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Comic Book, Manga, Graphic Novels? What’s the Difference?
Comic books vs graphic novels vs manga: what’s the difference? Comic enthusiasts and fans often use terms like “comic book”, “manga”, and “graphic novel”...
Why & How Comic Books Should Be about More Than Traditional Superheroes
When you think of comics stories, you probably associate them with beloved and famous comic book superheroes. These action-packed texts are about so much more than...
Reading Images: Paying Attention to Comic Book Art
Comic books differ from typical picture books in that they utilize both words and images to tell a story. However, some panels may not have any written text and, when...
How Our Comic Book Subscription Service Helps You Connect with World Cultures
The More Things Change… For most of its long history, the world of comic books felt much like an alternate universe. While television and movies occasionally elevated...
What the Best Comic Book Apps Should Offer
Comics are becoming the stars of pop culture thanks to the explosion of superheroes on the big screen. Comic geeks everywhere are flocking to read about the adventures...
Geek Tips: How to Read Digital Comics via Subscription
Magic in a Mortal Minute Comic books are famous for many things, including over-the-top action and mind-bending twists and turns. They and comic book apps offer us...
The Benefits of Monthly Comic Book Subscriptions
It’s a practice nearly as old as comics themselves. Monthly comic book subscription services once formed the backbone of this starry-eyed industry, and today things...
Honoring Bhagat Singh’s 112th Birthday
River Comics celebrates Bhagat Singh's birthday with the release of Bhagat Singh, our six-issue motion comic that retells the tale of his life in breathtaking digital...
Celebrating Krishna’s Birthday During Janmashtami
Historians trace Hinduism to the pre-Vedic age in South Asia—an epoch that ended roughly 1,800 years before the New Testament was written. Like other religions that...