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Comixology (https://www.comixology.com/) is a digital comics retailer, delivering thousands of comics to your mobile device(Or PC if you still have one of those archaic machines) at reasoneable prices and bundled with the Guided View, a panel-by-panel, scene-by-scene narration that helps you enjoy comics in a unique way in the smaller screens.
They also feature an array of Free Comics (https://www.comixology.com/Free-Comics/page/175), if you're unsure about spending your dear money on drawings and also random Sales (https://www.comixology.com/comics-sale), essentially making it Steam for Comics and being the cause of me buying over 300 comics this year.
Now that the introductions are over, for the next two weeks Comixology will be giving away free comics! While the past few choices were a bit crummy, today's it's Lumberjanes #1! (https://www.comixology.com/Lumberjanes-1-of-8/digital-comic/87340) :dance:
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Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together...and they're not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! Not only is it the second title launching in our new BOOM! Box imprint but LUMBERJANES is one of those punk rock, love-everything-about-it stories that appeals to fans of basically all excellent things.
I'll also be using this thread to talk about the current sales(Buy some Transmet (https://www.comixology.com/Transmetropolitan-1/digital-comic/3999) btw) and whatever other event they have scheduled so stay tuned.
Today's treat is the Werewolves of Montpellier (https://www.comixology.com/Werewolves-of-Montpellier/digital-comic/29688) by comic artist Jason, author of I Killed Adolf Hitler (https://www.comixology.com/I-Killed-Adolf-Hitler/digital-comic/29689) and Hey, Wait... (http://www.amazon.com/Hey-Wait-Jason/dp/156097463X)
http://i.imgur.com/32hT8iG.jpg
Named to NPR, Las Vegas Weekly, Graphic Novel Reporter, The Casual Optimist, Comic Book Resources, Attentiondeficitdisorderly, Hypergeek, and Robot 6's Best of 2010 lists. Sven, a semi-aimless Scandinavian artist who has ended up in Montpellier, France on a futile romantic pursuit, enjoys nocturnal raids into other people's homes, disguised as a werewolf.
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Today's freebie is Archer & Armstrong : Archer #0 (https://www.comixology.com/Archer-Armstrong-2012-Archer-0-Digital-Exclusives-Edition/digital-comic/70551), which I frankly know nothing about, I never even read Valiant before.
http://i.imgur.com/cJrv6GI.jpg
Once upon a time...a baby went into Project Rising Spirit...
Who is Obadiah Archer, where did he come from, and how can he do the incredible things that he can do? (Which is everything, remember?) Fresh off the shocking conclusion of the Sect Civil War, learn the startling truth behind Archer's origin with an exciting look into his secret past by Valiant superstar Fred Van Lente and fan favorite artist Pere Perez!
Also, the Farscape (https://www.comixology.com/comics-sale) comic series is on sale, though I never watched the TV series so I wouldn't know what it's about or why this guy is wearing a gimp suit
http://i.imgur.com/sMVKzNU.jpg
Magus
06-01-2014, 03:27 AM
Archer & Armstrong is a balls-to-the-wall laughfest, a hilarious political and social satire of American culture and conspiracy theories. Dinosaurs, aliens (both ancient and futuristic), Area 51, the Freemasons, time travel, alternate dimensions, immortals, the Epic of Gilgamesh, it's got it all.
Unfortunately, Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0 is the worst place to start for basically anyone getting into it. It's not funny and deals with the (sad) backstory of Obadiah Archer. The regular Archer & Armstrong #0 would have been a way better offering by Valiant to get people reading A&A.
The Gimp suit guy is Scorpius.
Hey thanks a lot, that looks like an interesting series!
