Shadowline webcomics
September 24th, 2008 by jasonI was perusing various comics fora tonight, and saw a post about Shadowline getting into digital comics, and after a bit of searching discovered that they have a series of webcomics linked through their website now. There’s a press release on the main page which lists the various creators and titles signed with them, but it makes it sound a bit like some of the comics have been online for awhile, they’re just now moving over to the Shadowline website. I know I heard about Chicago 1968 at Wizard World Chicago this year, and it’s being appearing weekly since then. And oddly, aside from a non-clickable URL in the press release, the only link to the webcomics section is a tiny link at the bottom right-hand side of the page.
I like the interface more than either Zuda or Marvel Digital Comics. They’ve eschewed a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles that some of the others have for easier navigation, and really high quality images. Some of the comics have only a few pages up so far, like Action Ohio with six, and Hannibal Goes to Rome with eight, while a couple of others give you a bit more to read. Brat-halla is up to sixty so far. Of course, a good webcomics junky is going to plow through all of them in an afternoon, but it looks like they plan to add some more titles regularly.