If you were anywhere near social media yesterday you couldn’t have failed to hear about MonkeyBrain Comics, the new (digital) comics publisher co-owned by Chris Roberson and Allison Baker; considering the first day after the publisher’s announcement was so dramatically succesful that the publisher became trending on Twitter and demand became so vocal that the first wave of titles was released two days early in order to meet it, it’s not really something that you could’ve easily missed.
You can learn more about the first wave here – I recommend them all, but have to single out Edison Rex, Bandette and Amelia Cole and the Unknown World as favorites right now – with sample pages and other information available, as well as links to ComiXology to download them; priced at either 99 cents of $1.99, they’re a ridiculous deal. As someone pointed out on Twitter last night, you can buy the entire launch line for $5.95, which is pretty great value for money, really. If the future is both digital and creator-owned – and, given the way the industry has been going for the last few months, I think it is – then this feels like an important step in that direction.
July 4th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
It’s telling that this awesome news has zero comments while the Markvel NOW piece has pulled in an editor and the writer of Spider-Man to “defend their turf.”
Watch it slip away
July 4th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
I just tried Bandette by Tobin and Coover; the art was super cute as always and worth the price of admission.