The comic business is estimated to be a $1 billion business annually but it's one of the few media forms that hasn't yet fully transitioned to the digital world. That may change with the coming influx of Apple iPads and sexy new eReaders, as Daisy Whitney reports in this week's New Media Minute. The business of digital comics is also one TV networks are already starting to leverage, including Starz, which created a motion comic for its popular new original TV series Spartacus. For more details, check out this week's New Media Minute.
Daisy Whitney
Comic Books – The New Frontier for iPads and eReaders
February 8, 2010
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As a recovering Comic Book Geek, I am intrigued by the idea of stocking a bunch of comic books on my iPad to read in my down time—especially some of the rare old classics that I have never actually read. Just a couple of notes. It would take some serious incentive-based retraining to get me to forgo the print versions. Where is the collectability in a digital comic? How do I get a digital comic signed? On the other hand, if I also had a digital version of my favorite comics, I wouldn’t have to worry about ever getting chocolate smudges on the print version. Hmm…
Yep!!! coming to you from inside the iPad – LOL…
look at Daisy’s hand outside the iPad at 11 seconds into this video
I love how you are so supportive of your fellow authors–that tee shirt rocks! Can’t wait to see you wearing a Mockingbirds shirt. : )
I think one of the real opportunities for the big comic publishers (Marvel, DC) is to mine their back catalogue. It’s very expensive to reprint back issues or collections, especially if you can;t predict how well they will sell. With digital publishing, they can offer readers the chance to enjoy classic older issues that otherwise would not see the light of day. I have never purchased those hefty black and white collections. Who wants to read a comic in b/w?! To steal a line from Dire Straights, publishing this older stuff, which is also unlikely to have creator royalties attached is like getting “money for nothing.”
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