ComiXology launches all-you-can-read service

One low price scores you a ton of books to read, month-in, month-out on comiXology.

“We’re in a new golden age of storytelling with more incredible comics, graphic novels and manga than ever before,” said comiXology’s CEO and Co-Founder David Steinberger. “ComiXology Unlimited is fantastic portal to tons of great comics at a ridiculously great price. Get in there and start exploring.”

Already one of the premier digital comic book platforms out there, Amazon’s (you didn’t forget they bought them, did you?) comiXology is a favorite of ours here at BG. And as great as it already was, it just got better to the tune of ‘all-you-can-read’.

For the low price of $5.99 USD per month, the new plan offered by the company will let you unlimited access to books from a bunch of the biggest publishers out there today.  While the big two are excluded from the list, you’ll find some incredible stuff nonetheless.

Included in the deal are books from “IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, Kodansha Comics, Oni Press, Valiant Entertainment, Archie Comics, Fantagraphics Books, Humanoids, Action Lab Entertainment, Aspen Comics, Zenescope Entertainment and more”. Honestly, this is probably worth it for Valiant and IDW alone, and if you can’t find some goodies in there somewhere, then you’re doing it wrong.

Here’s a few of the best bets, straight from the press release (current faves of mine are highlighted):

• Adventure Time by Ryan North, Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline and various (BOOM! Studios)
• Aliens by Mark Verheiden, Sam Kieth, Peter Milligan and various (Dark Horse Comics) 
• Archie by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples (Archie Comics)
• Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama (Kodansha Comics)
• Atomic Robo by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Tesladyne)
• Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro (Image Comics)
• Bloodshot by Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia and Arturo Lozzi (Valiant Entertainment)
• The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon and various (Dark Horse Comics)
• Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image Comics)
• The Complete Peanuts by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics Books)
• Conan the Barbarian by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (Dark Horse Comics)
• Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima (Kodansha Comics)
• Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image Comics)
• Ghostbusters by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, and various (IDW Publishing)
• G.I. Joe by Chuck Dixon, Robert Atkins and various (IDW Publishing)
• Grimm Fairy Tales by Ralph Tedesco, Joe Tyler and various (Zenescope Entertainment)
• Godzilla by Duane Swierczynski, Arthur Adams, Simon Gane and various (IDW Publishing)
• Hellboy by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse Comics)
• Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics Books)
• The Incal by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
• Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image Comics)
• Letter 44 by Charles Soule and Alberto Alburquerque (Oni Press)
• Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (Dark Horse Comics)
• Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
• Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
• Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Brooke Allen (BOOM! Studios)
• My Little Pony by Katie Cook and Andy Price (IDW Publishing)
• Outcast by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta (Image Comics)
• Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios (Image Comics)
• Princeless by Jeremy Whitley and various (Action Lab Entertainment)
• Red Sonja by by Gail Simone, Jenny Frison, and Walter Geovanni (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Serenity by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews and Will Conrad (Dark Horse Comics)
• Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)
• Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)
• Spawn by Todd McFarlane (Image Comics) 
• Star Trek by Mike Johnson, Stephen Molnar, Joe Corroney and various (IDW Publishing)
• Poorcraft: The Funnybook Fundamentals of Living Well on Less by C. Spike Trotman and (Iron Circus Comics)
• Transformers by John Barber, Andrew Griffith, Marcelo Matere and various (IDW Publishing)
• The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse Comics)
• Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Comics)
• The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard (Image Comics)
• The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics)
• Wonderland by Raven Gregory and Sheldon Goh (Zenescope Entertainment)
• Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce (Fantagraphics)
• X-O Manowar by Robert Venditti and Cary Nord(Valiant Entertainment) 
  …and many more.

Yep, that;s some good stuff right there. And it’s all yours for the aforementioned $5.99 USD a month. The service is active starting today, and you can also score a free month just to check it out if you prefer. Click here for all the info or to sign up.