Since IN MAPS & LEGENDS launched as a digital comic, Mike and I have tried to help get the word out about what other comics are available for digital download onto your phone, tablet, ereader, or desktop. Each month we’ve highlighted a few titles, from mainstream comics to indie to manga, and we’ve decided to expand on that! We’ll list on which devices the titles are available, the creators, the price per issue, and anything else useful you may want to know before buying.
We hope that these new spotlight posts will help you discover a few new favorite books each month.
ELDRITCH!
Creators: Drew Rausch and Aaron Alexovich
Platforms: iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Android (tablets + phones), PDF, CBZ, ePub, Web
Price: $.99/issue
Currently Available: Issue 1 of 6
Release Schedule: New issue every six weeks
Description: Both IN MAPS & LEGENDS and ELDRITCH! won their respective Zuda competitions, and after the imprint’s demise it’s been great to see a few series rise from the ashes and go at it alone. ELDRITCH! is the latest (and loudest) of the bunch. From the site: ANYA SOBCZEK is a snarling science major with an arm full of Darwin tattoos. Her brother OWEN is a sensitive young thing in a coven of teenage occultists. The Sobczek sibs have always been brutally competitive, but now that Owen’s blood has started BUBBLING with ancient tentacled abominations, their rivalry’s about to enter a vast new dimension of cosmic terror…
Tremors of the Buried Moon
Creator: Jesse Rogers
Platforms: PDF, Nook
Price: $.99/chapter
Currently Available: Chapters 1-2 of 4
Release Schedule: New chapter every few months
Description: We’re big fans of indie creators, and TotBM is a great example of a free webcomic that’s now available to a whole new audience by being repackaged for both PDF and eReaders. I’m a big fan of the art style, too. From the site: The first Fairie Folkways Comic! Tremors of the Buried Moon is the story of Mira the Pairie and her descent into the world below to discover the secrets of the Buried Moon.
Smile: Pray for Japan
Creator: Takehiko Inoue
Platforms: iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch)
Price: $9.99 for the full volume 1, $1.99 for each subsequent release
Currently Available: Volumes 1-2 of ?
Release Schedule: As Inoue creates additional pieces, VIZ Media will continue to make them available in sets of 20
Description: Takehiko Inoue is an award-winning manga artist, but Smile: Pray for Japan is something different. After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Inoue started creating a series of illustrations in support of the victims. As the site says, All VIZ Media proceeds from these purchases will be donated directly to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Have you read any of this month’s recommendations? Know any great titles that we should feature in upcoming months? Let us know below!
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