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Disney and Webtoon’s Partnership Is Leading to a Massive New Comics App

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-24 21:15:00

Last month, Webtoon announced a major new deal with Disney to bring a litany of original licensed stories and past comics from across Marvel’s library to the scrolling format that has made Webtoon a significant force in the comics space. Today, however, the two companies confirmed that those plans are actually much, much bigger. Today Webtoon Entertainment confirmed that Disney would be acquiring a 2% equity interest in the company as part of a non-binding term sheet that will also see the two

Topics: comics disney new platform webtoon
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‘Red Hood’ Writer Speaks Out on Book’s Surprise Cancellation

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-27 01:50:57

Earlier this week, DC Comics abruptly cancelled its new Red Hood comic from trans writer Gretchen Felker-Martin and artist Jeff Spokes. The decision came after Felker-Martin posted comments and jokes on social media about the assassination of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, which occurred on the same day—September 10—as the comic’s launch. DC Comics said in a statement that social media posts “that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with [our] standards

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The case for memes as a new form of comics

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-18 17:18:53

It's undeniable that the rise of the Internet had a profound impact on cartooning as a profession, giving cartoonists both new tools and a new publishing and/or distribution medium. Online culture also spawned the emergence of viral memes in the late 1990s. Michelle Ann Abate, an English professor at The Ohio State University, argues in a paper published in INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, that memes—specifically, image macros—represent a new type of digital comic, right down to

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Assemble for the Classic Age of ‘Avengers’ Comics in This Retro-Tinged Marvel Preview

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-09 17:14:47

After bringing Alex Ross back to the realm of the Fantastic Four with the release of his graphic novel Full Circle a few years ago, Abrams is returning to the world of original Marvel Comics with a new tale, with a new creative team, and some very classic Avengers. io9 can give you a sneaky look inside Chip Kidd and Michael Cho teaming up for The Avengers in The Veracity Trap, the second entry in Abrams’ line of MarvelArts releases. Built around the classic early era of the Avengers—with a team

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Superheroes Are Spending 2025 in Their Reboot Eras

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-18 08:00:45

There have been a lot of superhero stories told over the decades from DC and Marvel, but it’s been a while since things lined up quite like this. Of 2025’s wave of cape movies and shows, several of them—from Thunderbolts* and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man to the just-released Superman and incoming Fantastic Four: First Steps—are reboots in some form or another. In the comics these characters originated from, reboots happen on a regular basis, and their movie counterparts are no strangers

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Shonen Jump’s Comics App Now Lets You Read as Much Manga as You Want

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-06 12:30:20

Shonen Jump’s manga reading app has long been one of the best deals in digital comics—free recent chapters, speedy turnaround on official translations of some of the biggest manga in the world, and access to a vault spreading across some of the biggest series in comics for $3 a month. But now the app is removing one particular hurdle that makes it even better. This week Shonen Jump announced in an email to subscribers that it was removing its 100-chapter-a-day reading limit from the app, which

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Out of the Ashes of Comixology, a New Digital Comics Platform Rises

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-02 17:00:50

Amazon’s catastrophic mishandling of Comixology–leading to its shuttering and folding into the Kindle platform at the end of 2023–has left a huge hole in the internet for comics readers wanting a similar, broad marketplace for digital comics. Now, at long last, it might be coming, with the help of a few former Comixology veterans. Announced this week, former Comixology executives David Steinberger and Chip Mosher have created Neon Ichiban, spinning out of their comics publisher DSTLRY, a new wo

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