RonG617

BOGO Image sale with code Image. If you don't have unlimited, it is now a good time to get it since you get an additional 15% off on top of the sale.

Trevor

sale at Dark Horse digital has every collection at just $3.99, even the huge 400+ omnibuses.

fujishig

Man I'm always worried they're just going to say screw it and shut down their portal and just use comixology.

Trevor

I’m not worried. If they do, I imagine they’d transfer everything one owns over to Comixology, and/or let you download your purchases, and/or stop sales but keep books on their servers for previous customers.

And if any company closes shop or takes away my access to anything I purchased, everything is still free somewhere on the internet. I’ll find it when I want it.

Undeadcow

Comixology has a 60% off DC code that results in some excellent, better than ever pricing, because not only is the coupon above average but may trades already have minor ~30% discounts.

The Dark Horse sale is also on Comixology.

majorjoe23

Is the DC code unique, or something that will work for everyone?

RonG617

DC60 is for everyone.

Trevor

Pre-order deal is up at dcuniverse.com where you get 3 free months with a one year $75 sub. Details still aren’t complete, but it’s shaping up to be a nice looking service. I’ll wait a bit to see if a promo code or other sign-up bonus materializes before the Fall start, but I’m definitely signing up.

fujishig

It's going to have to have a lot of comics to get me to subscribe for a year. I'm curious to see what the selection is going to be.

Trevor

I already pretty much own every DC comic, movie, and TV show, but the HD BTAS and exclusives are worth $5 a month for me.

Trevor

My two biggest worlds are colliding. Free MST3K comic sampler at Comixology and Dark Horse.
https://digital.darkhorse.com/books/...ashcan-edition
https://www.comixology.com/Mystery-S...l-comic/698242

Also, several other recent freebies at the wiki links above.

RonG617

I have no faith in DC to make this a good service for comic readers. If they did it like Marvel Unlimited with all comics getting released after a six month delay to make retailers happy, I would be subscribed the rest of my life. But they keep throwing out the word "curated". So that means just bits and pieces and I don't want that.

davidh777

I wouldn't say I have every DC comic I'd ever want, but I have enough to keep me busy for years. And I think I've seen all the movies except for some of the animated ones. The primary appeal for me would be the TV series, but I haven't gotten around to catching up with them as long as they've been on streaming services, so there's not a lot of appeal for me at the moment.

fujishig

Yeah, Marvel Unlimited in the early years drove me crazy with gaps in series, making it tough to read things chronologically. That "curated" word is what makes me suspicious, too, as well as the fact the comic part is not the main drive of this subscription.

They also need an awesome ios/android app to read comics, because that was the biggest drawback in early Marvel Unlimited days.

Red Hood

On a follow up about the Crow, the only version available digitally is the Special Edition, with added panels and pages as James O'Barr wanted to do back in the day. It's similar to Lucas adding stuff to the Star Wars trilogy. The original version of the first mini-series, as well as everything else that was released by Caliber, Kitchen Sink, Tundra and Image, is not available digitally.

RonG617

I'm not worried about gaps in back issues. I have every back issue I ever wanted collected through the sales over the years. I just wanted all new titles to read six months after they come out. I also don't like that they are taking money without even going into Beta and not offering a free two weeks or month like just about every other sub/streaming service does. Seems like a quick cash grab because they think people won't stick around.

Trevor

Just noticed that a Humble book bundle ending in 22 hours has several manga and cat cartoon books from Jeffrey Brown.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/p...n=tile_index_6

Trevor

New Groupees bundle includes a generous free tier.
https://groupees.com/dynamite-women

PhantomStranger

I saw some interesting figures about digital comics over the past five years. The entire American comics market is approximately 50% trades, 40% floppies, and 10% digital, give or take a few percent either way for all three categories each year. Biggest growth over the last five years has actually been in trades. Digital readership isn't growing as fast as they expected in comics.

fumanstan

Anyone have recommendations on the Death of Superman sale at Amazon/Comixology?


I'm thinking of getting the main Death of Superman comic plus the Reign and Return arcs for nostalgia sake, but wasn't sure if Funeral for a Friend or the Doomsday comics are worth it.

Also, recommendations on some of the other Superman comics, old or new?

fujishig

Ah, where did you see that? Comixology really seems to keep their numbers close to the vest. And I wonder how many people who would otherwise go digital just pirate instead (which is sad).

PhantomStranger

All-Star Superman

Superman: Red Son

Superman: Lois and Clark

Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Superman: Secret Origin

If you just want straightforward superhero team-ups, all the Superman/Batman volumes are pretty good reads.

PhantomStranger

Digital sales would likely go up if the big two allowed cheaper variable pricing on their comics - but they don't want to cut into their existing floppy sales.

DC and Marvel are making most of their money these days on trade paperbacks. There's a company that tracks comic book sales. They have a website I've seen but it's a strange name that isn't coming to me at the moment.

Dan Didio just said something along the lines that the industry would be more profitable if comic book publishers wouldn't release so many books - implying there are only so many books the current readership can support at any one time.

fujishig

Is it that they don't want to cut into their floppy sales, or that they don't want to (yet) tick off every single one of the physical stores that still order their books on a regular basis?

PhantomStranger

It's probably some of both. Marvel and DC don't want customers getting used to regularly paying cheaper digital prices for their content. Because that would mean they need more readers than the comic book market has now to keep the same profit level.