Comics Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Turn your photos into a comic book with Halftone 2

by Mel Martin (May 23rd, 2013)

We looked at the original Halftone app for iOS a couple of years ago and were impressed. The app has been completely rewritten and is more touch-oriented, supporting vector graphics for smooth insertion of picture elements. Halftone 2, which is iPad-only and was released today, lets you import ...

GoComics brings the funny pages to your iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Universal Uclick is the company that holds the licenses for most of the comics in your daily newspaper -- the company was formed when the Universal Press Syndicate joined up with the Uclick media group. They've run a web archive of the company's comics for quite a while now, and today that ...

Comixology claims responsibility for banning Saga #12, rescinds ban

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

Yesterday, we posted about Apple reportedly banning issue 12 of a comic book called Saga, due to a couple of graphic sex scenes included in it. The book's creator, Brian K. Vaughan, had posted that Apple wasn't allowing his book to be sold on the App Store, though it was available through a ...

Marvel offering 700 free digital comics again

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2013)

Marvel is getting ready to offer over 700 #1 issues again just weeks after it had to halt the giveaway after demand crashed Comixology's servers. To avoid a server overload this time around, Marvel is offering the downloads to users in batches. To get your free 700 #1 issues, follow these ...

First chapter of Steve Jobs manga now on sale in Japan

by Dave Caolo (Mar 25th, 2013)

The first chapter of the eponymous Steve Jobs manga is now available in Japan. The comic, penned by award-winning artist Mari Yamazaki, is reportedly the graphic version of Walter Isaacson's official biography Jobs. The story begins with Jobs asking Isaacson to write his biography. Shoppers ...

Comixology halts digital Marvel giveaway

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 12th, 2013)

A day after Comixology and Marvel announced a giveaway of more than 700 Marvel #1 issues for free, Comixology has had to halt the promotion. In a letter posted on the company's blog (and sent to customers via email), CEO David Steinberger said: It's been a whirlwind weekend, and we're ...

Marvel unveils iOS comic book subscription service 'Marvel Unlimited'

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 7th, 2013)

A few years ago I wrote an article titled Publishers' choice: Will the iPad be the hero or villain of the comic book industry? It was an open letter to comic book publishers urging them to embrace the digital distribution method to ensure comics didn't fall to the same fate as illegal music ...

HeroClix TabApp adds DC Comics figures

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2012)

The HeroClix TabApp is an interesting, if not all that impressive, app for the iPad that uses HeroClix figurines in conjunction with iOS to make a game featuring the superheroes of the HeroClix series. When it first launched earlier this year, the app featured only Marvel heroes. But apparently ...

DC Comics makes deal for Kindle, iBookstore, and Nook

by Mike Schramm (Nov 7th, 2012)

I've written a few times here about Comixology and its strong hold on comics on the iPad, and DC Comics has now signed a deal to put its funny books on three big digital platforms, including Apple's iBookstore. iBooks already had some DC graphic novels available, but this deal is set up to ...

Comixology debuts Submit program, picking up indie comics for their app

by Mike Schramm (Oct 11th, 2012)

Comixology runs the biggest dedicated comic book app on iOS (appropriately called Comics), and today it announced a new program designed to make its comic book marketplace even bigger. Comixology Submit, still in closed beta, will allow independent comic book creators and artists to sell their ...

iBooks gets its first DC Comics title: Batman: Earth One

by Mike Schramm (Jul 18th, 2012)

DC Comics has been publishing titles on the iPad for a while now, both in the official DC Comics app and in the Comixology app (which, as you may know, actually produces the official app anyway). But DC is now finally turning to iBooks to sell comics as well, with an iBooks version of the ...

Comixology hits 65 million downloads, lands exclusive Marvel digital deal

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2012)

We've posted about Comixology's domination of comic book content on iOS before -- it's certainly not the only app that lets you read and even buy comic books, but it's by far the most popular, and keeps getting even more so. The company has just announced that it's reached 65 million downloads ...

FoxTrot author creates "Pad Packs" with iBooks Author

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 17th, 2012)

FoxTrot creator Bill Amend packaged his beloved comic strip for the iPad using Apple's free iBooks Author publishing tool. Amend released these iPad mini-books recently and calls them the "FoxTrot Pad Pack". Each Pad Pack is US$1.99 and contains a mixture of 100 strips curated from the ...

The pros and cons of making a digital jump with comics

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 6th, 2012)

Anime News Network did an in-depth comparison of reading manga on an iPad vs. a Nook Color today, after Viz Media sent them both devices so they could do a hands-on look at making the digital jump. After taking a hit from the closing of Borders, Viz decided to turn its popular Shonen Jump ...

Comixology reigns over comics on the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2012)

While there are still quite a few good comic book reader apps on the App Store, there's really only one choice for buying digital comics directly from the publishers: Comixology's aptly title Comics app. Comixology launched early on iOS devices, beginning with a web interface and then the very ...