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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 ...

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 ...

Publishers' choice: Will the iPad be the hero or villain of the comic book industry?

by Michael Grothaus (May 8th, 2011)

Music piracy rose to epidemic levels at the beginning of the 2000s (although, according to Wired, those days are now over). There were many causes of this growth in piracy -- high speed internet access, easy-to-use P2P software -- but perhaps the biggest accelerator of music piracy was ...

20 great, free iPad comics

by Mike Schramm (Jul 29th, 2010)

CNET's Crave blog compiled a great list last week of twenty great, free comic books to read on your iPad. For me, more than anything else, the iPad seems perfect for a visual, interactive medium like comics. Movies are better on my big screen, and books can be read on a Kindle (or just on paper -- ...