Today's gift is Gravel: Combat Magician #0 (https://www.comixology.com/Gravel-Combat-Magician-0/digital-comic/61304) which once again I know nothing about(shame on me) except that it's written by Warren Ellis, british extraordinaire author of such gems as Transmetropolitan (https://www.comixology.com/Transmetropolitan-1/digital-comic/3999)(still on sale), the hilarious Nextwave (https://www.comixology.com/Nextwave-Agents-of-HATE/comics-series/1006) and the webcomic Freakangels (http://www.freakangels.com/), among others, so this might be worth all that invisible money.
http://i.imgur.com/jPJYkRH.jpg
Gravel returns with a super-size launch issue and an all-new monthly series! Mike Wolfer has worked on every issue of Gravel to date, and he's back to his black magic ways, joined by artist Gabriel Rearte who is conjuring stunning pages! This #0 is a perfect starting place for new readers, with a self-contained story and a huge what-has-come-before summary of all the previous Gravel issues. After dismantling the aristocratic, magical hierarchy of England and surviving a war against a blood-thirsty serial killer, William Gravel disappeared. But even a man who can walk through walls cannot escape Combat Magic-fueled assassins. And he's not happy about it. Written by long-time Warren Ellis collaborator MIKE WOLFER, GRAVEL: COMBAT MAGICIAN presents a fresh starting point for new readers to enter the world of ultra-violent black magic.
Today's free comic is not available in my region :dance:
http://i.imgur.com/YCfOXju.jpg
it's about wrestling or some shit
Magus
06-02-2014, 10:11 PM
This is the point at which we're all supposed to pretend that professional wrestling has some artistic value or merit.
Today's gift is Lola XOXO (https://www.comixology.com/Lola-XOXO-Vol-1-1-of-6/digital-comic/89340) which despite the neat cover and Xs on the title is not a adult title.
http://i.imgur.com/LIcpxAo.jpg
In the "Wasteland", Lola, a young woman with a resolve fortified by a lifetime of survival on her own, must journey across the nuclear-decimated United States in order to find the family that was taken from her! As her quest for the truth begins, Lola uncovers the true inhumanity of the Apocalypse, as those who seek to hold power in a new frontier, will do so at all bloody costs-including her life!
EXTRAS!
All IDW Ghostbusters comics are on sale and I'd like the opinion of someone who tried them as I can't quite grasp the cronology here
anyway:
http://i.imgur.com/l6bcMO3.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Ghostbusters-Ongoing-Vol-1/digital-comic/24388)
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter, or ghost? If the answer is yes, call the professionals! Psychokinetic energy is on the rise again, business is booming for the boys, and Ray is troubled by what could be a prophetic dream. Is this an ill omen of an upcoming apocaplypse, or just a little indigestion?
http://i.imgur.com/nOeLL2i.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Ghostbusters-2013-Vol-5-The-New-Ghostbusters/digital-comic/45544)
The Ghostbusters are gone, spirited away by some dastardly demons from another dimension! But spectral shenanigans haven't ceased in the city that never sleeps, meaning a new group will need to step up and don the proton packs. Will the New Ghostbusters be able to rescue their predecessors, or will they share the same fate?
And the Fathom comics, in case you enjoy swimming but thought Free! didn't have enough TnA:
http://i.imgur.com/oxIuaz2.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Fathom-Omnibus-Part-1/digital-comic/44702)
Aspen Matthews is an ex-Olympic, swimmer, marine biologists, and a girl with a past shrouded in mystery. Age eleven, she was found on a cruise ship, with no memory of who she was, or how she got there. Now, as the crew of the top secret US military Deep Marine Discovery platform encounters a strange, alien craft, something is stirring at the back of Aspen's mind, flashes of her earlier life... A life beneath the waves!
Today's gift featuring the Silver Surfer! Catch the first comic of the current series and get yourself some space adventuring!
http://i.imgur.com/AhI8GUV.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Silver-Surfer-2014-1/digital-comic/83079)
"NEW DAWN". The universe is big. Bigger than you could ever imagine. And the SILVER SURFER, the lone sentinel of the skyways, is about to discover that the best way to see it... is with someone else. Meet the Earth Girl who's challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known Marvel U-- into the strange, the new, and the utterly fantastic!
Extras!
The site has sales on the Street Fighter(By UDON) and Runaways(all 3 Volumes) going on right now! Runaways first volume is pretty good and I'd check the SF series, it ain't just a lame tie-in.
http://i.imgur.com/B3v5shy.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Street-Fighter-Vol-1/digital-comic/49236)
Enter the world of STREET FIGHTER, where fighters of every size, shape and color collide in a global battle for supremacy! In ROUND ONE, FIGHT! The stoic Ryu and his hot-headed pal Ken set out to investigate the murder of their martial arts master. Their search leads them to Japan and encounters with Street Fighter mastermind M. Bison and his minions Cammy, Vega and Sagat -- plus Chun-Li, Guile and more! These action-packed pages bring the world of Street Fighter to life -- every pulse-pounding Shoryuken and bone-crushing Sonic Boom!
http://i.imgur.com/SURRa88.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Runaways-1/digital-comic/646)
When six friends discover their parents are all secretly super-villains, they run away from home and straight into the adventure of their lives -- vowing to turn the tables on their evil legacy.
