Monday, June 27, 2016

ComiXology Unlimited



ComiXology Unlimited is a way to borrow comics in digital format off the ComiXology.com website for only $5.99 a month.  It generally has the first one to three volumes of a series for free, and you have to buy the rest.  Here are a few of my faves:

  • Saga is more than just "geek cred"; it's a good series for adults.  I've even got my parents reading it.  
  • The Fade Out is a 12-issue story of murder in 1950s Hollywood.  The first trade paperback (4 issues) is free.
  • Manhattan Projects is Jonathan Hickman's underground sensation, about an Earth where the top scientists used the Manhattan Project as a cover for more advanced and more devious scientific studies.
  • East of West is another Jonathan Hickman story.  While there haven't been many Manhattan Projects comics recently, East of West is still going strong. 
  • Fatale is classic Brubaker.  I reviewed all four volumes a couple of months ago.
  • Chew is a series I've read eight volumes of.  It's about a detective who has the power to psychicly connect with whatever he eats.
  • The Complete Peanuts is self explanitory.  
  • The Incal is Alejandro Jodorowsky's most famous work.  I have it in hardcover.
  • Lazarus is a long-running series about a future world where the world is split into a few family-run corporations that are at war with each other.  
  • My Wife Is Wagatsuma-san is a campy, unoriginal romantic comedy.  I love it.  The first three tankoban volumes are free.
  • Letter 44 is a comic I have yet to review, but I've read it a little.  I'm a big fan of its author, Charles Soule.  
  • The Woods is one of my favorite comics, taking place on a moon orbiting a gas giant, where 400 students and faculty of a high school have been transported.  
  • 'Tain't the Meat, It's the Humanity I bought in hardback, and I've read about half of it.  Classic pre-code comics.  
  • Thoughts on Iceland is what I'm reading right now.  I hope to review it later today.
I like real comics, but digital comics have their positive attributes as well.  There's more money going straight to the creators, and a few titles are unavailable or hard to find in print.  Of course, as Stan Lee famously said, comics are like breasts, good on the screen but great in your hand.  

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