FREE/BARGAIN — Comics

[salty-horse]

Neon Ichiban was created by ex-Comixology people. From what I gather, sometimes they offer DRM-free stuff, but I doubt the DC stuff is.
They also sell NFT-like collectible "special covers". I'll pass.

[maddz]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Neon Ichiban was created by ex-Comixology people. From what I gather, sometimes they offer DRM-free stuff, but I doubt the DC stuff is.
They also sell NFT-like collectible "special covers". I'll pass.

I took a peek at Fables Vol 1 on the site, and it was not downloadable. I wasn't sufficiently motivated to check the other Vertigo titles I was interested in.

Like you, I'm passing. TBH, it's not a particularly good deal. Besides, didn't Bill Willingham release Fables to public domain?

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by maddz

Besides, didn't Bill Willingham release Fables to public domain?

I think it meant the intellectual property (setting, characters, etc) - the published works had many other people and companies involved.

[Cactus Chef]

I'm not wild on this Remarque thing (the artist is digitally signing my comic cover, I guess?), but I suppose it's there to try to attract some artists to the platform. I see that Dave Gibbons has volunteered a couple.

Nothing I want is Downloadable either, but I do at least appreciate that it's clearly marked before I buy the thing. I will at least keep an eye on it.

Kinda strange that Dark Horse has not enabled downloads, given that you used to be able at least to download directly from their website...

[GA Russell]

Pearls Awaits the Tide

: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury

strips from 2018 - 2020

$1.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KP646JW

[ZodWallop]

Love and Rockets and More bundle. $18 for 57 items! And you're supporting the ACLU. And the comics ARE downloadable.

Love and Rockets is one of the all-time greatest comics and this collection includes everything including one-shots and spin-offs.

[salty-horse]

Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece volumes 1–13 and some others later in the series are $2 each on Amazon.com.

The price has taken a few days to update on the series, so maybe more will be discounted soon.

[salty-horse]

More One Piece volumes are on sale now. Up to #30 without gaps, and up to #110 with some gaps.
Expect those to be discounted too.

[sufue]

I notice that Peanuts hasn't been posted in this thread since 2019, but WTH...

There's a new Humble Bundle out which supposedly includes every Peanuts comic book and strip, courtesy of Fantagraphics. At the top tier, of course, which is $25. I'm not much of a comics person, but do have fond memories of Peanuts from my (much) younger days. It says these are PDF versions and they are for "use on any device". Since I don't follow comics as e-books much, is PDF format really usable? I don't have a color e-reader, but do have a tablet that probably should work? Anyway, I'm sure everyone on here is more expert about reading comics on e-devices than I am, so interested in your opinions.

Humble Bundle link: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/c...graphics-books

Spoiler:

All of Peanuts in one place?? Good grief!

Put on your zigzag t-shirt and grab your football, because we’ve collected every Peanuts comic book and strip into one bundle courtesy of Fantagraphics! This bundle of Peanuts books includes The Complete Peanuts spanning 1953 to 2000, the omnibus series of recolored classic strips Peanuts Every Sunday, the Peanuts Game Day Collection of comics for the sports fan in your life, collected strips like Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, and graphic novels like Batter Up, Charlie Brown! Get all the Peanuts your heart desires in one bundle—and, most importantly, every purchase at the price of your choice helps people in need find their Snoopy by supporting Canine Companions!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by sufue

I notice that Peanuts hasn't been posted in this thread since 2019, but WTH...

There's a new Humble Bundle out which supposedly includes every Peanuts comic book and strip, courtesy of Fantagraphics. At the top tier, of course, which is $25. I'm not much of a comics person, but do have fond memories of Peanuts from my (much) younger days. It says these are PDF versions and they are for "use on any device". Since I don't follow comics as e-books much, is PDF format really usable? I don't have a color e-reader, but do have a tablet that probably should work? Anyway, I'm sure everyone on here is more expert about reading comics on e-devices than I am, so interested in your opinions.

Humble Bundle link: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/c...graphics-books

I'm tempted, but sadly not available in the UK.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by sufue

It says these are PDF versions and they are for "use on any device". Since I don't follow comics as e-books much, is PDF format really usable?

I only read comics on a tablet, but yes, PDFs would be perfectly fine. With comics, each page is an image, so there's not really an advantage to ePub as there would be with a novel.

[Cactus Chef]

Gou Tanabe's famous manga adaptions of H.P. Lovecraft works all seem to be on sale for various amounts.

See Amazon page here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gou-Ta...alEnabled=true

And Kobo here:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?qu...7-dcd96b150aec

Between the two I much prefer Amazon's Kindle app for the intelligent panel view, although I'll still probably end up grabbing the Kobo versions instead just so that I can back them up.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

More One Piece volumes are on sale now. Up to #30 without gaps, and up to #110 with some gaps.
Expect those to be discounted too.

All volumes are on sale now, barring the latest English release #111.

[salty-horse]

Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg is $2 on Amazon.com

A graphic novel about the Brontë siblings and their inventive childhood from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Encyclopedia of Early Earth.

Glass Town is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Brontë children—Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Brontë children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Brontës' escape from the realities of their lives. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Brontës, biographical information about them, and Greenberg's vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world.

[isarl]

Digiphile is back with another comics collection: Before Absolute: Creator-Owned Image Comics.
Priced at $5 (9 books, single volumes), $15 (39 books), and $25 (73 books).

The Absolute Universe has been one of the most exciting things to happen to superhero comics in years.

Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire, Jason Aaron, Kelly Thompson, Nick Dragotta: These are writers and artists whose creator-owned work I've been following for a long time, long before they were reinventing Batman and Superman for DC.

What I love about this bundle is the story it tells. Every one of these creators built their reputation doing exactly what comics does best: original, creator-owned work where they answer to nobody but themselves and their readers. East of West, Gideon Falls, Southern Bastards, Black Cloak, and the rest aren't warm-up acts. These are the books that made DC want to hand these people the keys.

If you've been reading the Absolute line and wondering what else these creators have done, this is your answer. And if you've already read some of these, you know how good they are. Either way, you're in for something special.
-Dignan

In addition to a selection of single volumes, the full collection includes:

• East of West, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Artist)
• Southern Bastards, Jason Aaron - Writer of Absolute Superman
• Descender & Ascender, Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash) & Dustin Nguyen (Absolute Wonder Woman)
• Gideon Falls, Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash) & Andrea Sorrentino
• The Bone Orchard Mythos, Jeff Lemire, Dave Steward, Andrea Sorrentino
• Wytches, Scott Snyder (Absolute Batman), Jock
• Family Tree, Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash), Phil Hester
• Phantom Road, Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash), Gabriel Hernandez Walta
• The Goddamned, Jason Aaron (Absolute Superman), R.M. Guéra
• Little Monsters, Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen
• Nocterra, Scott Snyder (Absolute Batman), Tony S. Daniel
• Black Cloak, Kelly Thompson & Meredith McClaren (Absolute Wonder Woman)
• Undiscovered Country, Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson
• A.D.: After Death, Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire
• Sea of Stars, Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum, Rico Renzi, Stephen Green

This collection features an optional W. Maxwell Prince Upgrade for $5, which includes 13 more books (Ice Cream Man Vols. 1–11 inclusive, HAHA, and Swan Songs).

Books are available for download as CBZ, ePub, and PDF.