The Rise Of Digital Comics - Welcome to 1993 Comic Companies!

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Comic Creators Respond to DC DIGITAL COMICS Plans

http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/Digital_Comics_Next_Step__Longbox

Neal Adams

Did radio disappear when television came on the scene? Did radio change?

Well, of course radio didn't disappear. It's more popular than ever. It's everywhere, and with a greater variety than ever before. Did it change? Well, of course it changed. The music stayed, the drama went to television. In the case of digital comic books, if we go by experience, comic books will change, in ways we can't easily predict, but they will increase and become even more popular, is the likely answer.

What are the pieces? Well, this will place comic books into the hands of grandma, Uncle Ben, and most importantly, into the hands of girls and women. So of course the product will change. People may be reading digital comics first, but if they like them, they will like hard copies. People seem to like to hold things and read them and turn the pages. Comic book stores will find ways to participate in the digital medium, but so will book stores and the internet, and all the bright, new, shiny venues that are waiting to come in. The end result will be, comic books will become more popular with more people, and comic book stores, being owned by intelligent people, will find ways to get onto more lines and sell more product.

But this is a whole new can of worms as far as royalties and participation are concerned. DC Comics has a very good track record in the areas of participation and royalties. They were the very first to do it. On the other hand, competition for talent would be greater. Who has the best royalty program? It may not be either DC or Marvel. Suddenly, alternate publishers may find the doorway to more creatives.

In fact, with digital comics, motion comics and possible CGI, media will begin to become what was once implied in the phrase, "Mixed media." It sort of looks like today is the very first day for "the new comic."

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Diamond To Launch Digital Comics Distribution Service Through Comic Stores

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12...cs-distribution-service-through-comic-stores/

Bleeding Cool has learnt that there is a document from Diamond Comics Distributors being sent to comics publishers. It addresses a new digital distribution service for comic books from this long standing print comics distribution company.

The proposal is still in the early stages, and Diamond have a lot of people to talk to, from publishers to comic stores. But it looks like it is really happening. However, I knew little else, and I didn’t know if Diamond were going to cut out the comics store, as so many other digital delivery systems have.

Not a chance. When contacted, Diamond representatives told me;

Diamond Comic Distributors has been working on a digital program which will be entirely focused on driving sales of Digital comic related content through brick and mortar comic book specialty retailers.

We anticipate making an announcement in the near future. Diamond doesn’t sell direct to consumers – as we’ve always preferred to drive sales through the comic book specialty retailer, who so loyally supports our suppliers, publishers and Diamond.

More from actual store owners on the link above.

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Lots of wheel in motion to get digital books a shot. One store in California had a usb loaded and people would get indie books that way but this was back in 2003. I wonder if they will be going this route...