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. Comixology only approached publishers, not individual creators, and many did not pass the information on or give their creators the option to participate or not.This morning, when the Amazon-owned digital comics retailer Comixology announced their new Unlimited plan, the comics and tech media were rapturous. The books download to your device for offline reading, too.'Įven so, independent creators are not pleased. Once the they hit 50 all they need to do is return some to borrow more. 'Customers have the ability to borrow up to 50 comics, graphic novels and manga from a selection of thousands. 'Comixology Unlimited has endless access to the content in the service,' Mosher explained. These will be changed on a monthly basis and could serve, in the long run, to help drive up sales. (Marvel has its own subscription service, and DC seems uninterested in the idea.) Instead, the subscription consists of works published independently, through publishers such as Image Comics, Dark Horse, Oni Press, IDW, Fantagraphics, Archie Comics, BOOM! Studios and others (you can see a list of highlighted publishers and books here).Īnd the service seems to belie the name: Only one or two issues or volumes of each book are available through the Comixology Unlimited. Readers have to merge their Comixology and Amazon accounts to sign up, and signing up a gets the reader 30-day free trial on desktop and a seven-day free trial on tablet. Comixology has not yet revealed when the rest of the world might receive the service, although Comixology senior director of communications Chip Mosher said in an email that the company was 'excited to share our love of comics worldwide and we plan to expand Comixology Unlimited in other regions in the future.' The 'Netflix for comics' is available now, but only to customers in the US for the time being.

Called Comixology Unlimited, it offers readers what Comixology has described as 'endless access to 'digital comics, graphic novels and manga' for $5.99 per month.

Digital comics platform Comixology has launched a new subscription service.

Comixology unlimited