Comments on: Top Cow to Sell Downloads

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:29:42 +0000

Yeah CG was basically just web comics, from what I saw anyway.

I wonder when TC is planing to offer these? I looked on their site and didn’t see anything about it. Though they do have a number of free issues you can read online.

I did find it interesting to see that they have their own webstore and eBay auction lists. I wonder what DC thought of them selling sketches of their characters on eBay? (I saw one of Batman)

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:34:39 +0000

My impression of CrossGen’s offering was that they were webcomic versions of their regular publications, meant to be viewed online with a few made-for-the-web touches like bits of flash.

I think there was a “free” edition that was meant to entice you to subscribe, because I remember glancing at them and deciding there was too much going on for my tastes (I’m just bloody impatitent with flash on webpages).

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:45:39 +0000

What’s Abba Dabba?

How quickly I forgot CrossGen… Were their comics positioned as downloads, with electronic copies delivered to the customer’s computer? I don’t remember.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:41:55 +0000

While Crossgen did have an online subscription plan, they were not the first to be selling comics on the web. Abba Dabba was selling downloadable stories years before Crossgen existed.

By: Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:34:57 +0000

Didn’t Crossgen become a pioneer for doing comics on the web first, with a subscription plan?