After reporting about 50 million downloads earlier in the year, Comixology surpassed 77 million downloads by the summer.īut Comixology isn’t just a publishing success story it’s a technology Cinderella story as well. In June, the digital vendor reported that it expects to generate more than $70 million in retail sales in 2012, more than three times the $19 million it reported for 2011, and it’s estimated the company accounts for as much as 80% of all digital comics sales, according to the pop culture trade news site. The company has also made strategic deals with most of the comics industry’s heavyweight publishers, including Marvel, DC, and Image, to help it attain a market share that significantly dwarfs the efforts of its competitors, such as iVerse and Panelfly.Ĭomixology has 75 full-time employees and offices in Los Angeles and New York City. The company’s Guided View technology, a much imitated function on its Comics by Comixology app, which allows readers to read digital comics easily on mobile devices, is widely available across all platforms, including iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and the Web. “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, a digital comics distributor and marketplace, marks its fifth anniversary this year as it emerges as the clear leader in the digital comics space.
“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,” ComiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger said in a statement accompanying the launch announcement. Back in May, it announced the launch of a subscription program that offers content from indie publishers for $5.99 per month. The program is the second significant new project this year from the digital comics company, which was purchased by Amazon in 2014. Even Valiant High - written by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert‘s Daniel Kibblesmith, with art by Jughead‘s Derek Charm - reimagines the publisher’s superhero characters in a high school setting, with heroes and villains becoming faculty and students.
All three titles are intended to act as outreach for the comics medium in general, in addition to ComiXology specifically, offering alternative genres to the superhero stories that dominate the industry.
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