The industry has slightly rebounded in 2018, but sales are still down 1% as of August compared to that time in 2017, according to industry-research site, Comichron.
Since then, it has launched a subscription service called Comixology Unlimited, that gives access to thousands of digital comics for $5.99 a month, and launched "Comixology Originals" this year, a selection of creator-owned original comic books exclusive to the service.Īs services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix change TV-viewing habits, the comic book industry - which has for over eight decades been a mostly print industry - has had to adapt to unreliable sales and a changing media landscape, as well.Īccording to ICv2, a comic-industry analysis site, comic and graphic novel sales were down 6.5% in 2017. The company acquired digital-comics service Comixology in 2014, when it was just a seven-year-old company with an iPhone app. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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