For instance, you can read the first two Walking Dead and Chew trades, or the first six issues of Saga… And to access the service, you'll need to merge your comiXology account with your Amazon account, because Amazon would really like to store all the data they're collecting on you in one place.Įspecially interesting is the fact that it’s looking like a lot of creators weren’t told about Comixology Unlimited in advance. Jude Terror at The Outhousers notes that… …most of the comics available on the service are the first one or two trades of series, meaning they serve more as an advertisement to purchase further issues than a truly "unlimited" reading experience. (Marvel owns and operates its own $9.99-a-month Unlimited service.) According to Heidi MacDonald at The Beat, who says Comixology “just hit a slam dunk” with Unlimited, the service includes publishers like “Image, Dark HorseIDW Publishing, BOOM!, Dynamite, Kodansha, Oni, Valiant Entertainment, Archie, Fantagraphics, Humanoids, Action Lab Entertainment, Aspen, Zenescope and more.”īut there are a few problems with the Unlimited plan.
The new Comixology Unlimited plan includes most of the major comics publishers minus the big two of Marvel and DC.
What’s more, it’s about to get a whole lot easier with this $5.99 a month subscription service, which includes, of course, a 30-day trial." Bloggers, many of whom were likely working just from the press release, were quick to label it a "Netflix for comics.”Īnd on first blush, it’s easy to understand why they’d say that. "Say what you will about their effect on the print industry, digital comics have made buying easier," 's Siddhant Adlakha wrote, "especially outside North America. This morning, when the Amazon-owned digital comics retailer Comixology announced their new Unlimited plan, the comics and tech media were rapturous.
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