ComiXology Originals Unveiled with Debut of Exclusive Content Line

ComiXology unveils digital only program to spotlight exclusive comic content

Debut lineup includes titles from publishers BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment and the legendary Harvey Kurtzman

October 4th, 2016 – New York, NY –  ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comic shopping & reading platform, today announced comiXology Originals, a new program featuring exclusive comic content on comiXology and Kindle. The comiXology Originals debut lineup includes titles from BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment and the legendary Harvey Kurtzman all available for pre-order today. ComiXology Originals titles will be digital only and exclusively available for comiXology and Kindle customers.

“Our mission is to make everyone on the face of the planet a comic fan, and with comiXology Originals we’re excited to offer a range of content by diverse creators,” said comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “It’s fantastic to be working with publishers across the spectrum to deliver great comics to comiXology and Kindle, offering fans stories that they can’t get anywhere else.”

ComiXology Originals offers a host of diverse comic book content – debut titles include:

• Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular from BOOM! Studios with three all-new original Marshall Lee stories set in BOOM! Studios’ bestselling continuation of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time TV show. The first story features New York Times bestselling writer Mariko Tamaki with artist Audrey Mok, followed by stories teaming up writer Melanie Gillman with artist Trungles and writer S.M. Vidaurri with artist Asia Kendrick-Horton — all found behind a fully painted cover by Fabio Moon. This digital only exclusive is available for pre-order today on comiXology and Kindle for $3.99.

• Valiant High from Valiant Entertainment is a hilarious reimagining of Valiant’s award-winning superhero universe by writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), artist Derek Charm (Jughead) with a first issue cover by David Lafuente! Before they became the world’s most formidable heroes, they were roaming the halls at a super-powered preparatory academy where Aric “X-O Manowar” Dacia is a record-setting running back, Colin “Ninjak” King is a debonair foreign exchange student, and Coach Bloodshot is way too into dodgeball! Now… Faith “Zephyr” Herbert is about to discover it all for the first time as the newest girl in school! Issue #1 (of 4) of this digital only exclusive is available for pre-order today on comiXology and Kindle for $3.99.

• Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost will see The New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, illustrator Gideon Kendall and editor Josh O’Neill expand and complete Kurtzman’s first attempt at the graphic novel form courtesy of the Estate of Harvey Kurtzman and packagers Kitchen, Lind & Associates. Never completed until now, in the 1950s Kurtzman attempted to adapt the Marley’s ghost section of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with over 70 pages of breakdowns. The completed work will be a 100+ page digital only exclusive graphic novel and is available for pre-order today for $9.99. on comiXology and Kindle with a winter 2017 release date.

“It’s humbling to kick off the comiXology Originals program with such a fantastic roster of creators like Mariko Tamaki, Derek Charm, Audrey Mok, Fabio Moon, Shannon Wheeler, Harvey Kurztman and so many others,” said Chip Mosher, comiXology’s Head of Content and Senior Director of Communications. “From a fun superhero romp with Valiant, to BOOM!’s Adventure Time, to posthumously finishing Mad Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost - this is truly an embarrassment of riches.”

The debut of comiXology Originals is just the latest in a long line of innovations and offers from comiXology. With over 75,000 comics, graphic novels and manga from more than 125 publishers, comiXology offers the widest selection of digital comics in the world. ComiXology’s immense catalog, comiXology Unlimited subscription service and cinematic Guided View reading experience make it the best digital platform for comic fans worldwide.

The Kindle Store gives readers access to millions of books on the most popular devices and platforms, including Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers, iOS, Android and more.

THERE IS NO TURNING BACK!

4001 A.D. #3 by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain is new today from Valiant!

YOU KNOW WE CAN’T REALLY HURT EACH OTHER, DON’T YOU?

Divinity II #4 by Matt Kindt, Trevor Harsine and Ryan Winn, cover by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, is new today from Valiant!

THE CAKE IS A LIE

Faith is back in her new ongoing series by Jody Houser, Pere Perez and Marguerite Sauvage!

I AM CAPABLE OF ANYTHING

Some positive reinforcement (we all need it sometimes), from Rai (by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain).  He’s on sale now from @valiantentertainment

Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar

The Book of the Geomancer foretells of a deadly future for the Valiant Universe…but what if the future holds hope for one powerful hero?

