ComiXology has announced the launch of comiXology Unlimited, a new service which will give readers "endless access" to thousands digital comics, graphic novels and manga from select publishers for $5.99 a month. ComiXology Unlimited will be available on any device, both on the web and through the comiXology apps.
For the flat cost of $5.99 a month, readers will be given access to titles from Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Oni Press, Archie Comics, Valiant Entertainment, Fantagraphics Books and more. Titles available in the Unlimited program will feature an "Unlimited" banner on them in the comiXology store. This includes series like "The Walking Dead," "Hellboy," "Saga," "Attack on Titan," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Lumberjanes," "Transformers," "Love and Rockets," "Archie," "Invincible" and "Locke & Key" among many others
So... like Marvel Unlimited, but not for Big 2? Neat.
Ian Gutierrez
it's cool enough but I wouldn't want to pay for it
Ian Allen
You mean like I pay a subscription and I can read all the unlimited books without having to pay for them individually?
Robert Wright
Not actually. First trade of WicDiv and Saga, for example, are on it, but nothing following is as of yet, so it's probably not going to be as regular as Marvel Unlimited. It's more of a sampler/get you hooked, although there's some big stuff included like some Peanuts collections.
Josiah Ward
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John Wood
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Alexander White
Love it, so happy to be able to try some random shit. Love I can grab rando Fantagraphics books that look interesting.
Hudson Lopez
I wonder what the line is for new releases. Marvel Unlimited is 6 months iirc
and I want more manga but since they only have a volume or 2 of stuff i'd probably just get annoyed. i want a manga version of unlimited cause i dont trust this scanslated shit
Josiah Clark
>i dont trust this scanslated shit
the hell does that mean?
Chase Jackson
I cant even find the link for the subscribe button or some payment shit.
Jaxon Campbell
>paying for free stuff good goys
Josiah Cox
So basically DC is, once again, the only big publisher behind the times.
Owen Wilson
What is DC doing wrong, exactly?
Why would they give up a shitload of content for almost no return when their regular digital sales do really well?
Eli Gonzalez
Is there a list of the included comics?
DC should just license their stuff into Comixology.
Jaxson Fisher
A quick glance and this looks mostly like vol 1s and #1s
Not terrible but if they don't put continuing stuff up it'll lose appeal fast
Jaxson Garcia
It's meant to hook you into buying ala carte single issues and subscribing to individual titles.
Luis Howard
Nevermind, just scrolling down the front page of comixology is a current showcase for a lot of the titles.
Gavin Ramirez
I get that but I guess Marvel Unlimited having extended runs up spoiled me
Chase Howard
>regular digital sales do really well?
You don't know that, nobody knows anything about digital sales numbers.
Evan Rivera
Pls respond
Leo Hall
Yes.
It's exactly that, fucking read the terms and conditions dude.
Parker Adams
How so? DC has successfully focused on digital distribution of new material, with several hits. Nobody gives two shits about the books Marvel done on their infinite digital first line beyond the recent Nicieza's Cable & Deadpool story. An unlimited service requires a lot money and effort and Marvel's app is still buggy as fuck, with annoying holes in the catalog if you aren't reading Avengers related titles.
William Miller
Where's the link for the subscription? I can't find it.
That gives me nothing to click on. It's just an about page. This is all im seeing.
Jaxson Bailey
Which ones? Almost all of Usagi is ripped, I think.
Zachary Lewis
Why the fuck would I bother using it then?
Wyatt Ward
You need a amazon account for the 30 day trial.
Isaiah Carter
Is it in the UK?
Angel Smith
US only right now.
Dylan James
>Doesn't have the entire catalogue >No new releases >$5.99 >Not in the UK God damn.
Landon Powell
Intial offerings:
>Adventure Time by Ryan North, Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline and various (BOOM! Studios) >Aliens by Mark Verheiden, Sam Kieth, Peter Milligan and various (Dark Horse Comics) >Archie by Mark Waid (Archie Comics) >Attack on Titan (Kodansha Comics) >Atomic Robo by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Tesladyne) >Bitch Planet (Image Comics) >Bloodshot by Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia and Arturo Lozzi (Valiant Entertainment) >The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson (Dynamite Entertainment) >Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon and various (Dark Horse Comics) >Chew (Image Comics) >The Complete Peanuts (Fantagraphics Books) >Conan the Barbarian by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (Dark Horse Comics) >Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima (Kodansha Comics) >Fatale (Image Comics) >Ghostbusters by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, and various (IDW Publishing) >G.I. Joe by Chuck Dixon, Robert Atkins and various (IDW Publishing) >Grimm Fairy Tales by Ralph Tedesco, Joe Tyler and various (Zenescope Entertainment) >Godzilla by Duane Swierczynski, Arthur Adams, Simon Gane and various (IDW Publishing) >Hellboy by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse Comics) >Hip Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics Books) >The Incal (Humanoids) >Lazarus (Image Comics) >Letter 44 (Oni Press) >Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse Comics) >Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics Books) >Locke & Key (IDW Publishing) >Lumberjanes (BOOM! Studios) >My Little Pony by Katie Cook and Andy Price (IDW Publishing) >Outcast by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta (Image Comics) >Pretty Deadly (Image Comics) >Princeless by Jeremy Whitley and various (Action Lab Entertainment) >Red Sonja Vol 1 (Dynamite Entertainment) >Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics) >Serenity by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews and Will Conrad (Dark Horse Comics) >Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press) >Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics) >Spawn by Todd McFarlane (Image Comics)
Joseph Adams
>Star Trek by Mike Johnson, Stephen Molnar, Joe Corroney and various (IDW Publishing) >Poorcraft: The Funnybook Fundamentals of Living Well on Less (Iron Circus Comics) >Transformers (main ongoing) (IDW Publishing) >The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse Comics) >Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics) >The Walking Dead (Image Comics) >The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics) >Wonderland by Raven Gregory and Sheldon Goh (Zenescope Entertainment) >Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce (Fantagraphics) >X-O Manowar by Robert Venditti and Cary Nord (Valiant Entertainment)
Adrian Morgan
Haha no thanks
Nathaniel Johnson
Thank you for the list!
Jason Gonzalez
I already have an Amazon account and there's no useful links anywhere in that site.
There is a link to the help section in the fine print of one of them.
Gabriel Edwards
Is there some service like that but FREE?
Daniel Jenkins
Yeah, you're standing on it.
Jacob Wood
It seems fine for its purpose which seems to be an easy in for people new to comics but it would be nice to see a proper non-superhero subcription service
Adrian Parker
They didn't notify a single creator about this who wasn't also a publisher. Do the creators even know what rate they are getting?
>let's make comics more popular! >let's give the people making them even less money!
Ryder Rogers
>rotating
Caleb Edwards
I think I'll give it a shot, at least for a couple months or three. I realize it probably won't have the latest issues for a while (kinda like Netflix is right now), but I want to see if it'll gradually add more volumes over time, or at the least cycle in one-shots or limited runs.
Josiah Miller
Does the Marvel app offer the entire catalog of Spider man and X-men, plus new releases?
I never knew they had a netflix for comic books. Is there any for dc?
Easton Torres
Yes for the catalog, no one new releases, only stuff as recent as six months ago. DC's not interested because they make too much selling individual back issues.
Robert Lopez
It has everything Spider-Man and X-Men that's worth reading.
Hunter Wilson
>it's a "company does something that infringes on creators' rights" episode
yawn
Samuel Powell
he's talking about fan translation of mangas he's reading. It's often inaccurate and unreliable