I'm really hoping that they give away some Rat Queens this summer. I've been meaning to get a hold of it for a while now.
http://31.media.tumblr.com/96dae70860156f0db877dd458a544198/tumblr_mtr5jtfNlI1qz9knho1_500.png
http://24.media.tumblr.com/35ddd8bfc98b352ac7d4369e214897a1/tumblr_mtr5jtfNlI1qz9knho2_500.png
http://37.media.tumblr.com/e2566453ca69207cc5196d749f47b68f/tumblr_n3l59rfX4X1tv58pco2_500.png
http://24.media.tumblr.com/66e795986fc3fcde87e15fd904a091dd/tumblr_mtv1co3eNY1qzf0o8o2_1280.jpg
Yes! Rat Queens is fantastic and I made a post (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1240421&postcount=3906) some months back on why, although most images I took are also on yours
Today's freebie is fanservice-y Grimm Fairy Tales: Helsing #1 . I don't know about this one, don't feel like trying it even for free but what do I know
http://i.imgur.com/xsGApEx.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Grimm-Fairy-Tales-Helsing-1-of-4/digital-comic/86785)
Liesel Van Helsing's life is shaken up when a mysterious package shows up at her door. Inside it is an old journal written by her father, the famed vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing. Desperate to find out who sent her the book, she discovers a clue which leads her on a voyage to Europe. What Helsing doesn't know is that her journey is being manipulated by her father's greatest nemesis
Extras!
For even more TnA, the Vampirella series in on sale!
http://i.imgur.com/vK26v7D.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Vampirella-1/digital-comic/6353)
Vampi's back and hot on the corpse-strewn trail of her nemesis, Vlad Dracula. It's a darker world for Vampirella, and something more sinister than vampires lurks in the shadows, something even Dracula himself has cause to fear...
And the non-TnA laden, Harbinger!
http://i.imgur.com/YTHALeB.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Harbinger-2012-0-Digital-Exclusives-Edition/digital-comic/37459)
Toyo Harada, CEO of Harada Global Conglomerates and the most potent known psionic in the world, has a vision for the perfect future. A vision he will realize with or without the consent of the rest of humanity. In order to achieve it, he's built a private army of super-powered hyper-telekinetics within the Harbinger Foundation. But who was Harada before he became the world's most powerful man? And what are the origins of his vast ambitions?
Magus
06-08-2014, 12:02 AM
Harbinger #0 is a great issue, and Harbinger is a great series. The first 21 issues and the two zero issues are 0.99.
Today's freebie is Insufferable 1. While I have not tried this series yet, Mark Waid is a great writer, author of runs like Daredevil Vol. 3 (https://www.comixology.com/Daredevil-Vol-3/comics-series/6209) and Kingdom Come (https://www.comixology.com/Kingdom-Come/comics-series/4670) or his other In-s, Incorruptible (https://www.comixology.com/Incorruptible/comics-series/3670) and Irredeemeable (https://www.comixology.com/Irredeemable/comics-series/2650). Certainly not a bad pick.
http://i.imgur.com/MPpcny4.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Insufferable-1/digital-comic/34901)
Once, Nocturnus and Galahad were St. Barrington's premier super-team--but after an acrimonious split, one has become an elusive spirit, the other an egotistical blowhard--and the only thing they both hate more than crime is each another! What act by which terrible villain could possibly reunite them...?
Today's a good day to spend some money, but first the freebie, Shutter #1, from the same creator as the excellent Glory (https://www.comixology.com/Glory/comics-series/7409) reimagining.
http://i.imgur.com/U8Ar7Ss.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Shutter-1/digital-comic/91149)
Kate Kristopher, once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know, is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting.