After hundreds of years in exile on an alien planet, Aric of Dacia has returned to an unfamiliar Earth, only to find a planet that doesn’t remember…or want him. Will Aric of Dacia finally find happiness in the aftermath of the apocalypse?

Plus: the ultimate fate of the X-O Manowar armor revealed in this can’t-miss chapter of the summer’s biggest event from New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti and Harvey Award nominee Clayton Henry (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG)!

Read Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar on comiXology

Our next digital SDCC Variant covers is up! It’s Al Barrionuevo’s X-O Manowar: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special #1 cover!

Get it here & keep checking back all weekend to collect them all!

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2015:

ComiXology offers print and digital variants during
Comic-Con International 2015
July 8^th– 12^th
Booth #2547

Come by the comiXolgy booth to get exclusive variants of:

Marvel Comics’ A-Force #2 with cover art and signing by Siya Oum
Dynamite Entertainment’s The Spirit #1 with cover by Jenny Frison
BOOM! Studios’ Lumberjanes #15 with cover and signing by Hope Larson
IDW Publishing’s Onyx #1 with cover and signing by Gabriel Rodriguez
Valiant Entertainment’s X-O Manowar: 25th Anniversary Special #1 with cover art by Al Barrionuevo
&
a special comiXology Submit version of
Aw Yeah Comics #1 with cover by Faith Erin Hicks

Signings also include Chris Ryall, Shannon Watters, Robert Venditti, Matt Wagner, Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner, Art Baltazar & Franco!
 
Not at Comic-Con? That’s okay! These special covers will be available digitally on comiXology for the length of the show!

June 16^th, 2015 – New York, NY. –  ComiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, will be bridging the print-digital divide at Comic-Con International (Booth #2547) this year with a new variant cover available each day at the show and available digitally for the duration of the show at comixology.com.

These special limited edition variants include Marvel Comics’ A-Force #2 with cover by Siya Oum, Dynamite Entertainment’s The Spirit #1 with cover by Jenny Frison, BOOM! Studios’ Lumberjanes #15 with cover by Hope Larson, IDW Publishing’s Onyx #1 with cover by Gabriel Rodriguez, Valiant Entertainment’s X-O Manowar: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special #1 with cover art by Al Barrionuevo and a special comiXology Submit version of Aw Yeah Comics! #1 with cover by Faith Erin Hicks.

If you are at the Comic-Con International, stop by the comiXology booth (#2547) during the signing time to receive a signed copy of that day’s variant cover. Each physical variant giveaway is limited to 500 copies and is made available on a first come, first served basis. Variant signings will feature either the cover artist or key members of the creative team of each title, or both!

Not at the show? Then just go to comixology.com to purchase a special limited edition digital copy of that comic with the variant cover at the usual cover price. Digital versions will be made available the same day as the signing until the end of Comic-Con International – and never be made available again.

Here’s the signing information for each variant cover, when each cover will be made available at the comiXology booth, and also the day the variant will be made available on comixology.com:

Wednesday, July 8^th
7:00pm - 8:00pm  — Get IDW Publishing’s Onyx #1 with special cover by Gabriel Rodriguez with signing by Rodriguez and writer Chris Ryall.

Thursday, July 9^th
1:00pm - 2:00pm  — Get BOOM! Studios’ Lumberjanes #15 with cover by Hope Larson with signing by Larson and co-creator Shannon Watters.

Friday, July 10^th
1:00pm - 2:00pm  — Get Valiant’s X-O Manowar: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special #1 with cover art by Al Barrionuevo with signing by writer Robert Venditti.

Saturday, July 11^th
1:00pm - 2:00pm  — Get Dynamite’s The Spirit #1 with cover by Jenny Frison with signing by creative team Matt Wagner, Dan Schkade, and Brennan Wagner.
4:00pm - 5:00pm  —  Get Marvel’s A-Force #2 with cover art by Siya Oum with signing by Siya Oum & G. Willow Wilson.

Sunday, July 12^th
1:30pm - 2:30pm  — Get comiXology Submit’s Aw Yeah Comics! #1 with cover by Faith Erin Hicks with signing by Aw Yeah creators’ Art Baltazar and Franco.

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