It's worth noting that DC and Marvel do not offer downloaded "backup" copies. This means that if Comixology ever goes under it is unclear what happens with the books you have purchased.
When one purchases a comic book from Comixology isn't it downloaded to the customer's devices of choice?
It is like an ebook. Per the contract you don't really "own" the book and you can't download it to a computer.
Comixology books are not downloaded to a PC but they are downloaded when you read them via an app on a tablet or phone. You can have as many safely stored as you have storage space for.
Yeah, depending on how much extra space I've usually got between a dozen or so individual issues, 3 or 4 collections, or some combination of the two downloaded onto my table.
Artist Juan Giménez has passed away from CoVID-19 yesterday at the age of 76. One of Argentina's most prolific comic artists, he worked a lot for Heavy Metal, its original French version Métal Hurlant, and most famously his work with legendary avantgarde writer Alejandro Jodorowski on the series "The Metabarons". Spoiler: Examples of Giménez' art
It's a damn shame. Side note, you may want to censor that last page. The second to last panel specifically.
Thanks. Put all the art in spoiler tags for now, don't know if that is enough. If not, I'll edit the piece in question.
Marvel Comics is immediately pausing work on about a third of their titles previously solicited for release in May and June. New release schedule is expected shortly, all creators will be paid for their work to date.
Okay, and just to have a really cool thing in the midst of all these bad news, the pencils of a page from the unpublished JLA/Avengers crossover from the 80s has surfaced online. Behold the awesome art of George Perez:
Was that from Tom Brevoort, he's been sharing tons of rarely or never seen Marvel artwork on his Twitter?
Had to check, but yes, Tom seems to be the source. Also, since I was asked to, I did blur the portion of that one panel in the Giménez art, hopefully enough to satisfy Google.
I'd love to see a few pros ink this. I recently saw a post by Frank Cho where he stated his intentions to ink an old Bernie Wrightson piece. I love that kind of stuff.
DC Commits $250K to Comic Book Retailers struggling during the pandemic. Meanwhile, Jim Lee is auctioning off original sketches on eBay for the same cause.
Update on CoVID-19's effects on the industy: - After claiming to not be able to make their payments to publishers and merch manufacturers (or Vendors, as they call them), Diamond is now planning on paying 25% of their weekly payments over the next six weeks. - Image Comics, due to the financial problems caused by the current situation, had to lay off four of their previously 24 staff members.
Well, at least that's a tiny bit of progress for Diamond. Image's new on the other hand, does not sound good. I wonder if this will end up being the end of some of the smaller publishers? If someone as big as Image is having to lay people off, that's probably not a good sign for the even smaller publishers.