Now, the extras. The boobastic complete Grimm Wonderland series, including spin-offs and whatnots, is on sale and if I didn't try it for free I sure ain't spending money on it.
http://i.imgur.com/sjJrWOp.jpg
When Calie escaped from Wonderland she wanted to believe she was finally free from the realm of madness. She wanted to believe she could live a normal life. But she was wrong. Now Calie and her daughter Violet are on the run from the realm of madness. Meanwhile, a child returns from a carnival with a special hat that will mean murder and chaos for all those who cross his path.
The thriller Letter 44 which just got it's first arc finished
http://i.imgur.com/4D4K9Vy.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Letter-44/bundle/701)
There's something up there. As newly elected President Stephen Blades reads the letter left for him in the Oval Office by his predecessor, he learns this stunning secret: seven years earlier, NASA discovered an alien construction project in the asteroid belt. A crew of heroic astronauts was sent to investigate, and they're nearing the conclusion of their epic journey.
Garth Ennis' Preacher which is not as Ennis as his latest books so give it a try
http://i.imgur.com/W3c5J3Y.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Preacher-1/digital-comic/6283)
Jesse Custer is a small-town preacher losing his faith--until he merges with a divine being called Genesis. Now he has firsthand knowledge of both Heaven and Hell and a voice that's automatically obeyed by anyone. Joined by an Irish vampire and an ex-lover, Jesse sets out on a mission to find God.
The first volume of 2008's X-force, the X-men's own hitsquad
http://i.imgur.com/1643MW6.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/X-Force-Vol-1-Angels-Demons/digital-comic/15085)
Cyclops has assembled a team of mutant warriors to do the things the X-Men cannot. X-Force, led by Wolverine, is tasked with taking down the big threats behind the scenes...permanently.
The first volume of Brubaker's Captain America(I'd frankly wait for a sale on the entire series, this first vol. doesn't even have all of Winter Soldier's storyline)
http://i.imgur.com/qcnwqEY.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Captain-America-Winter-Soldier-Vol-1/digital-comic/14688)
Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., who need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with an unthinkable return, and opens doors to terror and manipulation he never dreamed possible!
And a series of X-men storylines: Age of X (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-Age-of-X/digital-comic/25040), Fatal Attractions (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-Fatal-Attractions-Book-One/digital-comic/42116), Inferno (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-Inferno/digital-comic/33542), Mutant Massacre (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-Mutant-Massacre/digital-comic/25476), X-cutioner's Song (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-X-Cutioners-Song/digital-comic/47230), X-tinction (https://www.comixology.com/X-Men-X-tinction-Agenda/digital-comic/49257) and X-Necrosha (https://www.comixology.com/X-Necrosha/digital-comic/20547)
Today's gift is Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe, a historical graphic novel
http://i.imgur.com/WN2jMtW.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Normandy-A-Graphic-History-of-D-Day-the-Allied-Invasion-of-Hitlers-Fortress-Europe/digital-comic/64442)
Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in graphic novel form. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea.
And on sale, Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four since the first issue
http://i.imgur.com/AihZw05.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Fantastic-Four-1/digital-comic/1202)
Meet Marvel's First Family: Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch, and The Thing. In this first issue, the FF must confront the menace known as the Mole Man and his giant underground monsters, as they attack atomic plants all over the world.
and Mark Waid's trilogy
http://i.imgur.com/egSUF2t.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Irredeemable-1/digital-comic/382)
Irredeemable dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain? A 'twilight of the superheroes'-style story that examines super-villains from the writer of Kingdom Come and Empire!
http://i.imgur.com/S8rnyLy.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Incorruptible-1/digital-comic/2054)
Super villain Max Damage had an epiphany the day The Plutonian destroyed Sky City. When The Plutonian turned his back on humanity, Max Damage decided to step up. Now Max Damage has changed his name to Max Daring and turned from his formerly selfish ways to become Incorruptible. The flip side to this year's break-out smash hit, examining the hard, difficult road to changing your ways and making a difference in the world.
http://i.imgur.com/MPpcny4.jpg (https://www.comixology.com/Insufferable-1/digital-comic/34901)
Once, Nocturnus and Galahad were St. Barrington's premier super-team--but after an acrimonious split, one has become an elusive spirit, the other an egotistical blowhard--and the only thing they both hate more than crime is each another! What act by which terrible villain could possibly reunite them...?
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