going on out there not just in the world of ebooks, but in the comics world as well, and the arguments as to whether there’s a legitimate place for digital comics will, I’m sure, continue.<\/p>\n

After a brief look, I know I’m probably intrigued enough to download the app and try a free comic, at the very least, to see what the reading experience is like. I’d love to hear what you think about the rise of digital comics, or ComiXology!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My new issue of Knowledge Quest (the official journal of the American Association of School Librarians)\u00a0\u00a0has an article on digital graphic novels, a format I haven’t though much about. There are web comics I follow (I love Unshelved), and some of them have even gone to print editions, but that seems a little different than<\/p>\n

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